Phandalin
The frontier town of Phandalin is built on the ruins of a much older settlement. Hundreds of years ago, the old Phandalin was a thriving human town whose people were firmly allied with the dwarves and gnomes of the so-called Phandelver's Pact. However, the same ore horde that sacked the mines at Wave Echo Cave laid waste to the settlement, and Phandalin was abandoned for centuries.
Since the early 1480s, hardy settlers from the cities of Neverwinter and Waterdeep have begun the hard work of reclaiming the ruins of Phandalin. A bustling frontier settlement has grown up on the site of the old town and is home now to farmers, woodcutters, fur traders, and prospectors drawn by stories of gold and platinum in the foothills of the Sword Mountains.
Only last year, the once prosperous mine at the Wave Echo Cave was rediscovered and reclaimed from the monsters there. This has increased the small gold rush to the village.
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Government
A mayor is elected on a regular basis and has, in theory, the final word on everything. In practice, the village is so dependant on its trade and mining that the mayor has to take that into account most of the time.
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