Phandalin
The Small Settlement of Phandalin
Neslted in the rocky foothills of the snow-capped Sword Mountains is the mining town of Phandalin, which consists of forty or fifty simple log buildings. Crumbling stone ruins surround the newer houses and shops, showing how this must have been a much larger town in centuries past.
Phandalin's Residents are quiet, hard-working folk who came from distant cities to eke out a life amid the harsh wilderness. They are farmers, stone cutters, blackmiths, traders, prospectors and children. The town has no walls and no garrison, but most of the adults keep weapons within easy reach in case the need for arms should arise.
Visitors are welcome here, particularly if they havecoin to spend or news to share. The Stonehill Inn at the center of town offers modest lodging and meals. A couple of doors down from the inn, posted outside the townmaster's hall, is a job board for adventurers.
History of Phandalin
In 1383, Phandalin was a much larger town with a large garrison, at the time it was an independent settlement with both Neverwinter and Waterdeep vying for its vassalage. The Ruler of Neverwinter was at odds with Waterdeep in particular with Baron Shellington at the time the ruler of Waterdeep. Eventually the Townmaster Beauford Wester came to an settlement with Neverwinter and thusly became part of the kingdom. However, Baron had different plans.
During the Greengrass of 1385, Baron Shellington marches his levies on the town of Phandalin in an act of defiance of Neverwinter, one of many of actions leading up to his inssurection in 18th Kythorn, 1393, slaughtering the town and removing any hope of the settlement growing in the future.
In 1456, a rich business man showed up Alaric Wester returned to the site of the destroyed Phandalin that his grandfather Beauford Wester had told him about so much with hopes of using his long standing businesses in Neverwinter as a way to rebuild Phandlin. Alaric would later go on to have two children throughout his time in Phandalin Tibor and Harbin Wester before giving control of the settlement to Harbin Wester in 1487. Just before the Cryovein The White Dragon began to pillage the area.
Timeline of Phandalin
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