Pszczow

Pszczow, much later Malphur was a town in the northern Pearwood of the Danderillon. In the millenia pre-DR, as Pszszow, it was inhabited by Vreigardt people. During the Skýndrar conquest of Ðanland, it was eventually renamed Mólfr (from a Rakki word that roughly translates to 'thick forest at the base of a mountain'), and this name was later Faerunised to Malphur by The Lusken Empire's conquest in the first few centuries DR.
Pszczow looks hard to pronounce, but the 'sz' represents /sh/ as in 'ship', and the 'cz' represents /ch/ as in 'chop'.
== As Pszczow ==
The rather well-sized city was built in a rocky clearing around the base of a waterfall, the Łęd (pr. /wend/). The city itself consisted of squat and sturdy rugged pearwood and stonebrick houses, with ornate metallurgical, chronological and cosmological designs. The architecture was wondrous and for its time, probably one of the most advanced places locally.
The people of Pszczow were a Vreigardt people who spoke a slightly harsher dialect of Old Vrei. Many of them were elves, and miners by trade. The rocks in and around the mountain were heavily rich in silver and copper. The alloy sterling was probably first invented here - the Faerunian word for sterling, 'chovlar' came from the truncated and Rakki-ised name of the town. 
The city was heavily guarded due to its incredibly valuable metal resources, by armoured rangers and guards. The most grandiose building was the Tower of the Twenty-Hour Star, a tall and winding disjointed tower set into the rock at the side of the waterfall with several bridges across it and many many clocks, astronomical designs and friezes. The city was ruled by a council of artisans, including the Lords of the Miners, Metalworkers, Clockmakers, and Stargazers. Some of these leaders included Zradołz, Urdari, Azcew and Tymotęsz.
The Pszczowans mined deep. Deep enough to in fact enter the Upperdark. A mine was opened into it accidentally after a rockfall in -1799, and the Crew of the Klemmuvængválf, along with some Turmish miners, successfully made contact and spent some (not very nice) time down there, before returning several months later.
Around this time too, King Æthelwulf of Bracken had begun demanding tribute from the low-lying towns like Pszczow. They complied, with much of their fine clocks and ornaments melted down to forge swords and sparthes. It was a depressing period.
It was the early exchange of culture and language in the -1600s here between the drow and the Psczowans that led to the development of the Zroł language.
== As Malphur ==
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