Dapplegate was a large independent town in the Border Kingdoms.[1]
Geography
The town was located on the north-eastern border of Bedorn on the south shore of the River Scelptar.[1]
Government
Dapplegate was governed by a council of forty merchants. They held council in the Council Hall, a small keep located next to the Place of Arrows.[1]
Trade
Dapplegate was home to a wide variety of crafters. It's location made it a center for import/export businesses, importing trade goods from Calimshan and goods from across the Border Kingdoms were exported from the towns large port district.[1]
The Place of Arrows was the large central marketplace of Dapplegate. It was surrounded by a ring of eight ponds, which were themselves surrounded by a waist-high wall and was used by the merchants as water holes for their draft animals.[1]
Defenses
The north bank of the River Scelptar, and the marshes between Dapplegate and the Shining Sea, were populated by Lizardfolk and Mudmaws. Therefore, there was a large demand for hired guards for merchant barges and caravans, and more than six mercenary companies bases were located in the town.[1]
Inhabitants
- Tilbar Tarnalar, council member and owner of Tarnalar's Tipple, originally from Sword Coast North.
- Master Merchant Nurath Cheldin, council member and moneylender, originally from Calimshan.
- Danchilaer the Mad Mage, a renegade mage from Halruaa who lived in Dapplegate for four hundred years. Rumoured to be either long-lived or undead.
Rumors
Quarlin's Tomb, the resting place of the Halruaan wizard, was allegedly near to Dapplegate.[2]
Appendix
Further Reading
- Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd (March 2006). Power of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 137. ISBN 0-7869-3910-9.
- Ed Greenwood (March 1996). “Elminster's Everwinking Eye: Dapplegate and Derlusk”. In Duane Maxwell ed. Polyhedron #117 (TSR, Inc.), p. 19–21.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Ed Greenwood (2006-03-22). The Border Kingdoms: Dapplegate. The Border Kingdoms. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2018-08-21.
- ↑ Thomas Reid (October 2004). Shining South. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 78. ISBN 0-7869-3492-1.
Connections
Adaerglast • Bedorn • Barony of Blacksaddle • Burntbridges • High Emmerock • Barony of Great Oak • Hawkgarth • Land of Two Princes • Nether Mukshar • Middle Mukshar • High Mukshar • Ondeeme • Owlhold • Realm of the Mount • Realm of the Ready Sword • Shandolphyn's Reach • Grand Duchy of Shantal • Realm of the Smoking Star • Suldamma • Swordpoint Streams • Talduth Vale • Thuntar
Settlements