Elturel

**Elturel** is a city lying on the River Chion in the north-western edge of The Heartlands, Philidor. The city is a centre for agriculture and trade in the region, and is a site of huge religious significance. It is renowned for the magical second sun that hovers high above the city bathing it in protective light.

## Language

The people of the region spoke the Philidorian language. People and things from here were called "Elturian", while "Elturelian" was considered incorrect.

## Geography

The city is situated aside the River Chion on a shallow tor. This site was chosen both as a good defensive position and a good crossing point as the river is narrow here; this allowed for the construction of bridges and the easy use of pole barges. The river links Elturel with logging and mining settlements to the north and links it with important southern settlements such as Ouestgarde and Lafitte before feeding into The Kandea Bayou.

## Government

In 5073 TM, the city is governed by Lord Cyrus Dhelt, a decorated war hero and the former commander of the cities' watch. The public views that he is most focused on maintaining Elturel as the most efficient, secure, and well-policed city in the region. His rule has been seen as a just and fair one. Due to his background, he is vigilant on matters of defence and preventing crime, and in keeping the city clean and lawful. The Merchant's Guild has referred to him as respectable and tolerant, and as a leader who actively protected trade and traders while also letting merchants get on with business with minimum interference.

The cities' watch and standing army is known as The Elturgard. In the cities past The Elturgard was a purely militaristic order dedicated to the protection of the city and it's peoplecurrent knight-commander is a warpriest named Thavius Kreeg.

## Relations

Elturel is a mutual rival of Lafitte, a city of comparable size and capability lying downriver. The two cities are on peaceful terms, but it is known that Lord Dhelt has looked for ways to overthrow Laffite's position as the major trading hub between the East and West of Philidor.

The main threats in Elturel's domain are bandits who prey on the many religious travellers and traders heading to and from the city. Due to it's proximity to The Scowle Wood, the farmlands surrounding Elturel are often targets of

In the late 1400s DR, Elturel was the capital of Elturgard, the Kingdom of the Two Suns, a realm that included Berdusk, Iriaebor, Scornubel, Soubar, and Triel, as well as many farms and villages along the roads of the Western Heartlands that were claimed and protected. Its chief rival now was Baldur's Gate, a completely contrasting city situated downriver. Elturel regarded Baldur's Gate as lawless and corrupt, and disapproved of its religious tolerance. Baldur's Gate started the feud by taking goods and coin from ships going to and from Elturel. Whenever Baldur's Gate attempted to claim more territory than Elturgard could accept, it imposed high taxes on shipments downriver. There was much animosity between them, but while Elturgard expected to have to deal with Baldur's Gate one day, neither was looking forward to an armed conflict.

## Defenses

 File:HighHallSide.png
The city was surrounded by a stout stone wall, shielding all but the southern river side. There were two gates, on the northwest and northeast sides. Inside the eastern wall, a canal served as a partial moat.

Elturel's main defense in the 14Template:Th and 15Template:Th centuries DR was the Hellriders, a 2000-strong elite unit of well-equipped, loyal, and close-knit mounted troops. For a city guard, they outmatched the armies of whole realms. They were not only the guards and police of the city, they also patrolled the River Chionthar and surrounding roads, and escorted caravans from Waterdeep to Iriaebor. They maintained guardhouses in the Fields of the Dead and warning beacons in the surrounding farmlands. As well as significant raids, expeditions, and punitive assaults on aggressive demihumans were commanded by Lord Dhelt, the High Rider, or by the High Watcher of Helm Berelduin Shondar. All Hellriders were required to give a tenth of their earnings to Elturel's coffers.

 File:Elturgard armor.png
In the late 15Template:Th century, they were joined by the Order of the Companion, a well-armored mounted knighthood of paladins who defended the city and wider Elturgard, swore oaths to the realm and shared its goals, even if the members did not all share faith in Torm. Courageous, righteous, and zealous, they were proud of their dedication to the cause of good, their clear morals, even their intolerance. They were identified by the blazing insignia of the Companion that they wore. Many of the Hellriders now aspired to join the Companions. Both followed the Creed Resolute, swearing to serve the High Observer and the greater good, uphold Elturgard's law, and permit no difference in faith to come between them, nor to attribute the Companion to one god or another.

