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This has built up some resentment on the part of the citizens
of Nethentir. However, many of them are just as happy
not to have the increased attention of the Red Wizards that
comes along with such wealth.
cNethentir (Small Town): Magical; AL NE; 800 gp limit;
Assets 74,880 gp; Population 1,872; Mixed (human 82%,
gnoll 8%, orc 6%, half-orc 2%, halfling 2%).
Authority Figures: Prindentle Carh, NE male human
Div6/Red4 (autharch of the town).
Important Characters: Kurgga Bloodfang, NE female
gnoll Rgr4/Ftr4 (captain of the guard); Faxam Rul, CE male
human fighter 4/rogue 4/Thayan slaver 5 (notorious raider of
Thesk and lands beyond).
Town Guard: War8, Ftr6, Ftr4, War4 (2), Ftr3 (2), War3
(6), Ftr2 (4), War2 (24), Ftr1 (7), War1 (60); Militia: War5,
War2 (6), Com2 (6), War1 (23), Com1 (14); Other Characters:
Bbn4, Bbn3 (2), Bbn2 (3), Bbn1 (6); Brd6, Brd5, Brd3, Brd2
(2), Brd1 (3); Clr7, Clr6, Clr4, Clr3 (3), Clr2 (4), Clr1 (5);
Drd6, Drd3, Drd2; Ftr7, Ftr3, Ftr1 (2); Mnk5, Mnk1 (2);
Rgr6, Rgr4, Rgr2 (2), Rgr1 (4); Rog7, Rog4, Rog1 (4); Sor4,
Sor2, Sor1; Wiz8, Wiz7, Wiz4, Wiz3 (3), Wiz2 (4), Wiz1 (5);
Adp3, Adp2 (2), Adp1 (9); Ari5, Ari4 (2), Ari3 (2), Ari2 (4),
Ari1 (7); Exp9, Exp6, Exp5, Exp4 (3), Exp3 (4), Exp2 (8),
Exp1 (49); War5, War4, War2 (3), War1 (2); Com7 (2),
Com6, Com5 (2), Com4 (4), Com3 (9), Com2 (20), Com1
(1,494).
Nethjet (LARGE TOWN)
This once-sleepy lake town used to be little more than the spot
where the Eastern Way dead-ended at Lake Umber. Grain
ships bound for Impiltur and other northerly lands took on
their loads here, but for the most part, Nethjet saw little
action except as the occasional launching point of yet another
invasion into Aglarond by way of the Umber Marshes. Today,
however, the tiny port here bustles with activity.
While most of Thay’s magic goods are exported through the
great port of Bezantur on the southern coast, the growing
trade in magic has opened up new markets for the country’s
older commodities, including cotton, fruit, and grain. The new
Thay sends a great deal of traffic down the Umber, and Nethjet
is the natural port for most ships that come and go from
the region. Goods that travel the Umber into the Sea of Dlurg
avoid the long and sometimes treacherous trip around the
western tip of the Aglarondan peninsula.
Tharchion Nymar maintains a small palace in the center of
the town, although he rarely travels to this sleepy corner of
his tharch. In the past, he mostly used it as a base of operations
to oversee the buildup and deployment of Thayan forces
along the Aglarondan border. These days, he’s more interested
in the proper collection of taxes from the travelers passing
through this now-booming port.
THAY
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Heroes and
Monsters
Thay is home to misbegotten monstrosities and sinister villains.
The Red Wizards have bred horrible creatures for their nefarious
purposes over the centuries, and the dungeons and pits
of Thay are filled with their handiwork. In addition to monsters,
Thay is also home to characters with abilities and skills
found nowhere else in Faerûn. Many are unrepentant villains
who flourish in Thay’s evil society, but others leave their forbidding
homeland to seek adventure elsewhere in Faerûn, and
a few take up the dangerous, almost hopeless, struggle to bring
about true and lasting change in their native land.
Humans are the most common race in Thay. Folk of other
races such as dwarves, elves, or halflings simply don’t exist
except as slaves, and their lot is grim. Half-orcs, fire genasi,
and tieflings are not uncommon, and the Thayans are reasonably
open-minded about folk of such parentage, especially
if they have Mulan blood in their veins. Of the new character
races in Chapter 1: Races of the East, only gnolls are
found in Thay. In fact, they are quite common, accounting
for almost 10% of the population. Favored soldiers in many
Red Wizards’ personal armies, gnolls are the realm’s guards,
scouts, and enforcers. Most are cruel and greedy, but some develop
something of a sense of honor and become heroes instead
of villains.
Thayan characters most often become clerics, fighters,
monks, rogues, or wizards. Of course, many wizards aspire to
become Red Wizards and attain power and status in their
homeland. Clerics of Kossuth sometimes adopt the Black
Flame zealot prestige class, and fighters or fighter/rogues of
sinister disposition find the Thayan slaver prestige class attractive.
(Both of these classes are described in Chapter 2:
Prestige Classes.)
Thayan characters most often choose the Thay character
region, but gnolls may take the Gnoll region, and characters
from Thay’s western coasts may choose the Wizards’ Reach
region. Characters from Thay may choose from the expanded
list of feats in the Chapter 3: Regions and Feats, often selecting
Craft Contingent Spell, Explosive Spell, Fortify Spell,
Transdimensional Spell, and Improved Grapple. A number of
new spells and magic items described in this book are also
appropriate for Thayan characters.
New monsters presented in Chapter 6: Monsters of the East
that are common to Thay include the blooded one (also known
as the blood orc), dread warrior, juju zombie, and mur-zhagul
(demon troll).