House Gralhund (GRAWL-hund)

House Gralhund was a noble house of Waterdeep since the Year of the Broken Blade, 1260 DR. Their primary business interests included contracting hireswords and manufacturing weapons.

History

In the Year of Wild Magic, 1372 DR, the Gralhunds were competing fiercely with House Amcathra in blade-making, producing higher-quality swords and selling them at a lower price. Amcathra's reputation as the best in blades was in jeopardy because the Gralhunds were using a new alloy of steel with traces of mithral they bartered from Thaglar's Foundry, run by Clan Xundorn down in Skullport.
In the Year of Three Ships Sailing, 1492 DR, the heads of the Gralhund family decided to ally with the Zhentarim in the search for the lost gold of Dagult Neverember under the promise of getting a fair share of the treasure. The Zhents, led by Urstul Floxin, used Gralhund Villa as their headquarters while seeking out the Stone of Golorr.
However, not fully trusting Urstul, Yalah also sent one of her personal servants, a nimblewright with a necklace of fireballs, to search for the gnome Dalakhar. The successive blast and the death of Dalakhar ruined the alliance between the Zhents and the Gralhunds.
When Urstul finally took possession of the Stone, he demanded explanations from Yalah about the nimblewright and her profiting from his injuries and took the Stone. This triggered a fight between Gralhund guards and Zhentarim agents that cost many lives and was remembered as the Gralhund Villa Bloodbath.

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Founding Date

1260 DR

Type

Political, Family

Parent Organization

Waterdeep

Location

City of Waterdeep

Related Ethnicities

• Tethyrian