Dekanter

Dekanter, formally the Mines of Dekanter, were ruins in the Savage Frontier.

Description
Dekanter was once an iron mine of Netheril. It has since fallen into ruin.

Geography
Dekanter was located south of Weathercote Wood, the crumbling ruins were surrounded by low hills.

Flora & Fauna
beholders, gargoyles , gnolls , goblins

History
In, Netheril established the mines of Dekanter. During the time of Netheril, Dekanter was a successful iron mine. It provided Netheril with a significant amount of iron.

By, all the iron was mined and it became a sort of laboratory for Netherese mages. Since the mine was able to isolate the potentially negative effects of a spell, it was used as a testing ground for new spells. It was also used as a storage facility for magical items.

It was abandoned with the fall of Netheril.

Rumors & Legends
It was rumored that Dekanter was the location of an entrance into a vast subterranean land beneath Faerûn.

Inhabitants
Dekanter was home to a particularly nasty and sinister beholder who was an agent for the Zhentarim. It guarded the pass, with the aid of its gnoll minions, for the Zhentarim, allowing only Zhent caravans to use the pass to cross through the Greypeak Mountains.