## Law & Order

Well policed by the Hellriders in the mid-1300s DR, Elturel was a very safe city for travelers. Its dockside areas were among the safest in Faerûn, thanks to their organization, the loyalty of the handlers guild, and the alert Hellrider patrols. The main threat was theft by pickpockets, not mugging by thugs. Otherwise, there were no Elturian thieves' guilds—Lord Dhelt would not allow it. Just rumoring about a possible band of thieves was enough to see one interrogated by zealous Hellriders. Nevertheless, "Pinch" ran his own small gang there *circa* 1366 DR, and stole the *amulet of the Dawnbreaker* from the Temple of the Morninglord.

In the late 1400s DR, the city was much stricter and even bad language and irreverent humor could draw the ire of authorities. Elturgard's laws were rigid, intolerant, and persecuted evil with inquisitorial zeal, leading to a host of problems. Those who broke the law three times were sent to the Dungeon of the Inquisitor. Here, they were punished and set to work mining new tunnels. The inmate population was always being replenished. Nevertheless, it remained the safest city in the land.

The final verse of the ballad "The Knights of Dragon Down" was outlawed in Elturel by 1366 DR, because an evil archmage of the city made it the words of a summoning spell that quickly drew undead to those that sang it.

## Trade

In the 1300s DR, Elturel was the farming center of the Fields of the Dead and thrived on the trade that passed through its domain. It was commonly rated as the second-most economically powerful city in the Western Heartlands after Scornubel and it was quite wealthy. Linking overland caravan and river barge trades, it also served as a market for farms on fertile Fields of the Dead and Chionthar banks. Thousands of cattle and sheep were assembled in Elturel every year for trade across Faerûn. Traders greatly appreciated the protection afforded them by the Hellriders; caravans and convoys of riverboats chose routes through Elturel's zone of control so they could relax their own security, if only for a day or two. Summer saw the peak of trade through the city.

 File:Elturian grey-2e.jpg
Its primary exports were livestock and the products of them, namely meat, cheese, leatherwork, wool, and glues rendered from hooves and horns. Equipment shops in the city had moderate availability of goods. Elturel supplied fabric and leather to Aurora's Emporium, which traded clothing and shoes. Elturian Grey was the premier cheese of Elturel, and was also sold through Aurora's Emporium, though counterfeits under similar names were produced.

There was a guild of handlers who took care of loading and unloading goods, both on the wagons and on the docks. They were faithful and assisted the costers.

After the founding of Elturgard, the port officials who handled trade in the city *circa* 1479 DR were overly righteous and handed exorbitant taxes and penalties to traders who showed even the slightest impiety, even banning them from setting foot inside the city. The caravans and riverboat convoys now feared to pass through there. Despite this, by 1489 DR, travelers were once again relieved to set foot inside Elturgard and relax their guard for a time.

## Demographics

 File:Elturel - street.jpg
In 1358 DR, Elturel had a registered population of 26,778 citizens, but the real population fluctuated from 29,000 in winter to 33,000 in summer. Much of this population was transient, being traders and travelers just passing through. In event of war, plague, or orc horde, farmers of the Fields of the Dead could take refuge in the city; the warehouses and cellars could briefly shelter over 400,000 people. In 1372 DR, the official population was given as 22,671. In 1479 DR, it had a population of around 17,000.

The Elturians were mostly Heartlanders, namely Chondathans and Calishites. A few Gurs also settled in Elturel.

## Culture & Society

In the 14Template:Th century, it was said that every boy and girl of Elturel and the lands around dreamed of being a Hellrider some day, even those whose talents lay in the intellectual more than the martial arts. To call such a child a "hellion" was not an insult but a compliment, marking one as having the courage and drive to ride the Hellriders' destriers. Though they didn't all get special training, Elturians were practically raised in the saddle, learning how to ride and growing familiar with how horses behaved in any situation, even those that never became Hellriders. The downside was that, rightly or wrongly, some folk thought Elturians always smelled of horse.

In turn, all true warriors of Elturel were most likely Hellriders. Those who resigned were stripped of their gear, exiled from the city, and named a heretic in the eyes of Helm for abandoning their post. In the mid-1360s DR, there were no living ex-members of the Hellriders—too many had died in battle.

