Hey, @TheEdVerse ! Any tips or secret lore you could share with me for a campaign starting at 10th level in Daggerdale, involving the Lord of Daggerdale's lost sister, werewolves, Malar, Loviatar, and Tethyamar?:)
— Jack the Giant Killer (ofgodsandgamemasters.com) (@JackGogsbane) January 15, 2022
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Heh. Florin secretly rescued Silver Morn years back, so she’s not to be found in Daggerdale. (The Zhents lording it in her castle died in the rescue.)
Loviatar worshippers are, though, mainly in the settlements. In the countryside, you’ll find a lot of… 2)
…Malarites, running "holy hunts"…which is a good thing for the farmers still hanging on, as those hunts keep the foraging goblins, orcs, hobgoblins and prowling spiders roaming from the Spiderhaunt Wood down to a (somewhat) survivable level. Driders and some.. #Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 15, 2022
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…drow explorative warbands occasionally enter the dale, but have never established any lasting presence because dwarven adventurers seeking to repopulate Tethyamar come up from under the Desertsmouth Mountains to eliminate drow whenever they find them.4)
What little hope and aid the folk of Daggerdale receive comes from Shadowdale (preferential prices on needed daily goods) and, surprisingly, from the Zhentarim rebuilding Zhentil Keep, who seek to make Daggerdale their "breadbasket" food source. They have spies…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 15, 2022
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…not only among the folk living in the settlements of Daggerdale (including some smiths, carpenters, and roofers) but roaming the countryside–and these roamers include some shapeshifters of various sorts (one or two might be werewolves, but most werewolves… 6)
…encountered in Daggerdale are likely long-resident in the dale, or have settled there from elsewhere (such as the Hullack region of Cormyr).
The worship of Loviatar is covertly financed by the Zhents, who see it as a way to ultimately controlling the…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 15, 2022
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…settlements of Daggerdale from within. Adding spice to this mix are the spies in the dale supported by Shadowdale, and the spies in the dale who are visiting Harpers. ;}
Daggerdale remains an uneasy mix of farms, abandoned farms that nature is seeking to… 8)
…reclaim (so hunting is good), and ready violence as all of these elements clash. (The elves in the forested areas to the east prevent drow, dwarves, and Zhents from expanding in that direction, so Daggerdale is something of a cauldron.)#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 15, 2022