Banathar

Banathar, also called Banthar, was a small mining village in Turmish in the Vilhon Reach in the 14 century DR.
==Geography==
The humble village of Banathar was located on the southern border of Turmish, on the slopes of the Aphrunn Mountains. Banathar was connected to the city of Merrydell by a small trail and lay south of the Turmway. Historically, Banathar served as a waystop on the Lilit Pass trail.
==History==
Banathar began its life as a brigands' stronghold. But by the mid–14 century DR, the stronghold was abandoned and the village took on a new identity as a sleepy mining and sheep-herding village.
Sometime circa 1358 DR, an adventurer descended into a local cellar and discovered a sack of precious rubies.
==Notable Locations==
Despite Banathar's diminutive size, the town held a shrine to Silvanus, like many of the smaller villages of the Vilhon Reach.
==Rumors & Legends==
There were many stories that claimed that the bandits who settled Banathar left behind countless buried treasures, there for adventurers' picking. Over the village's history, many coin-filled leather satchels had been discovered around the village, with the finding of the rubies being the most significant by 1370 DR.
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===References===
Category:Villages
Category:Locations in Turmish
Category:Locations in the Vilhon Reach
Category:Locations in Interior Faerûn
Category:Locations in Faerûn
Category:Locations on Toril