Thentia

Thentia was a city located in the Moonsea North region of Faerûn. It was well known for its citizens' impassioned sense of self-determination, its reputation as the free and open of the cities around the Moonsea lake, as well as its significant population of arcane spellcasters.

Description
Thentia was considered to have an unrestrained albeit disorderly spirit, without the ever-present malice harbored by some cities of the Moonsea. Much of the city was considered to be a rough and crude place.

Weather
Unlike much of the Moonsea, particularly neighboring Melvaunt, the weather in Thentia was most often rather pleasant, resembling a crisp Spring day.

Government
Thentia's head of state was a singular person known as the "watchlord". Elected by the city's nobility each year, the watchlord little more than a symbolic figurehead. They were largely responsible for overseeing trade contracts and maintaining commercial regulations within the city.

The fate of Thentia's citizens was truly in the hands of the city's noble families, each of which were offered support by various independent mages.

Altogether Thentia's government considered quite enlightened and progressive by Moonsea standards.

Defenses
Thentia had one of the weakest militaries among the Moonsea powers. They were guarded by a cavalry of some sixty mounted soldiers known as the Riders of Thentia. The city watch was even less impressive, consisting eight guardsmen known as the Warders.

In truth the city's resident mages were often impressive enough in their own right to discourage aggression taken towards the city as a whole.

History
The city was founded at the beginning of the 9 century DR, in the.

In the, Thentia was among the settlements and city-states that lent their resources to the reconstruction of the ancient Citadel fo the Raven in the northern slopes of the Dragonspine Mountains.

Later on it was among the powers of the Moonsea that agreed to the treaty of unity put forth by the Coronal of Myth Drannor some time before the. The cities and nations allied themselves to stand against the returned empire of Netheril and its campaign of conquest against the Realms of north Faerûn. After the conflict came to end and Netheril's plans were thwarted, Thentia and many of the Moonsea's smaller cities strove to form their own identity in the Realms, lest they come under the heel of another over-zealous power.

Rumors & Legends
Local legend spoke of an intelligent blade known as the Bright Sword that hovered throughout the city at times, cutting down members of the city's spellcasting community. It was said the sword craved the unique magical items that these individuals possessed.

Notable Locations

 * Inns & Taverns:
 * The Beacon
 * The Inlet


 * Landmarks:
 * Ferry
 * Watchlord's Tower


 * Residences:
 * Firefinger's Tower
 * Zhentish Merchant Quarters


 * Shops:
 * Angrym's Livery
 * Mad Melyrk's


 * Temples:
 * House of the Moon, a large white-marble temple dedicated to Selûne.

Inhabitants
Thentia boasted one of the largest communities of un-aligned and otherwise non-affiliated spellcasters in all the Moonsea. Many retired mages from neighboring lands, such as the Brotherhood of the Cloak in Mulmaster, and the War Wizards of Cormyr chose to spend their retirement in Thentia, well away from the duties of their home nations. Some of these wizards and sorcerers did band together to form a rather powerful mage's guild.

Nobility
Noble families of Thentia included the Swifthands, Khodolis, and the Birneir families, all of whom were among the city's founders.

Organizations
A minor cult formed in veneration of the enigmatic Bright Blade for some time, but dissolved over time.

The Knights of the North were known to have maintained a secret hideout in Thentia as of the early 1370s DR.

Notable Inhabitants

 * Flammuldinath Thuldoum,
 * Norrin, a renowned blade and the leader of the Golden Gauntlets.
 * Phourkyn One-Eye, the sunwyrm that assumed the identity of a human man.
 * Rilitar Shadow-watera powerful moon elf wizard.

Appearances

 * Novels
 * The Rite