The Stormshields (company)

### Properties

Sauvignon House (Westgate), The Black Eye Tavern & Feasthall (Westgate), The Fairwinds Villa (Waterdeep), The Coral Citadel (Mother of Mists)

## Membership

### Active Members

Daniel Stormweather, Nicola Tahvo, Durro Liadon, Gabriel Nightbane, Landon Shieldheart

### Support Members

Arma Puttenesca (NPC healer), Muckwhip Falgoroth (cohort), Tamar Harpell-Wands (cohort)

## Introduction

The Stormshields is an adventuring company which formed at The Black Eye Tavern in Westgate on 1 Marpenoth 1379. By 1380, the party was accepted into the ranks of the Moonstars as squad PI-9. The company later went on to recruit and mentor Fortunes Favored, Moonstars squad PI-18.

## Company Members

The current, active members of The Stormshields are:

* Lord Capt. Daniel Stormweather
* Lord Nicola Tahvo
* Lord Durro Liadon
* Sir Gabriel Nightbane
* Sir Landon Shieldheart

Active auxiliary members of The Stormshields are:

* Dame Arma Puttenesca, The Lady of Leaves (NPC healer)
* Muhkinza "Muckwhip" of the Falgoroth (cohort of Durro Liadon)
* Tamar Harpell Wands (cohort of Daniel Stormweather)

Active Support Agents for The Stormshields are:

* Alicia Stormweather (exchequer and sister of Daniel)
* Aloemaun Thrie (diplomat)
* Barduga Zillori (ranger)
* Fingoli Zillori (ranger)
* Deacon Van der Dyke (bookkeeper & scribe)
* Shay Braegan (druid)
* Moëtsia of Lantan (sniper)
* Risis Brightwyn (spy)
* Morley Cook (squad cook)

Past members of The Stormshields are:

* Moëtsia of Lantan
* Khaiyn Tenevesta
* B’Harak Ikkith T’Shassaniki (deceased)
* Khorash Eonatharansinthi (deceased)

Senior Officers to whom The Stormshields report are:

* Capt. Pallavarta Santalieri (Regional Lead Operative of the Moonstars)

## Formation & Affiliations

The members of the company that would later be known as The Stormshields first met on 1 Marpenoth 1379 in the city of Westgate.

## Bases of Operation

**The Villa Fairwinds:** A Waterdeep landmark, the Villa Fairwinds is a stately noble villa perched on the eastern edge of the city, where the city walls come within a stone's throw of the sea. One of the rare villas in Waterdeep that can claim a panoramic ocean view, The Fairwinds has been a popular cite for hosting society gatherings for decades. Once a rental property for parties and balls, The Stormshields purchased the property in 1381 to serve as their Waterdeep residence and the public headquarters for their company.

* *The Villa Fairwinds hosts a small portal chamber in the basement of its central tower which hosts a Blue Coral Portal linking it to the Coral Citadel (hub), Sauvignon House (Westgate), and Amazandar Castle (Amazandar City).*

**The Coral Citadel:** In addition, the Stormshields, after routing a thieves guild known as the Shadow Shoal, a southern branch of the Shadow Thieves. secured their subterranean lair known as The Coral Citadel. The Coral Citadel lies beneath the In a series of renovations, they transformed The Coral Citadel into a large, secret base of operations, which serves as a safe house and secret base, research laboratory, and high-security vault. Expanding The Citadel with a set of dormitories, a gymnasium, and an infirmary, The Citadel is now equipped to serve as a long-term fallout shelter for up to 150 people.

* *The Coral Citadel hosts a large portal chamber which serves as the hub of the Blue Coral Portals, a network of teleportation circles linking the Coral Citadel to a variety of locations, including The Villa Fairwinds (Waterdeep), Sauvignon House (Westgate), and Amazandar Castle (Amazandar City).*

**Sauvignon House:** Their original base of operations was a small boathouse on Westgate Pier #6, called Sauvignon House. In 1381, the Stormshields established a second base in the city of Waterdeep by purchasing The Fairwinds Villa at the western edge of the city, not far from Blackstaff Academy.

* *Sauvignon House hosts a small portal chamber in the attic which hosts a Blue Coral Portal linking it to the Coral Citadel (hub), The Villa Fairwinds (Waterdeep), and Amazandar Castle (Amazandar City).*

**The Black Eye:** Also owned and operated by The Stormshields include The Black Eye Tavern & Feasthall, located at the base of Pier 4 in the heart of Westgate, which the party runs as a shared business establishment.

**Bezantil Safehouse:** In addition, the party maintains a small safehouse in Bezantil in The Great Dale, about 200 miles northeast of Uthmere.

## Legacy

The Stormshields were commemorated in a popular ballad called the *Battle of the Springtimie Snow*, which was first performed by Toris and Company at Candlekeep in Myrtul of 1381. By Kythorn of 1381, Toris and his company of travelling bards were absorbed into the Cirque of Erasmus, and proceeded to perform the song througout the planes. By late 1381, the song was being sung in taverns and feasthalls across Fearun. The song garnered The Stormshields much notoriety, as well as infamy in the lands of Thay.