Volo's Guide to the North is one in a series of guidebooks written by famed explorer and raconteur Volothamp Geddarm (under the editorial control of Elminster of Shadowdale).
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Well met, traveler!
You hold in your hands the second travel guide penned by the insightful Volo. Following the awesome success of his guidebook to glorious Waterdeep, the wary wanderer has taken to the trails of the Savage Frontier, and this pouch-sized tome is the result. Most of the features and establishments of the North are here, ranked with the handy coin, dagger, pipe, and tankard rating system. Volo has experienced the worst so you don't have to. He's also found the best, so you need waste no time in discovering the best for yourself. Just heed this guidebook, and you can't go wrong.
Discover:
- Where to find the best wine in all the North,
- The dark secret of the Weeping Witch of Amphail,
- The best place to buy boots north of Waterdeep,
- Where dwarves go to forge the best enchanted blades,
- Where to see drow maidens dance in the moonlight,
- The place where a god is said to sleep,
- Where mithral and magic lie unclaimed,
- Where the best hunting is, and where hunters become the hunted,
- How to get into Luskan without being noticed by the Arcane Brotherhood,
- And many more important details for travelers visiting the North!
Suitable for all levels of play.
Special Note: This edition of Volo's Guide to the North, intended for travelers from beyond the borders of Faerûn, contains notes and commentary by the famous archmage and sage, Elminster.”
Index[]
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Characters[]
- Akrosz Ulvinhand • Balbannon • Borth Jhandelspar • Dlara • Elminster Aumar • Elthond Vvar • Galarth Ultashund • Gothal • Halana Shauluth • Lord Never • Salyndra Shaern • Imbryl • Kelvin Duarol • Piergeiron the Paladinson • Shimmergloom • Tulrun • Volothamp Geddarm • Watger Brighthair
Creatures[]
- alhoon • babau • battle horror • beaver • black dragon • blazing bones • bonebat • catfish • chicken • crag cat • darktentacles • deepspawn • dragon turtle • duck • faerie dragon • fire giant • fox • frost giant • glacier snake • gold dragon • goose • grouse • hare • hawk • helmed horror • ki-rin • knucklehead trout • kobold • leucrotta • lout • manticore • mice • mule • mussel • naga • owlbear • oxen • oyster • pheasant • pseudodragon • quail • rabbit • shadow dragon • shalass • silverflash • silvertail • squirrel • stirge • turkey • watchghost • weasel • white dragon
- Deities
- Tempus
Locations[]
- Bodies of Water
- Dead Horse Ford • Lac Dinneshere • Maer Dualdon • Redwaters • Shaengarne
- Bridges
- Dalath's Span • Dolphin Bridge • Harbor Cross • Ironford bridge • Moonbridge • Sleeping Dragon Bridge • Stone Bridge • Upstream Span • Winged Wyvern Bridge • Zundbridge
- Buildings
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- Businesses
- Ammakyl Flowers and Foods • Blodhlar's Wares • Eagleshield Fine Horse Leathers • Elboar's Finest • Halana Shauluth's • Imbryl's Cloaks • Maerlbar Eggs & Fresh Fowl • Pelost Galathaer's • Shrunedelar's Secrets • Ulvinhand smithy
- Castles & Fortresses
- Castle Naerytar • Castle Never • Castle Waterdeep • Citadel Adbar • Citadel of Many Arrows • Hellgate Keep • Piergeiron's Palace • Talonmist Towers
- Dungeons
- Dungeon of the Ruins • Sewers of Luskan
- Festhalls, Inns, and Taverns
- Dreaming Dragon • Golaund Sester's • Hagala's Manyturrets • Mother Gothal's • Singing Manticore • Stag-Horned Flagon • The Stone Stallion
- Restaurants
- Leaping Leucrotta
- Warehouses
- Milshoun's Stronghouses
- Mountains
- Ice Mountains • Kelvin's Cairn • Moondark Mountains • Spine of the World
- Planes
- Plane of Shadows
- Roads
- Eastway • Makepeace Street • Street of the Manticore
- Settlements
- Amphail • Bargewright Inn • Bremen • Bryn Shander • Caer-Dineval • Caer-Konig • Dougan's Hole • Easthaven • Good Mead • Ironmaster • Noanar's Hold • Tzindylspar
- Valleys
- Black Raven River Valley • Delimbiyr Vale • Dessarin Valley • Dwarven Valley • Grayvale • Ironmaster Vale • Keeper's Dale • Upvale • Valley of Khedrun
Magic[]
- Items
- blastglobe • Halavar's universal pantograph • hat of disguise • horn of Valhalla • iron bands of Bilarro • Nine jewels of Neverwinter • ring of fire resistance • ring of magic missiles • ring of protection • ring of the ram • ring of regeneration • ring of spellbattle • ring of spell storing • ring of spell turning • ring of warmth
- Potions
- periapt of proof against poison • potion of gaseous form • potion of healing • potion of longevity
- Spells
- blade barrier • cure disease • legend lore • moonglow • neutralize poison • protection from normal missiles • wall of force • wardmist
- Weapons
- frostbrand • mace of disruption • rod of smiting • storm star • wand of magic missiles • wand of paralysis
- Miscellaneous
- cloud castle • mythal
Organizations[]
- Adventuring Bands
- Axe of Thunder • Bored Swords • Bright Blade Held High • Claws of the Crag Cat • Company of Crazed Venturers • Company of the Feystag • Five Ready Blades • Hawks of the North • Wheel of Blades
- Criminal
- Cult of the Dragon
- Noble Families
- Zoar
Religions[]
Miscellaneous[]
- Clothing
- baldric • breastplate • breeches • gorget • leggings • scale mail • tunic
- Drugs
- tobacco
- Events
- Shieldmeet
- Food & Drinks
- apple • apricot • asparagus • bacon • basil • brambleberry • bread (spread bread) • butter • buttermilk • cheese • chive • cider • chocolate • chowder • egg • fig • firewine • garlic butter • garlic sauce • gooseberry • ham • lentil • lettuce • milk • mushroom wine • mustard • olive • onion soup • parsley • parsnip • pickle • pie • pork • potato • radish • rice • salt pork • sausage • slaker • snowberry • strawberry • tart • tea • tomato • tripe • turnip • turtle soup • whiskey • Winter Wine • zzar
- Gemstones
- beljuril • pearl
- Items
- axle • bathtub • blanket • cauldron • chapbook • coffer • coffin • dice • flask • harness and yoke • hinge • horseshoe • lantern • lock • lockpicks • map • nail • scrimshaw • shovel • tent • torch
- Materials & Substances
- adamant • canvas • copper • dung (manure) • electrum • flagstone • mithral • nickel • perfume • pewter • pitch • platinum • sand
- Professions
- locksmith • minstrel • jester • moneylending • scrimshander
- Vegetation
- bamboo • barley • birch • duskwood • fern • juniper • lichen • maple • pine • red larch (tree) • shadowtop • spruce • sunflower moss
- Vehicles
- chariot • dragonship • sledge
- Weapons
- bastard sword • handaxe • lance • longbow • longsword • pike • scythe • siege engine • warhammer • whip