Rothé Valley

Rothé Valley was a region of the Sword Coast North that comprised verdant farmlands and wilderness that was rich with life.

Description
Rothé Valley comprised a number of small villages and farmhouses situated around a well-secluded village. Despite living in separate farms, its people part of a larger community that shared a common way of life.

Geography
The valley was situated north of Neverwinter, and its lush fields were provided abundant water from the Never River. Its numerous farms and rural settlements were situated along the stretch of the High Road that connected Neverwinter to Cragmire Keep further north.

Government
As of the late 1490s DR, the famers of Rothé Valley looked to Fergus Gunderson for leadership, a retired adventurer who served as mayor of Rothé Valley Village.

History
For hundreds of years during the Present Age, drow raided the villages and farms of Rothé Valley to capture slaves for their cities in the Underdark. Groups like the Emerald Enclave led forays into the drow slave tunnels in order to rescue these poor souls, but were not always successful.

During the early 15 century, in the, a tunnel opened up within the valley.

Over half a century later, in the, a group of drow slavers led by Slave Lord Malagath of House Xorlarrin established a hidden camp within a canyon that overlooked Rothé Valley. They captured villagers from local farms and sparsely-defended settlements, enslaving them in preparation for trade in the Underdark. Rothé Valley Village itself was threated by scores of drow-controlled spiders, among them the enormous arachnid referred to as the Daughter of Lolth.

The whole drow expedition against the valley was led by Sarkon'Iss, a drider prince from the subterranean settlement of New Xorlarrin. House Xorlarrin sought to cease the endless cycle of slave-gathering and establish a permanent settlement in the region, just as Ravel Xorlarrin had done over a decade prior. The drow slavers were driven away by the Hero of Sleeping Dragon Bridge, who worked alongside Mayor Gunderson himself, a ranger from Neverwinter named Dassar Truebow, and even the surface-dwelling drow named Imbross Irri'karr.

In the mid–1480s DR, a cell of the Cult of the Dragon sprang up in Rothé Valley.

Notable Locations

 * New Xorlarrin
 * Rothé Valley Village, the

Appearances

 * Video Games