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cPhsant (Large City): Conventional/nonstandard/nonstandard;
AL NG/NE/LN; 40,000 gp limit; Assets 43,128,000 gp;
Population 21,564; Mixed (human 74%, orc 12%, half-orc 6%,
dwarf 2%, gnome 2%, half-elf 2%, halfling 2%).
Authority Figures: Lord Bartan Helfer, NG male human
Ari12 (First Council Lord, leader of the city’s merchant council);
the Golden Master, NE male human Rog11/Sor6
(leader of the Nine Golden Swords); Captain Grattz, LN male
orc Ftr14 (leader of the orcs living in town).
Important Characters: Captain Tendan Helfer, NG male
human Ftr13 (leader of the city watch); Guildmaster Tipret
Prenskylvar, CN female half-elf Rog16 (guildmaster of the
local Shadowmaster chapter).
Legion of Phsant: Ftr11, War10, War9, Ftr8, War8 (2),
Ftr7 (2), War7 (3), Ftr6 (3), War6 (3), Ftr5 (2), War5 (3),
Ftr4 (2), War4 (8), Ftr3 (4), War3 (27), Ftr2 (13), War2
(126), Ftr1 (82), War1 (538); City Watch: War7, War4 (3),
War3 (9), War2 (24), War1 (61); Militia: War4 (9), War3
(34), War2 (102), War1 (311). The rest of Phsant’s citizens
are too numerous to describe here.
Tammar (LARGE TOWN)
This town is located where the road from Kront crosses the
Golden Way before continuing on to Nethentir. Since the Cold
Road is actually a better and more direct route from Kront
to Nethentir, most of the traffic that comes this way from the
north is on its way to Telflamm.
During the Tuigan invasion, Tammar was nearly razed to
the ground. Only a few of the stouter buildings, those made
of stone, were left standing. For a while thereafter, a massive
gang of bandits set up camp here, extorting exorbitant tolls
from the merchants passing through. They made a good
enough living at it that every cutthroat for 200 miles around
flocked to the place to claim a share of the booty. The merchant’s
council of Phsant could permit this to continue for
only so long. When the bandit company struck directly at
their livelihood, they leaders of Phsant took quick action to
root it out. They hired the best Zhent orc soldiers they could
find and sent them off to deal with the matter. The orcs handily
defeated the bandits, most of whom fled at the first sight
of the creatures. When the original residents returned, they
hailed the orcs as heroes. Together they rebuilt the town, and
the orcs agreed to stay on permanently.
cTammar (Large Town): Conventional; AL NG; 3,000 gp
limit; Assets 539,100 gp; Population 3,594; Mixed (human
85%, orc 8%, half-orc 3%, halfling 2%, gnome 2%).
Authority Figures: Lord Forsten Clast, Ari5/Exp8 (First
Councilor of the merchants’ council and elected ruler of
Tammar).
Important Characters: Captain Gurzze, LN male orc
War12 (captain of the guard); Chou Pei Gong, LE male
human Rog8 (master of the Nine Golden Swords in Tammar’s
small Shou-town); Li Pao, NG female human monk 4/fighter
4/Shou disciple 5 (renowned martial artist and crusader
against the Nine Golden Swords).
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The Tammar Guard: Bbn10, War8, Bbn6, War6, Bbn5,
Ftr5, War4 (3), Bbn3 (2), War3 (7), Bbn2 (4), Ftr2 (5), War2
(21), Bbn1 (9), Ftr1 (8), War 1 (107); Town Watch: War3 (2),
War2 (4), War1 (14); Militia: War2 (3), War1 (17), Com2
(8), Com1 (22); Other Characters: Bbn7, Bbn6, Bbn4, Bbn3;
Brd7, Brd5, Brd4, Brd3 (2), Brd1 (2); Clr9, Clr6, Clr4 (2), Clr3
(2), Clr2 (4), Clr1 (5); Drd5, Drd3, Drd2 (2), Drd1 (3); Ftr8,
Ftr3, Ftr1 (2); Mnk10, Mnk5 (2), Mnk4 (2), Mnk3, Mnk2
(4), Mnk1 (5); Pal6, Pal3, Pal1; Rgr6, Rgr4, Rgr3 (2), Rgr2
(2), Rgr1 (3); Rog9, Rog7, Rog6, Rog5, Rog4 (2), Rog3 (2),
Rog2 (7), Rog1 (12); Sor8, Sor6, Sor4 (2), Sor2 (3), Sor1 (4);
Wiz6, Wiz5, Wiz4, Wiz3 (2), Wiz2 (2), Wiz1 (2); Adp5,
Adp4, Adp3 (3), Adp2 (2), Adp1 (9); Ari5, Ari4 (2), Ari3 (3),
Ari2 (4), Ari1 (8); Exp11, Exp6, Exp5 (2), Exp3 (4), Exp2
(9), Exp1 (84); War5, War3 (2), War2 (3), War1 (4); Com13,
Com6 (2), Com4 (2), Com3 (4), Com2 (10), Com1 (3,073).
Telflamm (LARGE CITY)
To many people outside the country, Telflamm is Thesk. The
foreign merchants whose ships call in the city’s harbor have
no reason or desire to proceed farther inland. To them, Telflamm
represents the westernmost tip of Kara-Tur, the mysterious
lands of the east. Like Milvarune to the south,
Telflamm is an independent principality and not officially
part of Thesk, which is run by an oligarchy of the leading merchants
and lords of the land’s various communities. In truth,
Telflamm’s influence over the land is so great that the oligarchs
might as well declare the city to be their capital.
SHOU TOWN
A large Shou community has developed in Thesk over the
years, mostly merchants who traveled the Golden Way from
Kara-Tur. Some of these people liked what they saw in Telflamm
so much that they decided to stay. Others were fleeing
troubles back home, although there have been fewer of these
since the defeat of the Tuigan Horde. Still others simply ran
out of money and have never been able to afford passage home.
Shou Town is a quarter of the city that favors all things
eastern. The buildings here feature the architecture of Kara-
Tur, and there is no better place in all Faerûn to find a Shou
restaurant or inn. The people here are mostly poor but honest,
happy for the chance to carve out a life for themselves in this
new land. But along with peasants and minor merchants, the
Shou brought with them the criminals of their native land—
the yakuza of the Nine Golden Swords. The Swords hope to
one day wrest control of Telflamm from the city’s Shadowmasters,
but they do not yet dare to challenge the shadowlords
directly, not in their home city.
CASTLE BALINDRE
About four and a half centuries ago, an Impilturan merchant
named Windyn Balindre founded the city of Telflamm. He
had a vision of a gateway to the east, and he invested all of