Elturian wizards, meanwhile, were safer in the saddle, being skilled at attacking from their mounts. They were much more capable of avoiding or resisting attacks while mounted than they on foot, being less able to react fast enough.

Often overlooked in the city's commercial success, Elturian rogues were themselves merchants and traders. They were charismatic, talented in subtle negotiations and driving slick bargains, and skilled in appraising items. However, fighting was bad for business, and Elturian rogues made poor and less-resilient combatants.

Instead, as a legal outlet for the poor, desperate, unruly, maladjusted, or just violent citizens, there was the High Moor Heroes' Guild. This adventuring band made regular expeditions to the High Moor "scouring" whatever they found. They also tutored each other and other adventurers.

One of Elturel's publications of note was *Stars Seen, Tales Told*, a periodical chapbook that published pleasantries and glowingly positive news. It also printed readers' letters, which occasionally led to bitter in-print fights.

In the late 15Template:Th century, Elturian citizens still often dreamed of joining Elturgard's paladin knighthood. This time, many succeeded. Inspired by the Hellriders and the Companions, the folk of Elturgard were typically devout in both their faith and the pursuit of justice. Both troops were loved and respected by the people. Elturel was known as a holy city.

Under the eternal day of the second sun in the 1400s DR, Elturians depending on bells tolling in the High Hall to know the beginning and ending of each workday. The constant light reduced typical nighttime activities; there was little brawling and muggings, while thieves were perforce extra cautious and cunning. It was especially hard for newcomers to adjust to life here. Inns and boarding houses covered windows with thick curtains to let patrons sleep.

## Description

 File:HighHallSurroundings.png
The city was split into two districts: an upper city known as the High District and a lower city known as the Dock District. The High District spread over the slopes of a rising, defensible hill with a rocky cliff on its south side, where it met the Chionthar. In this crowded space, the buildings were constructed of stone, with tall narrow houses topped with spires and bedecked with balconies and windows, and the cobbled streets were narrow, steep, and winding. Their cellars were dug out of the solid rock. This area was home to the city's nobility. Atop the cliff overlooking the river was the High Hall, marked by its soaring turrets and its walls encircling the summit. This was where the High Rider and later the High Observer lived, government was based, bureaucracy was managed, political and religious leaders were housed, and large commercial meetings were held. On the northeastern flank of the hill was a ravine, crossed by two bridges in the late 1400s DR: the Torm's Reach in the north and the Torm's Blade south of it, each Template:SI and consecrated in the name of Torm by runes carved into them, and warded against fiends and undead.

The Dock District, meanwhile, covered the flatlands around. It was home to markets, stockyards, and warehouses, as well as wagon-makers and yards and officers of other trades associated with caravans. It was dirty, disorderly, and smelly, with buildings designed only for function and business. In the east side, it was known for hovels and warehouses clustered around the docks. In the west side there were tidier and more well-off homes and shops, and in the 1360s the area was more often being called Westerly to distinguish it as cleaner and more prosperous than the east side. Those in the east thought those in the west were lazy, soft, arrogant, and pretentious. In any case, by the late 1400s, houses in the lower town were for the most part of the same design as those on the hill.

The city was not all utilitarian. The Garden, also known as "the Winter Garden" in local songs and stories, ran right through the middle of the city along the ridge of the hill, long, straight, and narrow "like the blade of a naked sword", in the words of Elminster. It began at the High Hall, where a powerful freshwater spring rose in the cellars and fed a stream that wound through the Garden and guaranteed the city's water supply, before spilling over a cliff in the north called Maiden's Leap, forming cascades that joined the canal. The Garden was an open space of woods and flowers, crossed by paths and arched bridges but keeping a wild beauty in wintertime. Elturians enjoyed meeting one another here. The wealthiest citizens of the High District had their houses nearest the Garden.

The canal began at Maiden's Leap in the north and ran east and south within the walls before joining the Chionthar. It formed a partial moat for defense and a passage for barges servicing the eastern Dock District. Four bridges crossed it. The canal was crossed by Maiden's Bridge just north of the cascades.

