Castle Morlin was the seat of power for the Barony of Steeping Falls until its collapse in the early 5th century DR.[1][6] It was named after the vampire known as the Baron of Blood, Artor Morlin.[2][3][7]
Location[]
The castle was located on the side of a hill overlooking the Delimbiyr River.[4][5][8]
Structure[]
Beneath the castle was a winding network of dungeons. These remained for over a thousand years after the castle's destruction.[9][10]
History[]
In the 3rd century DR, the castle stood at the eastern edge of the Halangorn Forest and its lord claimed the title Lord Protector of the Sword Hills in addition to Baron of Steeping Falls.[11]
After the collapse of the barony, in the Year of the Black Dagger, 403 DR the castle became the lair of horrifying beasts and malevolent undead. Folks from the surrounding areas avoided the ruins of the fallen castle.[1][6]
In the Year of the Penitent Rogue, 931 DR, the young merchant's son Tyndal famously defended his family from a band of lizardfolk armed with only a dagger, very near the castle's former location. Some 16 years later he founded his own duchy, and began construction of Castle Daggerford directly over its ruins.[4][5]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Richard Baker, Ed Bonny, Travis Stout (February 2005). Lost Empires of Faerûn. Edited by Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 138. ISBN 0-7869-3654-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Richard Baker, Ed Bonny, Travis Stout (February 2005). Lost Empires of Faerûn. Edited by Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 137. ISBN 0-7869-3654-1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Eric L. Boyd (June 2005). City of Splendors: Waterdeep. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 59. ISBN 0-7869-3693-2.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Richard Baker, Ed Bonny, Travis Stout (February 2005). Lost Empires of Faerûn. Edited by Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 140. ISBN 0-7869-3654-1.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 112. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 73. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 63. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ slade, et al. (April 1996). “Daggerford”. In James Butler ed. The North: Guide to the Savage Frontier (TSR, Inc.), p. 2. ISBN 0-7869-0391-0.
- ↑ Christopher Perkins, et al. (August 2013). Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 138. ISBN 978-0786965311.
- ↑ Tito Leati, Matthew Sernett and Chris Sims (February 2014). Scourge of the Sword Coast. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 20.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (April 1996). “The Athalantan Campaign”. In Pierce Watters ed. Dragon #228 (TSR, Inc.), pp. 26–37.