Rothé Valley was a region of the Sword Coast North that comprised verdant farmlands and wilderness that was rich with life.[1]
Description[]
Rothé Valley comprised a number of small villages and farmhouses situated around a well-secluded village. Despite living in separate farms, its people part of a larger community that shared a common way of life.[1]
Geography[]
One of the numerous farms that made up the landscape of Rothé Valley
The valley was situated north of Neverwinter, and its lush fields were provided abundant water from the Never River. Its numerous farms and rural settlements were situated along the stretch of the High Road that connected Neverwinter to Cragmire Keep further north.[1]
Government[]
As of the late 1490s DR, the famers of Rothé Valley looked to the senior Gunderson for leadership, a retired adventurer who served as mayor of Rothé Valley Village.[1]
Defenses[]
Circa that same time, Rothé Valley was under the protection of the Neverwinter's Rangers, among them the vigilant elf Dassar Truebow.[1]
History[]
Throughout Present Age, dating back at least to the mid–12th century DR, drow raided the villages and farms of Rothé Valley to capture slaves for their cities in the Underdark.[1] Groups like the Emerald Enclave led forays into the drow slave tunnels in order to rescue these poor souls, but were not always successful.[2] One such group sought to warn the surface world above in the Year of the Sword's Oath, 1142 DR, but were ultimately unsuccessful and the journals they kept about their forays into the Underdark were left behind.[1]
During the early 15th century, in the Year of Ten Terrors, 1429 DR, a tunnel opened up within the valley that some believed was a lingering effect of the Spellplague that ravaged Faerûn some 40 plus years prior. It turns out the tunnel was formed by a wandering wizard named Rucksam in order to more easily access some local farms, in a bat made with an old farmer named Fergus Gunderson.[1]
Over half a century later, in the Year of the Ageless One, 1479 DR, a group of drow slavers led by Slave Lord Malaggath of House Xorlarrin established a hidden camp within a canyon that overlooked Rothé Valley. They captured villagers from local farms and sparsely-defended settlements, enslaving them in preparation for trade in the Underdark. Rothé Valley Village itself was threated by scores of drow-controlled spiders, among them the enormous arachnid referred to as the Daughter of Lolth.[1]
The whole drow expedition against the valley was led by Sarkon'Iss, a drider prince from the city beneath Rothé Valley. House Xorlarrin sought to cease the endless cycle of slave-gathering and establish a permanent, above-ground settlement in the region,[1] just as Ravel Xorlarrin had done over a decade prior.[3] The drow slavers were driven away by the Hero of Sleeping Dragon Bridge, working alongside Mayor Gunderson himself, a ranger from Neverwinter named Dassar Truebow, and even the surface-dwelling drow named Imbross Irri'Karr.[1]
In the mid–1480s DR, a cell of the Cult of the Dragon sprang up in Rothé Valley. The Hero Sleeping Dragon Bridge returned to the area to investigate these cultists and their mysterious jars filled with lightning, and eventually defeat the blue dragon Venfithar.[2]
Rumors & Legends[]
As of the late 13th century DR, local stories spoke of "shadow-people" that came up from underground areas to abduct people in the dead of night.[1]
Notable Locations[]
- Rothé Valley Village, the area's largest village and home to the presiding mayor.[1]
Appendix[]
Appearances[]
- Video Games
- Neverwinter (Rise of Tiamat)
External Links[]
- Rothé Valley article at the Neverwinter Wiki, a wiki for the Dungeons and Dragons: Neverwinter MMORPG.
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 Cryptic Studios (June 2013). Neverwinter. Perfect World Entertainment.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cryptic Studios (November 2014). Neverwinter: Rise of Tiamat. Perfect World Entertainment.
- ↑ R.A. Salvatore (August 2012). Charon's Claw. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 3. ISBN 0-7869-6223-2.