In the mid-1300s DR, Elturel was home to two major temples: Helm's Shieldhall and the High Harvest Home. Thanks to Lord Dhelt's patronage, the fortress-like Shieldhall was both the most influential temple in the city and one of the strongest temples of Helm, God of Guardians, in the North. High Watcher Berelduin Shondar ruled it with an iron fist and was aggressive in defense of the Helmite faith. The High Harvest Home, meanwhile, was dedicated to Chauntea, the Grain Goddess, and was managed by Raulauvin Oregh. Both provided aid and shelter to the faithful. Another was the Temple of the Morninglord, dedicated to Lathander, and the secret Temple of the Beast of Malar, which was eradicated in 1281 DR. There were also a few shrines, to Ilmater, the Crying God; Tempus, Lord of Battles (the Hand That Swings the Sword); Tymora, Lady Luck; and Waukeen, the Merchant's Friend, which was rededicated to Lliira, the Joybringer, by 1367 DR after Waukeen's absence in 1358 DR. In the late 1400s, the city's official faith was in Torm the True, the state religion of Elturgard, and it was ruled by its high priest, the High Observer of Torm. However, the people commonly worshiped Torm, Helm, Lathander, Amaunator, and Tyr. The "grand cemetery" lay in the westernmost past of the city, within the walls. Surrounded by a brass fence and gate Template:SI, it held gravestones, statues, monuments, and mausoleums for the departed; a ossuary below ground; and a chapel dedicated to Lathander, Torm, Helm, and Tyr. It was a beautiful place, being filled with grass and flowers.

Lord Dhelt decreed that inns and taverns could not operate under the same roof, nor could inns serve drinks, so in Elturel these were distinctly different businesses. The better inns stood in the High District, but were simply converted houses and often several neighboring houses linked into one. Those in the Dock District were simpler, not to mention noisier, but were usually the only accommodations available in summer during the trade season. Inns and taverns were generally good in quality. A Pair of Black Antlers was the best-known tavern, and a favorite of adventurers.

Shiarra's Market was held within a town square (actually more of an egg-shape) in the eastern Dock District. It was known for crammed stalls. There were a number of farmers' markets.

The Dragoneye Dealing Coster had a way-base in Elturel around 1356 DR. This was a large warehousing and shipyard area in the eastern Dock District beside the Chionthar, close to the docks.

A six-wagon ferry crossed the Chionthar south of Elturel, linking it to Skuldask Road and taking travelers into the heart of the city.

The Dungeon of the Inquisitor, where lawbreakers were sent in the 1400s, was a maze-like subterranean complex lying beneath Elturel. It covered excavated passages and natural caverns.

## History

### Early History

A natural stronghold, this site had long been one of the few defensible locations between the Sword Coast and where the Chionthar met the River Reaching. At one time, it was occupied by trolls, with a stronghold on the hill home to a troll lord. They were later driven out by ogres, and their chieftain ruled from a crude stone fortress. At one point, it was also held by orcs. The ogres were in turn replaced by humans, who settled and built a castle here to guard against the trolls, ogres, and others. Over time, it became the possession of one lordling after another but remained as a refuge for human settlers.

Great battles were once fought on the neighboring Fields of the Dead, and the folk of Elturel and their Riders stayed armed and vigilant, patrolling and protecting the farms.

In the Template:YearlinkName, Elturel was among the many communities and realms that contributed forces to the alliance against the massive exodus of goblins and orcs that had left the drought-stricken High Moor. They clashed and all were massacred in the infamous Battle of Bones.

In the Template:YearlinkName, a beast-cult of Malar smuggled caged monsters into Elturel and unleashed them in the streets one night. Then they launched a Wild Hunt, hunting and killing the monsters, common folk, and Officers of the Watch alike. The next day, the Malarites were themselves hunted down in revenge. Captured Malarites, living and dead, were examined with magic to locate their lair: the Temple of the Beast, in a secret under-cellar in the city. It took several days of bloody fighting to eliminate the cultists. As authorities finally reached the unholy altar, the high priest—with the *Book of Fangs and Talons* in hand—escaped with a *blood teleport* powered by the lives of sacrificial victims. The justiciaries were left frustrated.

### 14Template:Th Century

The city was well-established by the mid–14Template:Th century DR.

Shandril Shessair, future spellfire wielder, was born in Elturel *circa* 1341 DR to Garthond and Dammasae. They lived there quietly for a brief time, waiting eight more months for the babe to be old enough to travel before leaving again.

