Gloomwrought
Gloomwrought Locations
Dust Quarter
The Dust Quarter is a quarter within Gloomwrought. Located centrally within the city, the quarter gained its name from the layer of dust which covers everything within its boundaries. The quarter is home to the most wealthy and prestigious of Gloomwrought citizens, and the elaborate mansions which they reside in.
1. Harskel Acopolis - This mansion is home to the Harskel family.2. Avenue if Gleaming Gems - Shining precious gems stud the street and extravagant mansions line this road. Whenever a gem is pried from the avenue it quickly turns to dust and a scab forms over the hole where it was, as if the avenue was alive.
3. Carradh Keep - This keep is home to Olisk Carradh and the rest of House Carradh, the primary trading rivals to House Harskel.
4. Fellwroth Ruin - This old Shadar-kai mansion has fallen into ruin, and bets are held as to when it will finally collapse.
5. Treyvan Palace - This mansion is home to house Treyvan, a family of progressive, mercantile dwarves.
6. Dark Lady - This fountain statue is a common meeting place within the Dust Quarter. The Lady changes her expression based on what people around her are saying.
7. Deathless Palace - This grandiose and ominous place is the residence of Prince Rolan and the seat of power in Gloomwrought.
Trade District
The Plaza District is the economic center of Gloomwrought. Located at the northern reaches of the city, the district hosts major centers of trade.
8. Plaza of Gargoyles - Menacing gargoyles glare down on upon the plaza. This marketplace is filled with merchants peddling their wares, but despite the crowd, there is a hush that pervades the area. The merchants and buyers here rush about their business as if they wish not to be seen.9. Harskel Emporium - This place of business is run by Dedrik Harskel. Here his house sells all of the goods that they trade in the city of midnight.
10. Merchants' Row - Storefronts line the street of Merchants' Row as traders try to traffic their wares.
11. The Steps - The Steps are filled with the apartments ofGloomwrought working class. The buildings are modest compared to those in the Dust Quarter and superior to those on the Shattered Isles.
12. Trip's - This hovel of a building is ostensibly a pawn shop, however, it mainly acts as a fence for thieves to sell their stolen goods.
13. Six Crowns - One of the most popular taverns in the whole city, Six Crowns offers dwarven ale not commonly seen within the Shadowfell.
14. Isle of Stars - This island is home to the wealthy citizens of Gloomwrought. It is one of the brightest places in the city, and the lights are reflected in the glass and mirrors which cover the buildings, giving the island its name.
15. The Lightwell - The Lightwell is a portal to the city of Tetuskf. It is run by the Fizzbarns, a Halfling household.
16. Roost of the Monger - This tower is host to the Veiled League, who act as the city's messengers. Because an attack on one of the League is seen as an attack on all its members, they are trusted because no one wants to cross them.
Temple District
The Temple District is the home to Gloomwrought's major places of worship.
17. Raven's Eyrie - This temple to the Raven Queen is incredibly influential in the city because zof the god's presence on the plane.18. Penance Square- This square is where preachers can proclaim their sermons to any who wishes to listen. It has platforms from which they can speak to the crowds that gather here.
19. Aposkos - This temple to Erathis was once second only to the Raven's Eyrie, but now it has fallen into disrepair as Gloomwrought has descended towards lawlessness and barbarism.
20. Fane of Night - The temple to Zehir is obscured by poisons hanging in the air. While knowledge of the temple's existence is public, no one willingly volunteers its location for fear of retribution.
21. Undercity Entrance - This gate leads to the Undercity, which consists of the sewers, dungeons, basements, and buildings sunken by the Keepers.
22. City Conservatory - Artifacts from the Shattered Isles are brought here.
23. Dragon Town - This neighborhood hosts the largest concentration of Dragonborn within the city.
Fettered Ward
The Fettered Ward is the entertainment district in Gloomwrought. The district is among the most cosmopolitan of the entire city, hosting creatures of all races.
24. Hanging Wall - Executions are performed here and large crowds gather to bet on whether or not the condemned will survive the noose.
25. Avenue of Chains - One of the busiest streets in the Fettered Ward, it is lined with taverns of all kinds.
26. City Jail - Prisoners and those who fail to bribe the Deathless Watch are kept in squalid cells here while their fate is determined.
27. Red Rake - A brothel run by Mistress Ferranifer. During the events of Atramentous Detritus the party stayed there as their base of operations
28. Tenebrous Cabal - A group of mages devoted to the study of shadow magic practice their art in this plain, abandoned warehouse. They are led by a man named Teliko.
29. Graveyard - The city's Graveyard is home to all sorts of undead creatures.
30. Carnival Grounds - Traveling performers congregate in this concave plaza to perform for the entertainment of the city.
31. Ghost Hall - This building is the headquarters of the Ghost Talon, an extremist group of Shadar-kai supremacists.
Drowned Quarter
The Drowned Quarter is a district within Gloomwrought. Located along the coastline of the Stormy Sea, the quarter hosts the city's docks, warehouses, and sailors.
32. Public Docks - These docks are constantly busy as dockworkers, living and undead, continually load and unload ships under the shouts of furious wharf masters.33. Noble Docks - These docks are operated by the wealthy families of the city, among them, House Harskel. Merchant ships from these families unload their goods here.
