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Fetlock Court was a large paved courtyard in the Castle Ward of Waterdeep, adjoining the stables and paddocks of the Lords' Palace.[1]

Description[]

Officially, it was used as the staging area for mounted guards before their departure on patrols. Unofficially, bards from the New Olamn college often used Fetlock Court as an impromptu concert practice area.[1][2] It was also possible to purchase horses here.[3]

Benches were available here for public sitting purposes.[4]

Geography[]

Fetlock Court lay directly to the west of Swords Street.[5] A minor street known as the Rise climbed north from the Court and up Mount Waterdeep to the Mountainside neighborhood.[6]

Rumors & Legends[]

A flagstone in Fetlock Court concealed a small shaft connected to the Dungeon Level of Undermountain, roughly the diameter of a human arm and equipped with a small container attached to a thin cord of enchanted spidersilk, allowing messages and small items to be passed to and fro. The City Watch were aware of the shaft, but no one could remember exactly which chamber of Undermountain it connected to. In the spring of Year of Three Ships Sailing, 1492 DR, a mysterious individual was spotted using the shaft but they fled when confronted by Watch officers, apparently vanishing into thin air. This drew the attention of Open Lord Laeral Silverhand as well as the Blackstaff, Vajra Safahr. Following this, the City Watch kept the flagstone under active surveillance.[7]

One of the many portals leading to Maldiglas's Refuge deep inside Mount Waterdeep could be found at the southwestern end of Fetlock Court, just past the horse-trough.[8][9]

Inhabitants[]

  • Reina Thrasim, Voice of the Streets for The Loyal Order of Street Laborers could be find here circa the mid-14th century DR.[10]

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Appearances[]

Novels & Short Stories

Referenced only
Blackstaff

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ed Greenwood and Steven E. Schend (July 1994). “Campaign Guide”. City of Splendors (TSR, Inc), p. 46. ISBN 0-5607-6868-1.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Eric L. Boyd (June 2005). City of Splendors: Waterdeep. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 96. ISBN 0-7869-3693-2.
  3. Steven E. Schend (July 2006). Blackstaff. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 65–66. ISBN 978-0786940165.
  4. Erik Scott de Bie (April 2009). Downshadow. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 4, p. 37. ISBN 978-0-7869-5128-4.
  5. Map by Jason Engle included in Christopher Perkins, James Haeck, James Introcaso, Adam Lee, Matthew Sernett (September 2018). Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. Edited by Jeremy Crawford. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 978-0-7869-6625-7.
  6. Bruce R. Cordell, Ed Greenwood, Chris Sims (August 2008). Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide. Edited by Jennifer Clarke Wilkes, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 197. ISBN 978-0-7869-4924-3.
  7. Ed Greenwood (2023-02-06). Weirdnesses of Waterdeep. Ed Greenwood's Patreon. Retrieved on 2023-03-10.
  8. Ed Greenwood (January 2000). Secrets of the Magister. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 75. ISBN 978-0786914302.
  9. Eric L. Boyd (June 2005). City of Splendors: Waterdeep. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 118. ISBN 0-7869-3693-2.
  10. Ed Greenwood and Steven E. Schend (July 1994). “Who's Who in Waterdeep”. City of Splendors (TSR, Inc), p. 49. ISBN 0-5607-6868-1.