@TheEdVerse hey Ed you got any secrets you can tell me about Saerloon?
— Jimmy Stratton (@TheCthulhu_kid) May 15, 2019
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Secrets of Saerloon 1: The many small gnome and human family firms who make various cast alloy items (collectively “pewter”) have had suspicions swirling around them for years, mainly of smuggling (small valuable items encased… . Recently, word has leaked out that the Vronan gnome family sells “darkware” to select customers: cast pewter cups or goblets that poison wine that comes into contact with them.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 15, 2019
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Secrets of Saerloon 2: In the wake of the sudden disappearance (likely assassination) of Lord Governor Haelta “Johannes” Jauhanneszlan, not only did the Netherese influence over the city fade almost overnight (after the…#Realmslore…destruction of the city of Thultanthar [Shade]), rumors arose that she’d been assembling a local treasury for the Netherese, partly from wealth seized from the temples to other gods than Shar she’d seized and destroyed or…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 15, 2019
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…rebuilt into arsenals, barracks, and coinvaults (banks). Various folk, both citizens and visiting adventurers, have been hunting for Haelta’s hidden wealth, thus far without any (publicly-known) success.#Realmslore 6)
Secrets of Saerloon 3: Fire recently broke out at the Mavnurathan family shipyard and destroyed two caravels under construction. A sword was seen to rise up out of the ashes and fly away—into the heart of the city.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 15, 2019
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So what was a magical blade doing aboard a half-finished hull usually a-swarm with workers? Where did it go, who has it now, and what are its powers?#Realmslore 8)
Secrets of Saerloon 4: Two of the quietest “old coin” merchant families of Saerloon are the houses of Harandreth (who have holdings all over the Dragon Coast and Vilhon Reach ports) and Ponszcelam (known as jewelers and…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 15, 2019
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…dealers in luxury furniture, hangings, and furnishings of all kinds). Although both were rumored to have been working closely with the Netherese, both are now believed to have sponsored the removal of the Lord Governor, and…#Realmslore 10)
…to be covertly seeking to choose who sits on the new Sarcrescent of Saerloon (ruling merchant council, which now has six members and is planned to have nine as soon as possible, and eventually a dozen). They may or may not…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 15, 2019
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…have had something to do with the murder of two Crescent Councillors, one of whom is rumored to have been secretly either a Thayan or a Zhentarim, depending on which rumors one believes).
[Hope these help!]#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 15, 2019