Elversult

Elversult was a rich community found in the Dragon Coast region of Faerûn. It was an important trading up and mercantile center, that facilitated both honest and illegitimate trade across the Eastern Heartlands and beyond.
Beyond its reputation as a great trade city and hotspot of the latest trends, Elversult was known across nearly all of Faerûn as the birthplace of the renewed church of Amaunator and the god's second sun that shone bright in the skies above.
The current ruler is the Lady Lord Yanseldara and her consort, Lady Constable Vaerana Hawklyn.

Government

A small, independent settlment governed by a single lord. The lord has a small council of advisors, mainly wealthy merchants, that help decide as well as implement decrees from the lord.

Defences

Elversult boasted a strong military force of some 3,500 warriors known as The Maces. They acted as both a local law enforcement and the city guard that protected Elversians from exterior threats. They patrolled the city in five-man units, ready to rapidly call down reinforcements if a strong-enough threat presented itself.

History

Before Yanseldara and Vaerana took control of the city, it was mostly used as a through-way for (mainly) contraband coming from Westgate to the south-western areas of the continent. As the new rulers took charge, they have since pushed for the city's commerce to become less and less corrupt, though their efforts have been met time and time again with roadblocks from the smugglers and pirates with vested interest in the illegal trade.

Relationships

Throughout its history, Elversult has had regular conflicts with the coastal city of Westgate, often receiving aid from the noble kingdom of Cormyr to the northeast. Foreign nations from the Unapproachable East such as Impiltur and even Thay were known to have spies operating within the city's borders.

Population

70,000

Owner/Ruler

Yanseldara

Additional Rulers/Owners

• Vaerana Hawklyn

Characters in Location

• Vaerana Hawklyn
• Yanseldara

Related Historical Events

• 1362
  The Elversult Disaster
• 1359
  Frightful Freaks repell an incursion by The Hells
• 1358
  Elversult repels Orc Chieftain's Invasion
• 1354
  Elversult is Infiltrated
• 1353
  Yanseldara became the Lady Lord of Elversult

Society

The bustling city was a melting pot for cultures from across half of Faerûn, a place where travelers could readily get a read on the latest trends in trade, fads in fashion, or other current goings-on.
While Elversian leaders did their best to maintain the city's reputation as one of honest trade and one that was worthy of respect, its more nefarious citizens did all they could to make this task as difficult as possible.
The upper classes tended to live to the north, or the west of Temple Hill, around the 'Ladytower's Lands' that surrounded the "Ladytowers", or Moonstorm House. The the poorer areas and warehouses tended to be found in the the south and eastern parts of the city.