Draegur High
In the woods just north of Moonever (a fishing village on the coast of Cormyr, east of Marsember) stand the ruins of what was once a large fortified castle owned by the Merendil noble family. After their exile in 376 DR, Draegur High (named for Draegur Merendil, who'd first started building it almost a century earlier) was seized by the Crown and its walls breached in many places so it couldn't be used by Merendils sneaking back into the realm, other traitors, and brigandsall of whom were active and dangerously plentiful in the area at that time, or were seen as threats that might recur. Reduced in this manner to three towers and lines of rubble that were soon overgrown by the forest, it was never rebuilt thanks to fears at Court that it might be taken by, and become a stronghold for, Marsembians rising into rebellion for independence.
The War Wizards took over one surviving tower of the castle to use as a waystop shelter and local base, and they hold it to this day. It's referred to in Court records as the Moontower, and at any one time is usually home to two or three War Wizards, as many apprentices (Wizards of War in training), and two to four Purple Dragons, who double as handyfolk, cooks, and bodyguards.
The other two towers were leased to Mooneven merchants. One was used as a rental-space storehouse (its owner allowed dozens of local merchants and families to store belongings or goods in crates, casks, and strongchests, charging them by how much space they occupied), but over the years was struck by lightning several times (locals swear flashes of "weird magic" were seen coming from it during the mid-1200s DR) and during the later 1400s fell into great disrepair. Today it is a toppled, overgrown ruin.
The other tower was used to raise wing-clipped doves (pigeons) as food birds, for sale in Marsember and in local markets. This was a successful business for centuries, but had faded away and left the tower empty when in 1456 DR the noble Asgeleth Ridinghound successfully (and secretly) petitioned King Foril for permission to purchase that tower from the Crown for use as a private residence. It now serves as the country retreat of the Ridinghounds, and Vornar Ridinghound largely uses it for a tenday at a time to relax and write his memoirs and a family history of the Ridinghounds. The local War Wizards are under orders from the Lord Warder to covertly scry the tower to make sure that Vornar Ridinghound isn't up to anything else when thereand that no one else is using the tower for other purposes, with or without the knowledge of the Ridinghounds. Aside from a few one-time trysts involving handsome young Ralaskor Ridinghound and various noble ladies, nothing else seems to be occurring in the tower.
The War Wizards have recently noticed some covert digging by local Moonever lads near the ruined tower, but their undercover inquiries suggest this is due to rumors of treasure making the rounds in Moonever. Both the mages and Court officials who've been notified are convinced these rumors are false.
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