Parnast

Parnast is a village in the Savage Frontier in northwest Faerûn. It stands on the Dawn Pass Trail, between Weathercote Wood and the Greypeaks.

Infrastructure

Parnast comprises a central town square, around which are built several dozen simple structures, built within a wooden palisade. The wary and hardworking Parnasters earn their living as farmers, laborers, crafters, transporters, and loggers.

History

Parnast was believed to have been founded no later than the last decades of the 13th century DR.
Around the Year of the Spur, 1348 DR, The Zhentarim openly took control of Parnast and installed Lord Amarandaris as its de facto ruler. While the small village enjoyed some prosperity, the presence of the Zhents was merely tolerated by the local Parnasters.
In the years leading up to the Year of the Banner, 1368 DR, Parnast was nearly overwhelmed with goblin refugees that fled from their homes in the mines of Dekanter.
A regional agent of the Moonstars operated from within Parnast around the same time. They monitored the central Sword Coast, from the Delimbiyr Vale and the High Moor to the Winding Water and the Greypeaks.
Lord Amarandaris ruled Parnast for over 20 years before his death, an event that caused business coming through Parnast to wane and the village to fall into disrepair.

Geography

Parnast stands on the Dawn Pass Trail in the foothills of The Greypeak Mountains, between the mountains themselves and Weathercote Wood. A small path leads northward from the towns, north into the woods proper.

Type

Village

Population

~75

Inhabitant Demonym

Parnasters