Tartel's House of the Sword was a finishing school in Waterdeep in the late 14th century DR, that secretly operated as a brothel on the side.[1][2]
Location[]
This school was located along Seawatch Street, in the Sea Ward of Waterdeep.[1][2]
Services[]
Tartel's publicly advertised services were training in the art of fencing and how to defend one's self with the use of (or against) a dagger, light longsword, or other smaller forms of blades.[1][2]
On the side, the school taught young nobles how to duel and the chance to get companionship from coin-lasses. The proprietor, Tartel, encouraged young and beautiful women to work for her as coin-lasses in return for half of their earnings.[1][2] These women were given the option of staying at Tartel's, taking on the guise of a student or maid, though they had to pay full student rates.[1]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Ed Greenwood, The Hooded One (2009-07-21). Questions for Ed Greenwood (2007). Candlekeep Forum. Archived from the original on 2024-05-02. Retrieved on 2024-12-16.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Ed Greenwood (October 2012). Ed Greenwood Presents Elminster's Forgotten Realms. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 33. ISBN 0786960345.