Urdo was a prominent merchant family of Westgate on the Dragon Coast.[1]
Activities[]
The Urdo clan ran a mercantile business, some of which was importing spices and perfumes. The Urdo Company had a cutthroat approach to competition. They sough to buy any fledging merchants before they could grow to become a threat.[2] The family mercantile company's bangle was an image of a yellow eye.[1] By the late 15th century DR, the Urdo family was also known as great scholars.[3]
Possessions[]
A guard of the Urdo family adorned in the house's uniform.
House Urdo's owned a fortified walled and armed called Castle Urdo, located on the southeastern end of Westgate Market Street. Among other properties of note in the city were the Urdo docks at the end of the Brew House Lane, next to the Urdo Company Sheds.[4] Additionally, the family owned a mansion that faced the Market Triangle.[2]
Relationships[]
House Urdo feuded with Shalush Myrkeer, a prominent 14th century merchant of Westgate. This long-running opposition stopped Shalush from being elevated to the city's council of lords and formation of his own noble house.[5]
In the Year of Lightning Storms, 1374 DR, the Urdo family put their sights on Okuzo's Imports, a new merchant who began dealing in spices and perfumes. Dallia Urdo used unsavory approach and physical abuse, trying to intimidate Okuzo into selling.[2]
Members[]
- Dallia Urdo, the family's young and ambitious enforcer in the late 14th century DR.[2]
- Haztor Urdo, a young member of the family in the late 14th century DR.[6]
- Katheera Urdo, "The Succubus" of the Night Masks guild in the late 14th century DR.[7]
- Losifan Urdo, a black sheep of the family and a member of the Mercenaries' Guild of Westgate in the late 14th century DR.[5]
- Scirkas Urdo, a member of Westgate's council of merchants in the late 14th century DR.[8]
- Lord Ssentar Urdo, the patriarch of House Urdo circa 1367 DR.[1]
- Torpin Urdo, the Just Captain of the city watch in the late 15th century DR.[3]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ed Greenwood, Julia Martin, Jeff Grubb (1993). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 2nd edition (revised), A Grand Tour of the Realms. (TSR, Inc), p. 84. ISBN 1-5607-6617-4.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ossian Studios (April 2009). Designed by Luke Scull. Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate. Atari.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Erik Scott de Bie (October 2013). “Backdrop: Westgate”. In Miranda Horner ed. Dragon #428 (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 5–6.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Julia Martin, Jeff Grubb (1993). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 2nd edition (revised), A Grand Tour of the Realms. (TSR, Inc), pp. 82–83. ISBN 1-5607-6617-4.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Steven E. Schend, Sean K. Reynolds and Eric L. Boyd (June 2000). Cloak & Dagger. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 155. ISBN 0-7869-1627-3.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb and Kate Novak (July 1995). Masquerades. (TSR, Inc), chap. 4. ISBN 0-7869-0152-7.
- ↑ Steven E. Schend, Sean K. Reynolds and Eric L. Boyd (June 2000). Cloak & Dagger. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 57. ISBN 0-7869-1627-3.
- ↑ Steven E. Schend, Sean K. Reynolds and Eric L. Boyd (June 2000). Cloak & Dagger. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 150. ISBN 0-7869-1627-3.