Tower of Dracandros

The Tower of Dracandros was a tower located close to the village of Hap in Battledale. It was the home of Red Wizard of Thay, Dracandros of the Crimson, in the mid–14 century DR.
==Location==
The Tower of Dracandros was the latest keep built on the top of Haptooth Hill, a remnant of an ancient volcano. The hill helped the tower dominate the area and first of all the village of Hap. It was surrounded by a forest that was dense with oak, beech, and maple trees
==Structure==
The ground level of the Tower of Dracandros had a courtyard, a meeting hall, a festhall, and a kitchen. The meeting hall had an entrance to the caverns of Haptooth Hill, which led into the Underdark through a system of tunnels. 
The floor above had a hall of triumphs, that is, a museum chronicling every noteworthy act Dracandros had engaged in. Trophies, mounted creatures, plaques, ribbons, and various certificates of recognition adorned the hall. The level also contained a meeting room with a huge portrait of the Thayan wizard.
The third level was used as a laboratory and a storage room for everything the wizard needed for his experiments.
Dracandros's bedroom and treasury were located on the fourth level of the tower. The treasury once had a manual of golems.
The flat roof of the tower used to be a place where the dragon minions gathered.
==History==
In the middle of the 14 century DR, the tower was built and became the residence of a Red Wizard of Thay, Dracandros of the Crimson, an ally of a dracolich named Crimdrac. Dracandros ruled the nearby village of Hap through the dracolich and his dragons, as well as with the help of the wizard's efreeti and drow minions. The Heroes of the Azure Bonds, among whom were Alias, Dragonbait, Olive Ruskettle, and Akabar Bel Akash, ended the terror of Crimdrac and Dracandros, and obtained the Helm of Dragons.
By 1371 DR, the tower was shattered, reduced to debris and decay, and surrounded by scattered dragon bones. The evil beings once residing in the tower were said to have finally been, slain leaving the tower empty. Nevertheless, the villagers of Hap avoided the hill and the tower. The most desperate adventurers visited the tower in pursuit of the Crown of Dracandros, but not all left the Wizard's Tower alive, being killed by its protective magic. The rest were content with collecting the dragon bones, which were in a great demand among alchemists and Sembians who wished to claim to be dragon-slaying heroes.
==Inhabitants==
* Dracandros: a mad wizard and the proprietor of the tower in the middle of the 14 century DR.
* Burly: Dracandros' personal guard.
==Appendix==
===Appearances===
===Notes===
===Trivia===
* It was planned to implement The Tower of Dracandros in the cancelled Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound.
===Gallery===
File:Black Hound loc13.png|The Tower of Dracandros on Haptooth Hill, a concept for the cancelled Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound.
===References===
Category:Towers
Category:Locations in Battledale
Category:Locations in the Dalelands
Category:Locations in the Eastern Heartlands
Category:Locations in North Faerûn
Category:Locations in Faerûn
Category:Locations on Toril
Category:Locations