Morninggold Keep

'Morninggold Keep, also called Castle Morninggold, was the county seat of County Morninggold in the Golden Marches of Tethyr. It was the former home of then-countess and later queen Zaranda Star.

Location
The small keep was located in the northern regions of the Iltkazar Highlands, near the Shining Stream.

History
The keep and its county at first belonged to the Gulderhorn family of Tethyr.

After the fall of the country into anarchy on the Ten Black Days of Eleint, former adventuress and commander in the Tuigan War Zaranda Star used the spoils of that war to purchase County Morninggold and its keep from the Order of the Silver Chalice in, to help fund the Order's operations in restoring nobility in the land. Zaranda spent most of her initial time as countess at the keep, restoring it and fixing it up to her liking. However, her funds began running low, so she sought a means to pay off her debt and retire at the keep. Her solution was to obtain expensive magical items from Unther and Thay and then sell them in the city of Zazesspur.

The journey did not end quite as she had planned, and she found herself entangled in war and political intrigue that ultimately led to her rising to the leadership of a resistance movement and her crowning as the queen of Tethyr over the course of a year. At the end of the Reclamation Wars in, Queen Zaranda restored Aalangama Gulderhorn's lands and titles back to her family as a reward for her bravery and leadership in the battle.

Inhabitants
Countess Gulderhorn, the keep's owner from, split her time equally between the keep and Mount Noblesse, the headquarters of the Order of the Silver Chalice.

Appearances

 * War in Tethyr