Zundle

Zundle was a village in the heartlands of Cormyr that fell to ruin after being assaulted by trolls. The legacy of the village remained and extended across Cormyr, with Zundle being a byword for foolishness, incompetence, and stupidity, and the village considered the infamous home of iconic country bumpkins.
==Description==
All that remained of the village by the 1360s DR was a water pump and an unwalled cowshed, which were frequently used by travelers.
==Geography==
The village sat on the Way of the Dragon at the southern edge of the King's Forest. The surviving pump and shed lay on the west side of the road.
A royal stable for supplying fresh mounts for urgent long-distance travel was not far away on the Way of the Dragon.
==Trade==
The rock around Zundle was surprisingly rich in garnets, allowing a casual but observant traveler to spend a day chipping gemstones out to sell later. However, this was complicated by the presence of a mimic or other creature that began hiding in the area and ambushing unwary prey.
==History==
A particularly cunning troll who had learned some common by eavesdropping on travelers used his command of the language to destroy the village. One night he led two-dozen trolls there, and persuaded the lone sentinel watching the cattle to douse his fire on account of it hurting the troll's eyes. When the watchman obliged, the trolls stampeded over him in their haste and began ransacking and devouring the village. Miraculously alive after being trampled and forgotten, the watchman fled and summoned a patrol of Purple Dragons who proceeded onward to battle the trolls. The soldiers arrived to the sight of a village elder helpfully pointing out and describing all the hiding places that the villagers could be using, relayed through the linguistically adept troll.
Although the trolls were all destroyed, the village was effectively ruined and abandoned afterwards. The tale of the village lived on, however, with Zundle becoming a synonymous with foolishness or the dullness of country bumpkins.
==Rumors & Legends==
Persistent rumors spread that years after the village was razed, a priest of Waukeen stole a temple's treasury in Westgate and buried it in a cattle paddock somewhere around Zundle. Astute historians noted that the event as described was impossible, as the village was never resettled or inhabited after being destroyed.
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Category:Ruins
Category:Settlements
Category:Ruined settlements
Category:Locations on the Way of the Dragon
Category:Locations in the Heartlands of Cormyr
Category:Locations in Cormyr
Category:Locations in the Eastern Heartlands
Category:Locations in Interior Faerûn
Category:Locations in Faerûn
Category:Locations on Toril
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