I’m building my 1st campaign and I think I found a good spot in W. Mistledale, though maps and descriptions for the area seem a bit inconsistent on the placement of the Barrowfields.
Is there any existing issues with.. …this placement for my small agrarian town?
Also, can you offer any additional information on why there seems to be that southern route through the trees? This seems like a peculiar area for nothing notable.
Thanks so much!
6:23 PM · Jan 11, 2021— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 16, 2021
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No issues; by all means, customize the Realms so it “feels right” for your campaign.
Mistledale is a breadbasket of the Dales, given over to farms that export a lot to northern Sembia and the Moonsea (though transport to… 2)
…Cormyr would be easy, there’s little call for crops from the Dales in such an agricultural powerhouse; Sembia’s northern reaches, by comparison, are dominated by the country estates of the wealthy, with their hunting… #Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 16, 2021
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…preserves and forests).
So Mistledale’s prosperity could easily lead to the growth of a town, which would immediately make it an increased target for the Zhentarim to dominate (spies and agents covertly settling in the town) … 4)
…as Misteldale lacks the pesky residents of Shadowdale (Storm and her Harpers being trained, Elminster, and depending on your time period, Syluné and/or the Knights of Myth Drannor).
As for that “southern route,” it’s not a…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 16, 2021
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…route to or from anywhere, it’s an area long ago cleared for farming, separated from the Moonsea Ride by old growth woods that remain untouched except for a little woodcutting around the edges because of “monsters” and… 6)
…“hauntings;” the truth is, there’s an old gate [portal] in the heart of those trees that beasts (thankfully, rarely) come through from the eastern Gimmerwood; this gate was guarded by the elves; the sworn guardians were…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 16, 2021
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…slain, but persist as ghosts (as in the 5e monster) of beautiful armored elves swinging long whipswords. As a result of the marauding beasts and the ghosts, no one’s cleared that bit of forest, in which springs rise that… 8)
…water the farms in that “Southern Reach” of Mistledale.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 16, 2021
Thanks so much, Ed! That’s immensely helpful and aligns with a lot of the things I was planning for the area! Battenford is taking shape! If Battenford had a grist mill, it would grow into a town in short order.
Existing Mistledale has the "central business district" it has because of the river ford, and the inn built on its eastern bank, and the homes then built around it, etc.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 16, 2021