New Neverwinter

New Neverwinter is a city being built around the ruins of Neverwinter. The movement to create New Neverwinter is being headed by Lord Dagult Neverember, the Open Lord of Neverwinter. The foragers building the city, however, are more interested in giving the city off to the Shadovar, who have saved them from Ashmadai attacks and have even gone to renaming Neverwinter Bridge into the Walk of Barrabus as a sign of honour to Artemis Entreri, an assassin working for the Netherese. Neverember, however, plans on either annexing the city in favor of Waterdeep or giving it to the Ashmadai. Thay also has its plans for the city.

Waterdeep
Neverember's plan to annex New Neverwinter is simple: Make the people love him. However, the people favor Herzgo Alegni more than him, though he is actually the true father of New Neverwinter. Neverember, however, claims to be the rightful ruler of Neverwinter as well by being the son of Vers Never, the bastard son of Lord Nasher Alagondar and younger half-brother to Bann, who succeeded their shared father as king. As Neverember tells it, Vers settled in Waterdeep and married Mirtria Ember, thus forming the "Neverember" name. Neverember was then named the Lord Protector of New Neverwinter.

Ashmadai
Neverember, against the wishes of his people, secretly formed an alliance with the Ashmadai, who he knows nothing about. The Ashmadai control nearly all the mercenaries of New Neverwinter who guard the Chasm as well as General Sabine and plan on inducting Neverember as well. Neverember also plans on finding the recently discovered Gauntlgrym and rebuilding it for the trust of the Delzoun Dwarves. Of the Thayans who the Ashmadai have broken their alliance with, General Sabine is looking to find the Thayans and crush them.

The Shadovar
Of the Netherese Neverember looks ignorantly of. However, he has hired several Netherese assassins to carry out discreet assassinations for him. The citizens of New Neverwinter have recently been protected by Herzgo Alegni, who, unknown to them, is actually an agent for the Netherese. The Netherese's grand plan, unlike the Ashmadai, those of New Neverwinter and Thay is not to annex the city into a larger kingdom, but rather use the city to bring back the First Enclave, Xinlenal.