Elversult

Elversult was a rich community found in the Dragon Coast region of Faerûn. It was an important trading up and mercantile center, that facilitated both honest and illegitimate trade across the Eastern Heartlands and beyond.

Beyond its reputation as a great trade city and hotspot of the latest trends, Elversult was known across nearly all of Faerûn as the birthplace of the renewed church of Amaunator and the god's second sun that shone bright in the skies above.

Geography
The city was found on the south side of the Dragonmere at the junction of many trade roads that connected the main routes of the lands between the Sea of Fallen Stars, the rest of the Dragon Coast, through the Western Heartlands, as far west as the Sword Coast.

Roads leading to the city included the Overmoor Trail, south from Proskur; the Trader's Road, west from the Sunset Vale by means of Priapurl and east from Teziir, the Plunge, south from the ruins of Ilipur, and Turnstone Road, southwest from Pros.

Geographical Features
Elversult was founded at the confluence of a number of freshwater ponds that were set between rolling hills and forested ridges. A rocky tor known as Temple Hill in the center of Elversult overlooked the city environs, which lacking walls sprawled beyond the woodlands. The hill was named for the pair of holy houses that sat atop its apex, which were dedicated to the deities of Waukeen and Lathander.

The combination of Elversult being a relatively new, as of the Era of Upheaval, and having enjoyed strong leadership throughout its history, lead to the preservation of the wooded glades and knolls which were scattered through the city.

Relationships
Throughout its history, Elversult has had regular conflicts with the coastal city of Westgate, often receiving aid from the noble kingdom of Cormyr to the northeast. Foreign nations from the Unapproachable East such as Impiltur and even Thay were known to have spies operating within the city's borders.

Trade
From its central location at the crossroads between a number of important mercantile destinations, Elversult dominated overland trade in the region. In addition to its importance in legitimate trade in the region, the city was a haven for smugglers and others looking to move products that were not entirely legal in the Heartlands.

Although not a port itself, the city kept its warehouses full of trade goods that went as far away as Cormyr and the Sword Coast. Plenty of caravan paddocks and stockyards could be found on the outskirts of the city.

Society
The bustling city was a melting pot for cultures from across half of Faerûn, a place where travelers could readily get a read on the latest trends in trade, fads in fashion, or other current goings-on.

While Elversian leaders did their best to the city's reputation as one of honest trade and one that was worthy of respect, its more nefarious citizens did all they could to make this task as difficult as possible.

The upper classes tended to live to the north, or the west of Temple Hill, around the 'Ladytower's Lands' that surrounded the "Ladytowers", or Moonstorm House. The the poorer areas and warehouses tended to be found in the the south and eastern parts of the city.

Defenses
Elversult boasted a strong military force of some 3,500 warriors known as the Maces. They acted as both a local law enforcement and the city guard that protected Elversians from exterior threats. They patrolled the city in five-man units, ready to rapidly call down reinforcements if a strong-enough threat presented itself.

History
The Cult of the Dragon established a cell within the city in the, and allied themselves with the black dragon Hethcypressarvil. The cultists were known to run the city's black market of foreign spices, along with illicit drugs and poisons. After undergoing the process to become a dracolich, the cultist's patron dragon took control of the group and manipulated them towards his own ends, a dynamic that continued for over a hundred years into the mid–14 century DR.

The Book of Fangs and Talons appeared in Elversult in the, when a group of Malarites began using the city as a base for their operations in nearby lands.

Elversult suffered great destruction at the hands of the Dracolich Hethcypressarvil, in the. The undead dragon was briefly defeated by the Maces with the aid of the Harper sorceress Ruha, and its remains were submerged beneath the small lake near Temple Hill.

In the, the Elversian embassy of the Shou Lung empire was suddenly destroyed. A scroll was later recovered from the rubble that bore the seal of the first emperor, Ra-Khati.

One year later, during the month of Mirtul, Sunlord Daelegoth Orndeir beseeched Amaunator for a miracle to cease the draughts that plagued much of the Realms. In the following days Elversult received tremendous amounts of rainfall and beauteous weather that followed. On the day of Midsummer he called for his fellow faithful to take witness to Amaunator's glory and summoned forth a second sun that ascended over the city and provided illumination to the city at all hours of the day.

Inhabitants
The herald of Elversult held the title of "Purple Halberd".

One notable criminal organization that operated in the city during the mid–14 century was the band of thieves known as the Purple Masks.

Notable inhabitants

 * 14 Century:
 * Hathala Orndeir
 * Daelegoth Orndeir, prophet of the Risen Sun heresy.
 * Vaerana Hawklyn, the city's Lady Constable during the mid–14 century DR and notable member of the Harpers.
 * Waevor Talaphin, traveling minstrel and cartographer.
 * Yanseldara, Lady Lord and ruler of the city.


 * 15 Century:
 * Andratha Dorntalon, fervent devotee of Loviatar and the Pain of Elversult.

Notable Locations

 * Inns & Taverns:
 * Axe and Hammer, a quiet and even somber establishment that was made worse its foreboding dwarven staff.
 * Gull's Gauntlet
 * Old Boot
 * Splitskull Inn and Tavern, a particularly wild and rowdy place to stop.
 * Wyvern's Pipe


 * Landmarks:
 * The Fair, an open-air marketplace.
 * Elversult Hall, the great central meeting place for merchants, businesspeople and those looking to hire themselves out to others.
 * Jailgates, a civic building that housed the local courthouse and prison, that were encircled by the barracks of the Maces.
 * Moonstorm House, also known as "Ladytowers", the personal residence of the Lady Lord and Lady Constable.
 * Shou-town, a neighborhood of the city that housed the embassy of the Shou Empire.


 * Temples:
 * House of Coins, a great temple-complex of Waukeen that experienced much tumult in the years following the Time of Troubles.
 * House of Hands, the local Gondar temple.
 * Tower of the Morn, the holy house of Lathander, and later Amaunator, that held much power and influence throughout the Dragon Coast.

Elversult house local shrines to the deities Eldath, Selûne, and Tymora.

Appearances

 * Novels
 * The Veiled Dragon