Irl

Irl is a village that lies just west of the River Rith, due north of The Realm of the Mount. The village's main claim to fame comes in the form of jewlers and their gems. Governmental rulings are made by the Eight-sided Stone, a covert council whose members are the elders of the most powerful Irlian families.

Irl boasts an inn as superb as any in haughty Sembia or cosmopolitan Waterdeep, The Bold Ki-rin. A traveler can't miss the large, three-story, half-timbered mansion of many chimneys. The inn's dining room is famous for roasts, wines, and succulent sauces and it's stables are second to none. The owner and keeper of the Rin is the jovial ex-adventurer Brelmere Baerith.

Where the village main street curves around the thrusting front of The Bold Ki-rin, a row of six well-established jewelry shops stands. The jewelers of Irl are reputed to be among the richest and most powerful humans in all Faerûn. They're a secretive, reclusive lot whose behind-the-scenes influence can move merchants of Sembia, the Zulkirs of Thay and nobles of Waterdeep alike to do things they'd rather not.