Street of Six Casks

Street of Six Casks
Road
Aliases	Haring's Way
Location	Dock Ward, Waterdeep
Origin	Presper Street
Destination	Shrimp Alley

The Street of Six Casks, briefly known as Haring's Way, was a small winding street in the Dock Ward of Waterdeep.

Location

This road ran from northwest to southeast, stretching between Presper Street and Shrimp Alley, formerly known as Shrimp Street.

History

This street earned its moniker of "Six Casks" due to it having once been fronted by six competing cooper (barrel-making) businesses. Over time the family lines of two of these businesses died out, while another two were bought out by their rivals. One of the bought out businesses moved elsewhere into the North Ward, while the other shut down completely.

In the 1350's DR, during a brief period in which one could purchase the naming rights to streets from city clerks, a wealthy individual purchased the naming rights to the Street of Six Casks and had it renamed to Haring's Way. When this brief period ended, this street and others like it had their previous names restored.

Notable Locations

• Burnleir's Barrels, one of the street's two surviving cooper businesses. It fronted the street from the west and was four doors south of Presper Street.
• Lithandy Fine Casks, one of the street's two surviving cooper businesses. It fronted the street from the west and was two doors south of Presper Street.

Appendix

Background

According to trusted designer Eric L. Boyd, designer Ed Greenwood (creator of the Forgotten Realms) noted that when the map for the sourcebook City System was being made his master map was not consulted. As a result, many named streets and alleys were thought to have no name, which the team working on the book took as an opportunity to name some after staff at TSR, Inc.—This street in particular was named after Scott Haring. Ed went on to create, with approval by Julia Martin and later Kij Johnson, the in-universe reasons given in this article.