The Red Shields

Headquarters: Scornubel, Western Heartlands The Red Shields were originally a mercenary company who saw the money to be made by the caravans they were being paid a pittance to guard. So, the Shields invested in a caravan operation themselves, recruiting a few of the independent caravan-masters local to Scornubel, and became a trading coster. Their normal trade routes extend as far north as Neverwinter, and as far south as Athkatla in Amn. They have also come to act as the city watch in Scornubel, and the city is largely considered their territory without exception. Scornuban merchants seek to become successful enough to be recruited into the Red Shields.

Red Shields Barracks

Undercliffs Because of legal restrictions on the number of guards any given individual is permitted to maintain within the walls of Waterdeep proper, the Red Shields have set up a caravanserai in the Undercliffs that mostly serves as a barracks for its excess guards. Red Shield caravans arrive at the Barracks, apportion up their goods and see them either stored for other caravans or prepared to be brought into Waterdeep, to be delivered to buyers or to the coster auction blocks where major costers buy and sell goods every day.