Blackshield Apartments

The Blackshield Apartments, or simply Blackshields, were the Court of Cormyr's residences, located in Suzail, the Forest Kingdom's capital.

Description
The Blackshield Apartments was a large four-storied apartment complex with a sizable attic, numerous workshops, and a full cellar. The apartments offered its residents heated baths and a guest lounge on the ground floor, in the back of the complex. Guests could find a buffet of food and drinks open at all hours in the lounge.

The most important visitors to Cormyr, such as royalty, political dignitaries, envoys, ranking members of clergies, or diplomats, were housed in Castle Obarskyr, while lower-ranked guests of the Court were granted apartments in the Blackshields' first and second floors. In addition to guests, Court clerks were housed in the apartments as long as they remained in service of the Crown. Numerous servants of the Blackshields lived in the complex's attic.

Location
The Blackshield Apartments stood on Suzail's grand Promenade, facing Cormyr's Royal Court and the Tower of the Royal Magician, across the street to the northwest. The apartments' city block was nestled between Stonebow and the Street of Staves.

History
The apartments were built at some point before the.