Elturel's modern history is tied with that of its famous Hellriders, though there are different accounts of their founding. In all, it was said that a company of Riders had once ridden into the Hells themselves—namely Avernus, the first layer—and from this story, the Hellriders were named. The earliest known version told that it was to rescue one of their own, such was their great loyalty to each other. A later version said that they rode through a *gate* to hunt down and slay devils that had been harassing the good people of Elturel. A third account expanded on this. Fiends roamed the Fields of the Dead north and west of Elturel, stripping fields bare, slaying livestock, burning houses, and dragging folk away to an unknown yet horrible doom. As people lived in fear, Elturel's cavalry fought the fiends, riding wherever they must and enduring great casualties, but the fiends kept appearing in greater number. The High Rider of Elturel implored the people to pray to the gods for help. Surprisingly, help came—the rogue angel Zariel (desiring to destroy devils and demons and to have a mortal army to fight for her in the Blood War) came to Elturel the next day, declaring she'd found the *gate* in the Fields of the Dead west of Elturel through which the devils were pouring, and that she would lead the cavalry through to defeat them where they mustered. She rallied and trained an army of thousands, among them Yael, Haruman, Olanthius, and Jander Sunstar. One early battle was to relieve Idyllglen from attack by Yeenoghu, gnolls, and demons. When she thought them ready, in the Template:YearlinkName, Zariel, riding her golden mastodon Lulu, led them out of the city, with the cheers and good wishes of the Elturians behind them, and embarked on the Ride, a glorious mounted charge through the *gate* into Avernus. Only a very few returned, sealing the portal behind them. Grief-stricken, they told that Zariel and her army had been defeated, but they were all glorified as the Hellriders.

One night in the mid-1360s DR, the High Rider of Elturel, Lord Dhelt, and local mage Baranta Chansil were attacked in his bedroom by a supposed assassin, who instead stole Dhelt's holy symbol of Helm. Key de Effer, of Dhelt's personal guard, responded immediately and, together with Beatrice, pursued the assassin to the woods. Confronting and slaying the wounded assassin, they found a note explaining he was seeking the "Holy Symbol of Ravenkind" to destroy Strahd von Zarovich of Ravenloft. Before the heroes could return, they were spirited to Barovia, in the Demiplane of Dread.

Some time after, the city was visited by a mysterious magical veil, stretching from the land to the sky, so Lord Dhelt sent a couple of Hellriders to investigate. Meeting the captain of the Hellriders, they peered through and saw a desert land, but as they ventured in, Elturel disappeared behind them and they were trapped in Har'Akir, once again in the Demiplane of Dread.

The famed travelogue writer Volothamp Geddarm visited Elturel and wrote of it in his *Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast* around 1366 DR.

In 1368 DR, Volo was visiting the city of Elturel once again. The he engaged in a table dice game with a severe-looking northern barbarian. Coincidently, exactly at that time, the goddess of luck Tymora was affected by Iyachtu Xvim's plot to steal the powers of the goddess and her sister Beshaba. The city of Elturel, like many other places in the Realms became awash with good luck and its disruptive consequences. Volo ended up rolling a multitude of doubles, enraging his opponent and fleeing for his life through the streets of Elturel.

In the Template:YearlinkName, divine conflict saw Helm, God of Guardians, slain by Tyr, God of Justice, leaving the Hellriders, the High Rider, and Elturel itself without their favored god. The following year, catastrophe struck Toril in the form of the Spellplague.

### 15Template:Th Century

By the late 1430s DR, through a variety of excuses, Elturel had laid claim to the lands of its neighbors, placing them within "Elturel's Guard" as they called it, making itself a petty regional power.

Then, shockingly, in the Template:YearlinkName, the High Rider himself was discovered to be a vampire, with a vast network of vampire spawn, charmed minions, undead allies, and sycophantic collaborators that surprised even the Hellriders. Now exposed, the undead infested Elturel, and whatever victories the Hellriders won during the days, they lost sorely in the nights. It was said the Elturians prayed to the gods each night just for the dawn to come sooner. Then, one night so devastating it felt like the end, it did. A second sun appeared in the sky, turning night to day, and blasting the vampire lord and his spawn to ashes while the remaining undead cowered from its light. Elturel was swiftly liberated from their dead grip. A priest of Torm, Thavius Kreeg, took the credit and was acclaimed as the savior of Elturel, and few would doubt his goodness or his intent. Only he knew the true origin of the mysterious second sun.

