Department of Drains and Underways

The Department of Drains and Underways was a civic organization managed by Baldur's Gate that maintained the city's underway and sewers.
==Activities==
The Department of Drains and Underways employed a tribe of gutter kobolds to perform some maintenance work on the city's street hatches, drainage, and maintaining flow in the underground sanitation tunnels, however, the tribe was reported slain by an unknown perpetrator during the Absolute crisis.
==History==
In the , the Cult of the Absolute infiltrated the walls of Baldur's Gate whilst allied with the cult of Bhaal. Orin the Red, the crazed Chosen of the Lord of Murder, and her doppelgangers performed ritualistic murders of Baldurians, using as a base their so-called Tribunal, deep under the Lower City. Gohumberry Tresp of the Lower City grew suspicious of the rising stench of death that emanated from the City Sewers' drains and hatches. Gohumberry began investigating the scandalous issue and petitioned the Department of Drains and Underways for a resolution to the problem. The Department claimed to be handling the problem and sternly warned Gohumberry away from attempting to enter the Underways on his own.
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