Fort Beluarian

Fort Beluarian was a trade fort in northern Chult that was run by the Flaming Fist on behalf of the city-state of Baldur's Gate.

Geography
Fort Beluarian was located on the northern tip of Chult, northeast of Port Nyanzaru and near the eastern shore of the Bay of Chult.

Trade
The fort was a place of refuge for weary explorers or adventurers as a last resort, at least for a night or two.

Defenses
The fort was well supplied and well defended against the monsters of the jungle.

History
Following the discovery of Maztica in 1361 DR, Duke Eltan, leader of the Flaming Fist mercenary company, was taken by an urge to explore. Among other ventures, he financed an expedition to Chult in 1364 DR consisting of three ships and 150 men, led by the officers Beluarion and Nenon. Despite hiring six experienced elven guides to ease their passage in the Chultan jungle, more than half the expedition was lost, including Beluarion. The surviving expedition members founded Fort Beluarian, named for their fallen commander.

Under Nenon's leadership, the fort's garrison took on the local batiri tribes, and otherwise made itself available for hire for any non-evil venture.

By 1479 DR, the fort was still manned and operated by the Flaming Fist, but ownership had ceded to the city of Baldur's Gate itself, and its population had swelled to a thousand inhabitants. In the near-century since its founding, the fort had been lost twice to native uprisings, but was retaken each time. Amn expressed interest in purchasing the fort, but it was suspected their motive was to close it down to drive more trade towards their own colony of Port Nyanzaru, effectively giving them a trade monopoly.

Inhabitants
The Flaming Fist would hire out its mercenaries from the fort for the right price, provided the task was not evil. In the late 14th century DR, the outpost was home to a small assortment of rangers, wizards, clerics, and rogues and numerous fighters.