Hilp

Hilp was a small town in southern Cormyr. It was located on Calantar's Way between Immersea to the northeast and Suzail to the southwest. Hilp marked the western terminus of the Way of the Manticore, which ran east to the town of Wheloon and beyond.

Geography
Hilp was surrounded by farmland and grazing pastures. It was situated just north of Starwater River and just outside the southeastern edge of the King's Forest.

Government
The lord of Hilp was Doon Dzavar, a former merchant. He was not from Cormyr, but during his governance he earned positive regard from the townspeople and the king.

Doon's herald was the wizard Baldask Delzantar.

Trade
Hilp was a market town for the local farmers, and had thriving trades in the making of barrels and wagons.

A shrub known as stelk was grown commercially in Hilp as fish bait. A stelk shrub resembled a cluster of brown, fist-sized cabbage heads. Aquatic creatures, from goldfish to dragon turtles, were unable to resist it. A species of freshwater electric eel inhabited the Lake of Dragons that could release an electrical discharge deadly to humans. An eel eating a head of stelk was unable to use this ability for a week.

Defenses
In 1357 DR, Hilp was an unfortified town and was defended by the militia.

Recent to 1367 DR, the town had defensive walls though the buildings kept outgrowing them along the major roads.

History
Hilp was named after its founder, a warrior who killed or drove out the trolls that infested the area.

Volo, the well-known traveler and guidebook author, provided a different historical account. He claimed Hilp was named after a Cormyrean court jester who was granted extensive farmlands at the site.

Inhabitants
Local nobility included members of the Cormaeril family.