Spellgard
Spellgard is the ruin of an ancient castle complex dating from the Netherese Empire located on a rocky ridge, northeast of Llorkh, where the southern edge of the Fallen Lands meets the eastern edge of the former Anauroch desert.
Infrastructure
A few structures remain largely intact, such as the imposing Scepter Tower. The Fountain Hall, home to a dozen splendidly sculpted waterspouts, lay with plants growing abundantly under their spray and mosses covering its walls.
History
Spellgard was once ruled by Lady Saharel, a high mage of ancient Netheril. At its apogee, Saharelgard was a rich storehouse of wealth, mighty magic, as well as luxurious dress, decoration, furnishings, and food. Subsequently it was a ruin, largely stripped of its riches by time, thieves, and abundant mosses, molds, and fungi that grew in its halls. It was a huge place of turrets, towers, crumbling walls, archways, balconies, and mile upon mile of interlinked stairs, galleries, and chambers.
Natural Resources
Spellgard sat atop its own spring. Ancient spells pumped water through hundreds of fountains and pools, and in a one vast cellar room was a large well. The castle halls and chambers were predominantly cool, dim, and damp, ideal for fungal growth. Because of its water source, until the return of Thultanthar and the regrowth of the Anauroch, Spellgard was a popular destination for the Bedine and other desert folk, and a strategic stopping-place for outsiders about to enter the Anauroch desert.
RUINED SETTLEMENT
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Alternative Name(s)
Saharelgard
Type
City
Inhabitant Demonym
Netherese
Owner/Ruler
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