The Sashenstars were a noble family of Baldur's Gate that had a long association with the city's Merchant's League.[1][2][3]
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They owed their considerable wealth to their interests in commercial shipping, mining operations, and the textiles industry.[1][2][3]
History[]
Dabron Sashenstar, head of the Sashenstar family circa 1372 DR
Staring around the Year of the Prince, 1357 DR,[4] and continuing on to the Iron crisis that afflicted the Sword Coast in the Year of the Banner, 1368 DR, the Merchant's League was to compete with the rising Iron Throne mercantile group. The noble family even allowed their Baldurian estate, overseen by Aldeth Sashenstar, to be infiltrated by a group of Throne-controlled doppelgangers.[5] As a result, the city's Council of Four banned the Merchant's League from operating in Baldur's Gate entirely. While the Sashenstar family renounced the organization in public, they maintained a working relationship with the league in secret.[6]
House Sashenstar experienced years of decline until the Year of Lightning Storms, 1374 DR, when the family's prodigal son Dabron Sashenstar returned from an expedition to Sossal, took over leadership of the family's businesses,[4] and brought down the Iron Throne with the blessing from the Baldurian Council of Four.[7]
Notable Members[]
- Aldeth Sashenstar, family patriarch in the years leading up to 1372 DR.[1]
- Bogo Sashenstar, a historic individual whose Bone Flotilla that plundered Aster Cove was not mentioned in school books in Baldur's Gate.[8]
- Dabron Sashenstar, Aldeth's heir who was most famous for being the explorer that "discovered" the kingdom of Sossal.[1][2]
- Silifrey Sashenstar, a member of the Parliament of Peers in the late 15th century DR.[8]
- Yarrick Sashenstar, a ser patron of the arts and the father of triplets in the late 15th century DR.[8]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Jeff Grubb and Ed Greenwood (1990). Forgotten Realms Adventures. (TSR, Inc), p. 76. ISBN 0-8803-8828-5.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Ed Greenwood, Matt Sernett, Steve Winter (August 20, 2013). “Campaign Guide”. In Dawn J. Geluso ed. Murder in Baldur's Gate (Wizards of the Coast), p. 40. ISBN 0-7869-6463-4.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Adam Lee, et al. (September 2019). Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus. Edited by Michele Carter, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 165. ISBN 978-0-7869-6687-5.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd (March 2006). Power of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 80. ISBN 0-7869-3910-9.
- ↑ BioWare (December 1998). Designed by James Ohlen. Baldur's Gate. Black Isle Studios.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Matt Sernett, Steve Winter (August 20, 2013). “Campaign Guide”. In Dawn J. Geluso ed. Murder in Baldur's Gate (Wizards of the Coast), p. 52. ISBN 0-7869-6463-4.
- ↑ Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 154–155. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Larian Studios (October 2020). Designed by Swen Vincke, et al. Baldur's Gate III. Larian Studios.