The Citadel was a fortress and prison in the city of Arabel in Cormyr.[1][2][4][5] It was the largest building in that city and the home of the Army of the East.[1]
Description[]
The grand fortress was so large that it was visible from no matter where one stood in the city. It was designed primarily to be a fortress, and so it did not have many distinguishing features that did not serve it in that role.[1]
Location[]
The Citadel was located in the most prosperous section of the city,[3] the north,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][note 1] near the Arabellan Palace and just west of the Lady's House, a temple to Tymora.[1][3] It was surrounded by multiple mansions of the rich nobles and merchants of the city.[1][3]
The highest lookout tower on the city walls—where Kelemvor once battled Knightsbridge[8]—was just north of the complex.[3]
Services[]
Adventuring charters, which were a requirement for adventurers operating in Cormyr, could be acquired at the Citadel.[9]
In addition to a jail,[2][3][4][5][6][7] the Citadel also contained a royal library, where historical records of Cormyr were kept.[10]
History[]
Aris, Galaeron Nihmedu, and Ruha were once held prisoner overnight in the Citadel's jail for their own protection from the Shadovar.[11]
Appendix[]
Notes[]
- ↑ The compass rose on maps of Arabel may point either to the top or left of the page, because of an error that was repeated in publications, making directions confusing. However, it is very clear from in-text descriptions of the locations of gates—such as Eastgate, for example—of buildings, and of roads in the city that north should be to the left of the earliest maps, which were republished in most sourcebooks.
Appearances[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Ed Greenwood (July 1995). Volo's Guide to Cormyr. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 59. ISBN 0-7869-0151-9.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ed Greenwood, Jeff Grubb (August 1987). “Cyclopedia of the Realms”. In Karen S. Martin ed. Forgotten Realms Campaign Set (TSR, Inc.), pp. 24–25. ISBN 0-88038-472-7.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Karen Wynn Fonstad (August 1990). The Forgotten Realms Atlas. (TSR, Inc), p. 133. ISBN 978-0880388573.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Anthony Herring, Jeff Grubb (1993). Player's Guide to the Forgotten Realms Campaign. (TSR, Inc.), pp. 90–91. ISBN 1-56076-695-6.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Eric Haddock (1994). Cormyr. (TSR, Inc), pp. 18–19. ISBN 1-56076-818-5.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Ed Greenwood, Julia Martin, Jeff Grubb (1993). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 2nd edition (revised), A Grand Tour of the Realms. (TSR, Inc), pp. 46–47. ISBN 1-5607-6617-4.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Paul Culotta (September/October 1996). “Storm Season”. In Michelle Vuckovich ed. Dungeon #61 (TSR, Inc.) (61)., pp. 32–33.
- ↑ Scott Ciencin (April 1989). Shadowdale. (TSR, Inc.), pp. 27, 71. ISBN 0-8803-8730-0.
- ↑ John Terra (November 1997). Four from Cormyr. Edited by Kim Mohan. (TSR, Inc.), p. 9. ISBN 0-7869-0646-4.
- ↑ John Terra (November 1997). Four from Cormyr. Edited by Kim Mohan. (TSR, Inc.), p. 10. ISBN 0-7869-0646-4.
- ↑ Troy Denning (December 2009). “The Siege”. Return of the Archwizards (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 427–436. ISBN 978-0-7869-5365-3.