34. Carradh Landing - This dock is the private landing of House Carradh. It boasts impressive security measures as well as three enormous cranes, each capable of lifting a galleon from the sea.
35. Execution Dock - Prisoners who have committed the worst crimes imaginable are executed here. They are shackled in cages and thrown into the harbor during low tide. The slow rise of the sea gives them time to contemplate their crimes as well as a death just as horrific as the offenses they performed.
36. Dunnage Row - This street is lined with bars and flop houses. Many of the sailors from the docks spend their time here.
37. Cracked Keel - This three-story tavern was built from the hulls of ships wrecked on the stormy sea. The walls are plastered in sheets of parchment from people looking for work or hiring mariners.
38. House of Sterling - This pleasure house also serves as the military and information hub of the Veiled League.
Shattered Isles (GHOST QUARTER)
The Shattered Isles are a set of five islets off the mainland of Gloomwrought. Originally a part of the city, they were violently torn away from the mainland during a rebellion against Prince Rolan. The Shattered Isles are derisively called the "Ghost Quarter" due to the high number of ghosts which reside there.
39. Lethos and Archtus - The two bridges that connect the Ghost Quarter to the mainland are covered in carvings of gargoyles and sea creatures.40. Briarbone Isle - Briarbone Isle is crammed full with tenement housing as the poor are piled on top of one another.
41. Fellwroth Keep - This destroyed palace was once held by the Fellwroth family, but now rots away.
42. Midnight Market - This ramshackle market caters to the poorer citizens of the Shattered Isles.
43. Cauldron Isle - Cauldron Isle is the smallest of the Shattered Isles.
44. Beggar's Wharf - These docks are home to the many pirates and smugglers that visit Gloomwrought. The goods offloaded here quickly make their way to the Midnight Market.
45. Nobletide - Prince Rolan once mighty galleon sits gutted on the towers just beneath the water's surface, while the ghost of her captain remains tied to the wreck.
46. Isle of Groves - This island was home to the greenhouses and arboretums before the sever, but now its plants grow unchecked.
47. Tabernacle of Thorns - A temple to The Raven Queen, all are welcome here and worshipers skewer prayers written on parchment onto the thorns of the nearby foliage.
48. Isle of Lost Thoughts - Ruins of an ancient university cover this island.
49. Tower of the Planes - The four clock faces of this tower depict each of the other four planes. The broken clocks will occasionally flicker and change time at unpredictable intervals.
50. Sunken Isle - Sunken Isle lies just beneath the surface of the sea.
Demographics
Notable Citizens
Azuun Bennic - Ambassador to Gloomwrought
Balaren - Leader of the Crimson Sashes
Dedrek Harskel - Head of a Merchant House and the Harskel Emporium
Malachi d'Medani- Leader of the Vecnites
Mistress Ferranifer - Mistress of the Red Rake
Nira - Chief Priestess of the Raven Queen
Olisk Carradh - Head of a Merchant House and the Carradh Pavilion
Prince Rolan - Prince of Gloomwrought
Sanda Vasili- Prostitute at the Red Rake
Sarveth - Leader of the Venomers
The Lord of Blades - Leader of the Blades
The Voice of Sarveth - Second in command of the Venomers
Government
The ruler of Gloomwrought was Prince Rolan, a human nobleman. Other merchant nobles held power in the city but they cared little for the city itself, only themselves. Hidden organizations also wielded some influence and it was unknown whether the mysterious Keepers held any temporal power or not.
Defences
The Deathless Watch is the city's primary law enforcement agency. The Prince’s Guard is a force of 60 corrupt and ineffective soldiers, hand picked from the Deathless Watch who protect Rolan’s palace and garrison the city gates. Most merchants and guilds maintain their own mercenary guards. The folk of the city rely on the high walls and surrounding marsh for protection.
Industry & Trade
The Harskel Emporium and the city market in the Plaza of Gargoyles are the busiest locales. House Harskel is the largest of the city’s merchant companies, but the shadowy stalls and back alleys of the city market are the best places to find rare items not sold elsewhere.
Districts
Dust Quarter, home to the city's power elite
Drowned Quarter, the dockyards and ports of Gloomwrought
Plaza District, home to the markets and traders
Fettered Ward, the entertainment district of the city
Temple District, the religious center of the city
Shattered Isles, a series of five poor and desperate islands
Points of interest
Draygo Quick maintained a home in a compound here where he imprisoned Drizzt Do'Urden for quite some time and petrified Dahlia Sin'felle and Artemis Entreri. The prisoners were rescued when the compound was assaulted by Bregan D'aerthe at the bequest of Jarlaxle. In 1469 DR, Draygo Quick was continuing to work with Bregan D'aerthe; Kimmuriel Oblodra agreed to share information he gathered from working with the illithids in return for forgiveness for his assault on Quick's home.
Races: Humans (shadovar) halflings, tieflings, dwarves (Shades), dark ones, shadar-kai, Keepers
Population: 12,600 in 1479 DR
Ruler: Rolan the Deathless in 1479 DR
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