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(47); Militia: War1 (241), Com1 (65); Other Characters:
Bbn10, Bbn7, Bbn5 (2), Bbn3 (2), Bbn2 (5), Bbn1 (11); Brd12,
Brd9, Brd7, Brd6, Brd5, Brd4, Brd3 (3), Brd2 (7), Brd1 (14);
Clr9, Clr8, Clr6 (2), Clr5, Clr4 (2), Clr3 (3), Clr2 (7), Clr1
(22); Drd10, Drd7, Drd5, Drd4, Drd3, Drd2 (2), Drd1 (5);
Ftr9, Ftr7 (2), Ftr6, Ftr4, Ftr3 (3), Ftr2 (4), Ftr1 (17);
Mnk10, Mnk7, Mnk5 (2), Mnk4, Mnk3 (3), Mnk2 (7), Mnk1
(7); Pal9, Pal8, Pal5, Pal4 (3), Pal3 (3), Pal2 (5), Pal1 (16);
Rgr10, Rgr9, Rgr6, Rgr5, Rgr4, Rgr3 (3), Rgr2 (8), Rgr1 (6);
Rog12, Rog7, Rog6 (2), Rog3 (6), Rog2 (5), Rog1 (7); Sor7,
Sor6, Sor5 (2), Sor4 (3), Sor3 (5), Sor2 (3), Sor1 (9); Wiz10,
Wiz8, Wiz5 (2), Wiz4 (2), Wiz3 (2), Wiz2 (7), Wiz1 (15);
Adp12, Adp7, Adp6 (2), Adp5, Adp4, Adp3 (4), Adp2 (7),
Adp1 (22); Ari10, Ari9, Ari8, Ari7, Ari6, Ari5, Ari4 (3), Ari3
(4), Ari2 (8), Ari1 (22); Exp14, Exp7 (3), Exp4 (2), Exp3 (4),
Exp2 (20), Exp1 (153); Com17, Com11, Com8, Com7, Com6,
Com4 (4), Com3 (14), Com2 (98), Com1 (5,076).
Furthinghome (METROPOLIS)
Built on the site of one of the first human settlements in what
would become Aglarond, Furthinghome (population 40,643)
is one of the largest cities in the land, second only to Velprintalar
itself. Lord Fardyl Albin (LN male human Ari16),
a descendant of the old royal line of Velprin, rules the city.
He is a member of Aglarond’s Royal Council but prefers to
leave the affairs of the kingdom to the Simbul, concentrating
on keeping things as they’ve always been in his city and catering
to the interests of its powerful merchants (many with similarly
noble pedigrees).
Ships from many nearby nations continually scud in and
out of Furthinghome’s port. The harbor is smaller and shallower
than that of Velprintalar, so only merchants with
smaller vessels can use it. The people of Furthinghome are
hungry for exotic imports from other lands and export goods
of all sorts to the rest of Faerûn, including fish, produce, a
limited amount of Yuirwood timber, and the famous herbs and
flowers grown in the city’s numerous greenhouses.
Furthinghome is built in and around a circular road that extends
from the port into the rest of the town. Near the port,
in the center of the business district, is a large, cobblestoned
public park known as Old Furthing, which is the social and financial
center of the city. Merchant princes and magnates
meet here to arrange trades and broker deals affecting the fortunes
of the entire kingdom. Most of the buildings are extremely
old, built of stone and weathered wood. As in the rest
of Aglarond, there is little new wooden construction.
Furthinghome’s eastern hills are blighted by one of the
few truly impoverished areas to be found in Aglarond. Generations
ago, settlers driven off from the eaves of the Yuirwood
came here and raised a sprawling shantytown of
lean-tos and thatch huts called Furthingharrow. While the
lords and merchants of Furthinghome live in grand manors
overlooking the sea, the poor folk of Furthingharrow scrabble
to make a living by hiring themselves out as dockworkers,
laborers, and drivers. The slums have become a center of
human racist sentiment, since most of the people here blame
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the elves for their lack of prosperity. They believe it takes
elven blood to get ahead in Aglarond, and the Sons of Hoar
have found the warrens of Furthingharrow a fruitful ground
for recruiting to their cause.
Furthinghome is also known as the City of the Peacock.
Flocks of the birds roam the countryside, having been brought
here nearly a century ago for a Mulhorandi nobleman by the
name of Lord Ceraut. Since his death, his beautiful estate has
gone to seed, and the peacocks run wild.
Glarondar (SMALL CITY)
Glarondar isn’t a true city, although it is home to more people
than all but a handful of communities in Aglarond. More
than two thousand troops are stationed here at the end of the
Watchwall, in a fortress of black stone built by the same galeb
duhrs who fashioned the massive wall for King Brindor. Another
two thousand soldiers guard the Watchwall itself,
stretching another thirty miles to the north. This is the Army
of the Green Drake, and it is also the largest garrison ever
posted on this front—Glarondar and the Watchwall are bursting
at the seams.
Glarondar Keep is made of a nearly indestructible, shiny,
black stone resembling magically enhanced obsidian, giving
rise to its nickname: the Night Fortress. A small town of
1,500 or so people sits in the shadow of the great keep, between
the massive structure and the Yuirwood. Most of the inhabitants
here are half-elves, many of whom migrated from
the wood to start anew in the open air. The structures here are
mostly made of weathered wood harvested from trees that
have naturally fallen in the forest.
c Glarondar (Small City): Conventional/nonstandard; AL
LG/LN; 15,000 gp limit; Assets 4,116,750 gp; Population
5,489 (including 4,000 troops); Integrated (human 58%,
half-elf 42%).
Authority Figures: Lady Benetia Ordo, LG female human
Exp7 (appointed ruler of Glarondar); Lord-General Nartandil
Greatshield, LN male half-elf Ftr20 (Marshal of the Keep and
commander of the Army of the Green Drake).
Important Characters: Captain Alwyl Madrell, LN female
human Ftr8 (a high-ranking officer in the garrison, secretly
a supporter of the Sons of Hoar who leads a circle of likeminded
officers stationed here).
Army of the Green Drake: Ftr14, Ftr10, War9, Ftr8,
War8, Ftr7 (2), War7, Ftr6 (5), War6 (2), Ftr5 (4), War5 (6),
War4 (33), War3 (208), Ftr2 (5), War2 (647), Ftr1 (11),
War1 (3,069); Town Guard: War6, Ftr5, War3 (2), War2 (4),
War1 (6); Militia: War3 (2), War2 (7), War1 (53), Com1
(12); Other Characters: Bbn3, Bbn 2, Bbn1; Brd6, Brd5, Brd3,
Brd1 (4); Clr9, Clr8, Clr6 (2), Clr5, Clr4 (4), Clr3 (5), Clr2
(11), Clr1 (22); Drd5; Ftr3, Ftr2, Ftr1 (4); Mnk7; Pal3, Pal1
(2); Rgr8, Rgr5, Rgr1; Rog4, Rog2, Rog1; Sor7, Sor5, Sor4;
Wiz14, Wiz7, Wiz5 (2), Wiz4 (3); Adp6, Adp3, Adp1 (3);
Ari4, Ari2, Ari1 (7); Exp7, Exp5, Exp4, Exp3 (2), Exp2 (9),
Exp1 (31); Com8, Com5, Com4, Com3 (5), Com2 (24), Com1
(1,223).