Skulls of Skullport

Few beings are held in more fear and deference throughout Skullport than its namesake Skulls. Sentinels of order in that dangerous community. Possessed of a "strange, alien intellect," the Skulls "are known to speak in cryptic phrases and ancient tongues long since vanished from the Realms. The Skulls often make bizarre demands of those who cross their paths or otherwise attract their attention, and their reaction to events is unpredictable." In the chaotic underground of Skullport, a city of thieves, murderers and slave-traders, the Skulls impose some semblance of order when things get out of hand.
How the Skulls came to be reveals some of the earliest history of the city. Once Netherese arcanists who created the mythallar. The mythallar, or mantle, was a sentient and powerful arcane relic capable of generating nearly limitless power. The mythallar in Skullport was created to support the immense weight of the world surrounding it, but at some point it seemed that the magic had faltered, and Skullport was in danger of complete destruction. Only through the efforts of the arcanists did the caverns survive, but at the cost of their own lives. The thirteen most powerful were reborn shortly after as the Skulls, guardians of the mantle.
Since then, these floating, disembodied skulls wander Skullport, "tending to aims only they can fathom."

Type

Government, Law Enforcement