The Companion, as it became known, remained where it was, for days and years after. Over time, the miracle brought pilgrims: the sick, the curious, and the devout of many faiths, including many paladins. After them came hundreds of people who'd fled the menace of undead of one kind or another, who came to Elturel for protection and settled there. The best of the paladins was appointed ruler of Elturel, titled the High Observer. The High Observer then established the Order of the Companion and the Creed Resolute to keep the paladins of different faiths in order.

Some years later, there was a crisis of leadership in Elturel and the likely successor to the post of High Observer, Tamal Thent, and her whole retinue disappeared near Boareskyr Bridge. Despite an investigation, no trace of any of them could be found. Thus, soon after, the post of High Observer was filled by Thavius Kreeg himself, incidentally Thent's rival for the role. One of Kreeg's first acts as High Observer was to order Fort Tamal built and named in her honor. While this might've been an honor, in later years a posting to Fort Tamal was apparently a punishment for insubordination by young agitators and zealots in the Order of the Companion. Nevertheless, Kreeg would reign for decades and set Elturel on the road to becoming the nation of Elturgard.
By the late 15Template:Th century DR, Elturel served as the capital of the realm now known as Elturgard.

In the 1480s DR, Leosin Erlanthar and adventurers working with him traveled to Elturel to meet with Ontharr Frume, a paladin of Torm and representative of the Order of the Gauntlet, to discuss recent actions of the Cult of the Dragon.

Around 1489 DR, Kreeg was aging and another leadership transition was expected soon. He eventually made all Elturians swear the Creed Resolute, binding them by oath to defend the city. Incidentally, his title also changed to High Overseer.

### The Descent

 File:ElturelDoomed.png
In the Template:YearlinkName, over a few months, Kreeg coaxed Grand Duke Ulder Ravengard of Baldur's Gate to come to Elturel to resolve several disputes that had troubled the two cities for some time. After greeting the Baldurian delegation, Kreeg escaped Elturel in secret, shortly before the Companion changed into a black orb that tore the whole of Elturel and its populace from the Material Plane and spirited it away to Avernus, first of the Nine Hells, with only a crater left behind. It would transpire that, to rid Elturel of the vampires fifty years before, Kreeg had made a deal, not with the god Torm but with the now-archdevil Zariel. She'd provided the Companion—in truth, an infernal device powered by an imprisoned planetar—but at the cost of the whole city and its oathbound defenders, to be claimed after only fifty years, with the intent that they should serve as her army in waging the Blood War.

 File:Highhall.jpg
Over the next few days, hundreds of refugees, both citizens who'd escaped Elturel or been outside at the time, and folk from wider Elturgard, made their way to neighboring Baldur's Gate, with some blaming Elturel's rival for the city's loss. However, they were barred from the city and the resident Flaming Fist began arresting Hellriders on sight, fearing they would cause trouble, but this only led to fighting. Those who did get in, like Hellrider Reya Mantlemorn, relayed news of the catastrophe and enlisted heroes who could investigate and ultimately pursue the stolen city into Avernus, thwart Zariel's foul scheme, and return it to Toril by some means.

 File:TheCompanion.jpg
They found Elturel a quake-wracked, war-torn city suspended in the air around Template:SI over the River Styx, anchored by massive chains and spikes of infernal iron driven into the ground and steadily being dragged down to its doom. Torn from the land, the city was fractured in twain along the ravine that ran through the city. The black Companion still hung malevolently over the city, raining down lightning that raised ghouls, ghasts, and zombies. While devils besieged the city, demons attacked them in another battle of the Blood War, and the surviving Elturians fought off both or simply hid in the ruins. Many people died in the devastation, to the demons and devils, or to thirst and starvation. With the city's leaders lost, none other than Grand Duke Ravengard rallied the defense. The High Hall was the center of the defense effort, and also the focus of the devil assault.

Eventually Elturel was returned to its rightful place in the Heartlands of Faerûn. While the exact specifics of its return to unknown, there were ramifications that were felt far and wide. Many if not all the city's tieflings were exiled from the city, thanks to a new wave of misplaced fear and newly-formed prejudice.

