Talk:Trade Way

I'm a little confused about the way the Trade Way forks just south of Dragonspear Castle. It would make sense if the Coast Way was considered a separate entity from the Trade Way, but according to sources as recent as Hoard of the Dragon Queen (which identifies the road north from Baldur's Gate as the Trade Way, despite it being marked with the Coast Way nickname on the map), it clearly isn't. Anybody know whether this is something that's been addressed in the lore somewhere? If so, I think it would be a good addition to this article, as a road that leads from Waterdeep to both Baldur's Gate and Scornubel might be a bit confusing to people just learning their Realms geography. – Erikvonriese (talk) 17:57, August 10, 2016 (UTC)


 * This is a weird and complex issue, but the article seems correct. Every map I've looked at labels the east and/or west branches south of Dragonspear Castle as the Trade Way, and the section south of Baldur's Gate is called the Coast Way (despite not being near the coast). The Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 2nd edition (revised) has both branches as the Trade Way. This will take quite a lot of work to sort out.


 * If you like, you can add the Hoard of the Dragon Queen version to the article, to give the most recent explanation. — BadCatMan (talk) 11:02, August 11, 2016 (UTC)