The Cloak Tower
The Cloak Tower is a wizard tower that served as a meeting
place and citadel to the Many-Starred Cloak order of
wizards. The tower suffered a prolonged occupation by orcs, but has recently returned to the custody of the Order of the Many-Starred Cloaks
The Cloak Tower, and all of the wizards within, disappeared
during the Spellplague in 1385 DR. The tower mysteriously
returned about six months later — albeit in a new location.
However, there were no traces of the wizards that had once
resided there.
Naturally, once the tower returned to Neverwinter, it didn’t
take long for thieves to attempt looting the tower. The tower, after all, was thought to contain a wondrous magical device found in a Netherese ruin called “Halavar’s Universal
Pantograph”. The device could reportedly duplicate metal
objects that were “the size of a large throne or smaller” —
this included coins! However, all the thieves soon perished in the tower, leaving a sole survivor to recount the tales of what was seen.
The thieves didn’t locate the magical device, and they saw
neither wizards nor their bodies. The colorful cloaks
mysteriously remained, however, hanging on the pegs where they were left. Suddenly, the colorful cloaks came to life and smothered the thieves to death, save the sole survivor.
The Many-Arrows orc tribe invaded the tower and were able to claim it. The Neverwinter residents, assuming the tower was warded by some leftover magical defenses left by the Many-Starred Cloak wizards, thought the orcs too would soon perish in the tower. The orcs, however, seemingly did not meet any resistance in the tower and were able to hold it.
Lord Neverember tolerated the orcs in the location largely
because he had no better option. The tower was actually one of the most fortified locations in the city, which left
Neverember simply biding his time until he could figure out
a way to rid the city of the orcs. Luckily, the Many-Arrow orcs decided to vacate the tower and move east with to help their brethren battle the dwarves.
The Order of the Many-Starred Cloaks has once again
become active with some ranking members even working
with Lord Neverember to secure the region. It is presumed
that custody of the Cloak Tower has returned to the Many Starred Cloaks.
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