Clarkswell

Clarkswell
Geography
Type	Village
Region	Cormyr, Interior Faerûn
Size	Small
Politics
Ruler's type	Mayor
Mayor	Gladgo Haltok in the mid-14th century DR

Clarkswell was a small farming town in northern Cormyr.

Description

Clarkswell laid fifty miles north of Arabel, in the foothills of the Storm Horn Mountains, and sustained itself on farming. Clarkswell was a small town of only several businesses and little trade to speak of.

The Town Square laid at the village's center, on Market Way. A smithy, stables, and a general store surrounded the Town Square. The Cooked Goose Inn stood on the crossing of Market Way and Lynway, just to the north, facing the Town Square. Further north, the next block was separated by Merdocks Street. This was where the leather goods store was found with the mage protector's tower across the street crossing. One block south from the Town Square stood the town's guardhouse and the mayor's manse.

Government

The town was governed by a mayor. Two other officials were the protector mage and the guard captain. Gladgo Haltok, a retired adventurer, was the kindly, well-liked lord-mayor in the mid-14^th century DR. During the same time period, the title of the guard captain was held by Lyle Grobit, an immensely strong but moody fighter. And lastly, Eloras was the town's introverted protector mage.

Defenses

Under guard captain Lyle Grobit's leadership, the town's guard company consisted of forty fighters and sixty trained civilian militiamen. Twenty of the guards were usually on patrol at the time.

History

Protector mage Eloras saved Clarkswell from monsters on three separate occasions before or in the mid-14^th century DR. In the mid-14^th century DR, a farmstead ten miles north of town was hit by a hill giant raid. Another event of note was a robbery of the lord-mayor's manse and the mage protector's tower by a group of adventurers who pretended to be members of the nobility but, in truth, sought an acceptance into Brandon's Band of Thieves of Arabel.

Notable Locations

• Blacksmith's shop overlooking the Town Square, run by Mercer Strongson in the mid-14^th century DR.
• Cooked Goose Inn, the only inn in town of note, managed by Markel Harkwhite in the mid-14^th century DR. The tavern served travelers, adventurers, merchants, and farmers and offered free lodgings and meals to visiting bards. Markel's wife was the inn's cook and theorist two daughters, Sinali Harkwhite and Talli Harkwhite, worked as servers.
• General store, owned by Mitzi Elder, an eagle-eyed and pleasant woman, in the mid-14^th century DR.
• Leather Goods for All, a leatherworker's workshop and store run by Jason Hetrick in the mid-14^th century DR.
• Mayor's house, a large mansion, the biggest building in town.
• Stables on the Town Square, run by Norcal, an avid smoker, in the mid-14^th century DR.
• Wizard's tower, home of Eloras, the protector mage, consisted of only two rooms – a workroom on the first floor and the upper floor bedroom. His grandson's home stood across the street from the tower.

Notable Inhabitants

• Brazee, a neurotic farmer who frequented the Cooked Goose Inn in the mid-14^th century DR.
• Climm, a jack of all trades and a Cooked Goose's regular patron in the mid-14^th century DR.
• Gutrock Trollbane, an adventurer visitor to Clarkswell.
• Josiah Crimple, a happy-go-lucky farmer and Brazee's dining companion in the mid-14^th century DR.
• Norf, a Cooked Goose's regular patron in the mid-14^th century DR.
• Paul Portis, a hired farm laborer in the mid-14^th century DR.
• Xanthes Smithson, a traveling merchant who dealt in arms and armor, a regular business visitor to Clarkswell.

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