Waterdeep
Waterdeep, also known as the City of Splendors or the Crown of the North, is the most important and influential city in the North and perhaps in all Faerûn. It is a truly marvelous cosmopolitan city of great culture that attracts the most talented artisans, artists, and scholars from across the Realms, as well as a commercial hub for financial interests along the coast and beyond.
It is one of if not the most powerful and influential member-states of the Lords' Alliance, the coalition of nations and city-states that sought to maintain order along the Sword Coast and the North.
Government
Waterdeep is ruled by a sixteen-seat council whose membership are largely secret. These hidden Lords of Waterdeep maintain their identities behind magical masks, called the Lord's Helm, and while they rule in public, none know the true identities of most of them. The subject of who the Lords are became a common topic of noble conversation, and some considered it a game to discover the Lords' identities, a game made more confusing by the fact the Lords themselves set their own rumors afloat
Defences
Waterdeep maintains two separate armed forces, the City Guard and the City Watch. The City Guard serves as Waterdeep's soldiery and its members staffed garrisons, road patrols, and watch posts, and serve as bodyguards and gate guards. The Watch is the local police force, acting as a constabulary within the city. More delicate missions taken in the name of the City of Splendors are handled by Force Grey, an elite force of a dozen or so skilled spellcasters and cunning warriors.
Waterdeep has strong walls on its landward sides and is protected in part by Mount Waterdeep on the seaward side. Mount Waterdeep is studded with watch towers and defensive positions, and patrolled by special guard units on flights of griffons known as the Griffon Cavalry.
Aside from this, Waterdeep also benefits from a large native population of the adventurers that were often more than willing to deal with any and all miscreants that threatened their home city.
The city is also home to the eight enormous Walking Statues of Waterdeep. These statues are extremely destructive, and only used to fend off armies or win otherwise impossible battles.
Industry & Trade
The city is the hub of trading from the mineral-rich lands to the north, the merchant kingdoms of Amn and Calimshan to the south, the kingdoms of the Inner Sea to the east, and the sea kingdoms and traders to the west. Waterdeep's authority extended between 30 mi (48 km) to 40 mi (64 km) from its walls.
Alternative Name(s)
City of Splendors, Crown of the North
Type
Large city
Population
2 000 000
Inhabitant Demonym
Waterdhavian, Waterdavian
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