### Notable Locations

 File:Elturel map DiA.jpg
Government Buildings
High Hall • Dungeon of the Inquisitor
Temples & Shrines
Helm's Shieldhall • High Harvest Home • Temple of the Beast • Temple of the Morninglord • Hand That Swings the Sword
Inns
Black Gryphon • Dwarf's Pot Inn • Gallowgar's Inn • Hondakar's House • Phontyr's Unicorn • Oar and Wagonwheel Inn • Symbril's House
Taverns
A Pair of Black Antlers • The Bent Helm • The Glowing Goblet
Roads

* Maidensbridge Street: turns westward to cross Maiden's Bridge, running around the northern central heights to Westerly
* Baerth Lane

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Template:Cite book/Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Template:Cite book/Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition
3. ↑ Template:Cite book/Forgotten Realms Adventures
4. ↑ Template:Cite polyhedron/74/The Everwinking Eye: Words To The Wise
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Template:Cite dragon/Speaking in Tongues
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Template:Cite book/Player's Guide to Faerûn
7. ↑ Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `FRPG-p156`
8. ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 8.19 8.20 8.21 8.22 8.23 8.24 8.25 8.26 8.27 8.28 8.29 8.30 Template:Cite book/Forgotten Realms Adventures
9. ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 Template:Cite book/Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 2nd edition (revised)/A Grand Tour of the Realms
10. ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 10.14 10.15 10.16 10.17 10.18 10.19 10.20 10.21 10.22 10.23 10.24 10.25 10.26 Template:Cite book/Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Template:Cite book/Heroes' Lorebook
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Template:Cite book/Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 Template:Cite book/Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
14. ↑ 14.00 14.01 14.02 14.03 14.04 14.05 14.06 14.07 14.08 14.09 14.10 Template:Cite book/Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
15. ↑ Template:Cite book/Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
16. ↑ Template:Cite book/Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 Template:Cite book/Forgotten Realms Campaign Set/Cyclopedia of the Realms
18. ↑ 18.00 18.01 18.02 18.03 18.04 18.05 18.06 18.07 18.08 18.09 18.10 Template:Cite book/Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Template:Cite book/Warriors and Priests of the Realms
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Template:Cite book/Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 Template:Cite book/Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast
22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Template:Cite book/Wizards and Rogues of the Realms
23. ↑ Template:Cite book/Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue
24. ↑ Template:Cite book/Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue
25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 Template:Cite book/Hoard of the Dragon Queen
26. ↑ Template:Cite book/Races of Faerûn
27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 Template:Cite book/Wizards and Rogues of the Realms
28. ↑ So Saith Ed Oct – Dec 2006 (25-11-2021). Retrieved on November 25, 2021.
29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 Template:Cite book/Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 Template:Cite book/Prayers from the Faithful
31. ↑ Template:Cite book/Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast
32. ↑ Template:Cite book/Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
33. ↑ Template:Cite book/Forgotten Realms Campaign Set/Cyclopedia of the Realms
34. ↑ Template:Cite book/Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 2nd edition (revised)/A Grand Tour of the Realms
35. ↑ Template:Cite book/Elminster's Ecologies Appendix I/The Battle of Bones
36. ↑ Template:Cite book/Hall of Heroes
37. ↑ Template:Cite book/Heroes' Lorebook
38. ↑ Template:Cite book/Cult of the Dragon
39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 Template:Cite book/Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
40. ↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 Template:Cite book/Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 41.2 Template:Cite book/Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
42. ↑ Template:Cite book/Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
43. ↑ Template:Cite game/Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession
44. ↑ Template:Cite game/Ravenloft: Stone Prophet
45. ↑ Template:Cite book/Tymora's Luck
46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 Template:Cite book/The Grand History of the Realms
47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 Template:Cite book/Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
48. ↑ 48.0 48.1 Template:Cite book/Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
49. ↑ 49.0 49.1 49.2 49.3 49.4 Template:Cite book/Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
50. ↑ Template:Cite book/Hoard of the Dragon Queen
51. ↑ Template:Cite book/Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
52. ↑ Template:Cite book/Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
53. ↑ Template:Cite comic/Infernal Tides 5
54. ↑ Template:Cite game/Baldur's Gate III
55. ↑ Template:Cite book/The Code of the Harpers

Cite error: `<ref>` tags exist for a group named "note", but no corresponding `<references group="note"/>` tag was found