Nightstone

Nightstone was a fortified settlement located near the Ardeep Forest, in the hills between Waterdeep and Daggerford. It was connected to the High Road via a side trail.

Geography
Nightstone was located a few miles south of the Ardeep Forest. It was built on the Ardeep River and consisted of a fenced island connected to an artificial motte that held the village's keep. Its name derived from a mysterious obsidian obelisk in the center of the village that had strange glyphs carved into it and emanated a magic aura.

History
Over the years, the villagers of Nightstone had bad relationships with the wood elves who inhabited the Ardeep Forest due to Lord Drezlin Nandar's hunting. This eventually culminated in an attack on the village, wherein Lord Drezlin and half of the villagers died. His widow, Velrosa Nandar, negotiated peace with the wood elves and has spent years maintaining that peace.

Sometime after the War of the Silver Marches, the village was bombarded with large rocks by a cloud giant floating castle. Many of the inhabitants were crushed, but those who survived fled north into the nearby Dripping caves outside the village. Once abandoned, the cloud giants descended on Nightstone and stole the village's obelisk, believing it to be an artifact of the ancient Giant civilization of Ostoria. Inside the caves, the villagers encountered a clan of goblins and a pair of ogres, who proceeded to capture them.

Notable Inhabitants

 * Agganor family, a tiefling mother and son
 * Destiny Agganor, a village midwife and a worshiper of Asmodeus
 * Grin Agganor, stable boy for Nandar Keep
 * Daphne Featherstone
 * Delfryndel family, Tethyrian humans who operate the village windmill
 * Darson Defryndel
 * Elize Defryndel
 * Hildy Defryndel
 * Renarra Delfryndel
 * Zalf Delfryndel
 * Darthag Ulgar, a Tethyrian human merchant killed by the goblins
 * Hiral Mystrum, a Tethryian human priest of Lathander
 * Hulvaarn family, Damaran humans who farmed potatoes and turnips
 * Ellis Hulvaarn
 * Ghalt Hulvaarn
 * Godrick Hulvaarn
 * Jehanna Hulvaarn
 * Nestor Hulvaarn, father of Godrick who was killed during the cloud giant's assault
 * Prennis Hulvaarn
 * Morak Ur'gray, shield dwarf owner of the village inn
 * Nandar family, Illuskan humans
 * Drezlin Nandar, buried in the village cemetery
 * Velrosa Nandar, a Waterdhavian noblewoman and the village's High Steward. Was killed during the cloud giant's assault
 * Nandar Keep guards, all Illuskan humans
 * Alara Winterspell
 * Kaelen Zam
 * Sydiri Haunlar
 * Torem Breck
 * Nesper family, Tethyrian humans who farmed pumpkins and squash
 * Sylda Nesper, killed by the goblins
 * Sarvin Nesper
 * Yondra Nesper
 * Osstra family, Tethyrian humans who farmed wheat
 * Brolan Osstra
 * Brynn Osstra
 * Thelbin Osstra
 * Semile Southwell, a pig farmer who was killed during the cloud giant's assault
 * Summerhawk Family, strongheart halflings who worked as apothecaries
 * Barley Summerhawk
 * Dollop Summerhawk
 * Larlow Summerhawk, died during the cloud giant's assault
 * Midge Summerhawk
 * Niny Summerhawk
 * Taela Summerhawk
 * Xelbrin family, an elderly human couple killed during the cloud giant's assault
 * Lathan Xelbrin
 * Melantha Xelbrin, village notary and record keeper
 * Rillix, a pet tressym