Revel's End

Revel's End was the prison built on a cliffside overlooking the Sea of Moving Ice in the Frozenfar region of the North. It was used by the Lords' Alliance during the late 15 century to inter some of the Sword Coast's most heinous criminals.

Location
The prison was carved out of a massive rockface which overlooked a portion of the sea known as the Windbreak due north of Lonelywood.

Structure
Revel's end was constructed as a panopticon, wherein individual prison cell encircled a central surveillance tower. The primary prison structure was a six-sided star shape which reached a height of with four two story guard towers erected at each star's "apex" point.

Interior
The hexagonal "core" of Revel's End encompassed the prison's central surveillance hub and the two dozen individual cells immediately surrounding it. Within the surveillance chamber was a magical console that allowed the prison's guards to control the gate to each cell, could magically amplify a speaker's voice throughout the entire compound, as well as adjusting the intensity of the magical flames providing illumination throughout.

Within the second level of the central surveillance tower, some above the prison's main level, was the Hall of Absolution. This chamber served as the meeting place for the prison's governing body.

Two enclosed courtyards within Revel's End granted its prisoners some space for exercise when weather permitted.

Leadership
It was overseen by the Absolution Council, a ten-member committee formed by representatives from each of the alliance's member states with the warden serving as tie-breaker when the council was deadlocked.

Services
Revel's End held individuals convicted of the most serious crimes committed against the member states of the Lords' Alliance -- specifically those given the lengthiest sentences or proven too politically connected to be securely interred elsewhere. All prisoners were issued unremarkable and hoodless robes, given a unique identifying number, and bound in manacles when not alone in their cells.

Prisoners could be transported to Revel's End by land, sea, or air either across the icy tundras of the Frozenfar, via an elevator system which spanned the cliffside leading to The Windbreak, or via a landing area and mooring berth at the top of the prison's tower.

Defenses
The prison employed a variety of security measures to ensure the safety of its staff and guarantee its prisoners could not escape.

At any time the warden could place Revel's End on high alert, drawing the attention of all guards and granting them the ability to see invisible objects and people.

Rumors & Legends
Rumors about a certain prisoner interred within the prison spread as far away as Bryn Shander.

Inhabitants

 * Jil Torbo, the Absolution Council delegate from Baldur's Gate.
 * Marta Marthannis, the prison's warden as of 1492 DR.
 * Voss Anderton, councilor and representative of Neverwinter.
 * Prisoner 237, a former associate of the Arcane Brotherhood that attempted to destabilize the economies of the Ten Towns.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden • Keys from the Golden Vault: "Prisoner 13"