Bounty of the Goddess The Bounty of the Goddess was a temple and garden complex dedicated to Chauntea in Voonlar . Location . Voonlar was a trading town and farming community located in the southwest corner of the Moonsea region of north Faerûn . The temple itself stood at the intersection of the North Ride and Shind Road in the center of Voonlar . Description . The temple and extensive gardens were surrounded by walls and took up about a third of the town proper . The gates were circular in design and made of thick iron bars overgrown with flowering vines and moss . The frame around the gates bore a design of sheaves of wheat . The main temple was a beautiful edifice with multiple slender bell towers . The grounds of the compound were a maze of flagstone paths that passed by lush flower beds and blooming shrubbery interspersed with pools and trellis - covered benches . These bowers could be lit at night with " dancing lights " . There were also three guesthouses and several greenhouses all connected by tunnels used for heating and irrigation pipes . Activities . The Bounty generated some revenue by selling quince and persimmons , herbs and spices , seeds , and herbal elixirs that had various healing properties . They kept a small supply of healing potions but sold these discretely , unlike the Lathander ites of the House of Holy Light who made it a lucrative business . There was also a small brewery run by one of the Trueseeds , but it is unknown if the barley beer was sold or given away as gifts or favors . Adventurers on the run from local law enforcement , the Zhentarim , or the Cyricists from the Dark God Reformed could sometimes find shelter in the guesthouses and extensive tunnel system in the gardens of the compound . Despite the animosity between Voonlar and Shadowdale , the Bounty of the Goddess enjoyed a close relationship with its counterpart in Shadowdale , the House of Plenty . Lady Shrae exchanged news and information , such as intelligence about impending raids , and the activities of the Cyricists and the Zhentarim , with High Harvestmistress Glamerie Windbough via messengers with armed escort . Under Lady Shrae ' s tenure , her messenger was Trueseed Rolivar Brimbruir , typically accompanied by at least eight mounted temple guards . Defenses . The guards of the temple were mainly farmers and drovers , known as Harvestrods , who could be called upon to don leather and chainmail armor and defend the Bounty of the Goddess , typically against acts of vandalism , thievery , and arson by the local Cyricists . The guards had training in the broadsword , dagger , and mace . History . When the walls around the Bounty of the Goddess lands were first constructed , there was strong opposition from Bron Buorstag Hlammythyl , the elected sheriff of Voonlar . He later completely reversed his stance and became a supporter of the project . As part of the project to build a wall around the temple grounds , the Bounty donated a large tract of their gardens north of Daerndrean Street to the town , essentially tripling the size of the Common Gardens that adjoined them . The temple also sold a guesthouse it owned on the North Ride near the outskirts of town to a Sembian gold merchant from Yhaunn named Ornar Harlathar who converted it into a hunting lodge . This action pleased Bron Buorstag because more hunting in the woods meant more chances to kill or drive away raiders from Shadowdale or Harper spies . Rumors and legends . It was speculated that the Bron ' s sudden change of heart about building a wall around the temple was precipitated by a suggestion from someone in a superior position within the Zhentarim who felt that the wall would make it easier to contain and observe the Chaunteans and their visitors . It was said that the iron bars underlying the flowery wooded gates to the Bounty of the Goddess compound were of ancient dwarven craftsmanship . Inhabitants . The most well - known of the clergy at the Bounty of the Goddess were : Many of the lay servants were the mothers of the active clergy .