Centaur Bridge

Centaur Bridge, also known as the Stone Village, was a small town in Turmish, just off the Halondar.

Description
Centaur Bridge was named after a stone bridge that arched over a small pound located in the ancient deep Dancing Forest. The pond was a seasonal body of water that rose even spring and trickled away into distant sinkholes later. The town was surrounded by an ever-present, thick white mist. The town's other name, the Stone Village, came from the fact that all buildings in the Centaur Bridge made out of stone, as wood never lasted in the constant damp mist. The stone cottages where wrapped in creepers and moss. The village's stables and homes stood close to the surrounding old woods. Even though Centaur Bridge was a small village, it had several taverns.

Geography
Centaur Bridge was adjacent to Halondar, also known as the Turmway, was a road that stretched from Alaghôn to Hlondeth. From Centaur Bridge one road veered north towards the town of Nonthal. The south route veered far south until it reached the town of Gildenglade and the Lake of Drifting Stars.

History
Sometime circa 1366 DR, the adventuring Company of the Shining Stars, backed by a wealthy Sembian, explored the the vanished mansion's cellars. Reportedly, the adventurers awoken a "great evil" that devoured all members of the troupe apart from the group's rogue - Emanuel Foreister. The survivor claimed that a deepspawn or similar beast was unleashed as the adventurers opened an ancient sarcophagus within the cellars. Following this disastrous adventure, Emanuel Foreister returned to Centaur Bridge every year to pay respect to his perished friends.

Rumors and Legends
Around 1370 DR, it was rumored that the tunnels beneath the vanished mansion hid vast treasure and unknowable dangers.

Like in many other places in the Realms, the Dancing Forest was rumored to hold undiscovered buried treasures left there by individuals on the run.

Another legend of a treasure told of riches hidden at the eastern end of Centaur Bridge. The treasures were believed to be hidden in a clearing only visible from horseback on a bright day and only if the rider knew where to look. Legends claimed that the clearing was haunted by a menagerie of ghostly monsters. Some sages theorized that these ghosts were spellcreations of some wizard who himself was investigating the rumors of the treasure. The clearing was also said to be the entrance to the cellars of the vanished mansion.

Notable Locations

 * The vanished mansion
 * Sometime before 1170 DR, there was a mansion just outside of Centaur Bridge. The mansion was said to have belonged to a merchant from Alaghôn named Torst Habilar. Although the mansion was lost (in an unknown event), it left behind a network of cellars and tunnels.


 * Sylvan Geyser
 * This natural spring shot boiling water every hour. It attracted worshipers of Eldath, tourists, and adventurers. As of 1370 DR, coins and gems had started to occasionally shoot out with the bursts of water. This lead to speculation about what might lie within the geyser.