Lord Protector Dagult Neverember

Thirty years ago, the eruption of Mount Hotenow almost entirely destroyed Neverwinter. Much of the southeastern quadrant of the city was ripped apart into a great rift, known as the Chasm, that continually spawned plaguechanged horrors. The ruling royal family was killed during the powerful eruption and Neverwinter remained in ruins for almost two decades until Lord Neverember began repairing it to its former glory.
Dagult Neverember claimed to be a descendant of the former rulers and invested a great deal of his own personal fortune to rebuild the city's infrastructure. He hired workers to help rebuild the city, employed mercenaries to protect it from monsters and bandits, bought the interest of merchants to send their caravans again to Neverwinter, and even ensured Neverwintan refugees had enough food and gold in hand.
After the death of the royal family in the Mount Hotenow eruption, Dagult Neverember created the title of "Lord Protector of Neverwinter" and is building Neverwinter as a mercantile empire. Lord Dagult is a despot and enforces heavy-handed laws. He levies heavy taxes to noble families living in Neverwinter, preventing them from gaining significant power, while enacting harsh laws that prohibit the formation of new guilds and limits the power of existing ones. While viewed as tyrannical, the populace also recognize that his leadership through a dark time is slowly restoring Neverwinter as a center of civilization in the Sword Coast North.

Ruled Locations

• Neverwinter