Sashenstar

The Sashenstars were a noble family of Baldur's Gate that had a long association with the city's Merchant's League.

Activities
They owed their considerable wealth to their interests in commercial shipping, mining operations, and the textiles industry.

History
Staring around the, and continuing on to the Iron crisis that afflicted the Sword Coast in the , the the Merchant's League was to compete with the rising Iron Throne mercantile group. The noble family even allowed their Baldurian estate, overseen by Aldeth Sashenstar, to be infiltrated by a group of Throne-controlled doppelgangers. As a result, the city's Council of Four banned the Merchant's League from operating in Baldur's Gate entirely. While the Sashenstar family renounced the organization in public, they maintained a working relationship with the league in secret.

House Sashenstar experienced years of decline until the, when the family's prodigal son Dabron Sashenstar returned from an expedition to Sossal, took over leadership of the family's businesses, and brought down the Iron Throne with the blessing from the Baldurian Council of Four.

Notable Members

 * Aldeth Sashenstar, family patriarch in the years leading up to 1372 DR.
 * Dabron Sashenstar, Aldeth's heir who was most famous for being the explorer that "discovered" the kingdom of Sossal.

Appearances

 * Video Games
 * Baldur's Gate