LMP - Places and People

[Daos]

Sword Coast North
Alignment: All
Population: 660,960 (humans 65%, dwarves 10%, orcs 8%, half-orcs 5%, elves 4%, halflings 4%, gnomes 2%, half-elves 1%, other 1%)
Government: City-States
Religion: All
Trade: (Imports) Books, manufactured items, magic items, miners, pottery, spices, (Exports) Gems, leather goods, mercenaries, Neverwinter's crafts, precious metals, timber
Current Year: 1481 DR

The Sword Coast North is a region on the northwestern coast of Faerûn.  The region stretched from Waterdeep in the south to the Spine of the World in the north, and from the Sword Coast in the west to the Long Road in the east.  The first great realm to appear in the region known as the Sword Coast north was that of Illefarn. Existing thousands of years ago, the kingdom of Illefarn was a contemporary of Netheril, consisting of both dwarves and elves. Illefarn survived the Fall of Netheril, until the elves left for Evermeet. Northlanders and other humans began migrating into the region a few years before 1 DR.

[Daos]

Phandalin

Alignment:  Chaotic Neutral

Population:  250 (humans 65%, dwarves 10%, orcs 8%, half-orcs 5%, elves 4%, halflings 4%, gnomes 2%, half-elves 1%, other 1%)

Government:  Elected Townmaster

Religion:  Tymora

Trade:  (Imports) Lumber, manufactured items, spices (Exports) Precious metals, iron ore

Current Year:  1481 DR

Phandalin was originally a farming community. The orcs of the realm of Uruth Ukrypt ("Home of Uruth") had destroyed all game in their realm, and, in search of food, they turned on the human settlements in the area, raiding them. Phandalin was one of these settlements, and in 951 DR, it was overrun and then abandoned.

In the last three or four years, settlers from Neverwinter and Waterdeep had resettled the ruins of Phandalin.

Phandalin has no functioning government, however, the townsfolk annually elect a townsmaster. The townsmaster serves as a judge and mediator, and also keeps the records that need to be kept.

People of Phandalin

Sister Garaele (Female Elf Cleric) - A priestess of Tymora (Goddess of Luck) who looks after the local shrine in Phandalin.  Garaele is a good-hearted woman with a passion for justice and learning.  She offers the blessings of Tymora to those who give donations of at least one gold piece.  Garaele does not like the Redbrands at all, because of the way they bully the people of Phandalin.  She asked the party to seek out the banshee Agatha in Conyberry to find a long lost spellbook for her superiors. 

She is also a Harper and asked Fosco and Orianna to join, but they needed time to decide.

Daran Edermath (Male Half-Elf Fighter) - A fit, silverhaired half-elf well over a hundred years old, Daran is a retired warrior and member of the Order of the Gauntlet.  He owns an apple orchard on the edge of town.  Daran is not fond of the Redbrands and thinks someone should stand up to their leader.  He hired the party to look into some rumors of undead sightings over at the Old Owl Well outside of town.

Linene Graywind (Female Human Merchant) - A sharp-tongued woman of thirty-five who runs the Lionshield Coster.  This building is owned by the Lionshields, a merchant company based in the city of Yartar, over a hundred miles to the east.  The party recovered the stolen goods of a caravan en route to Phandalin from the goblins and returned the goods to Linene.  She paid them 50 gold pieces in thanks.

Harbin Wester (Male Human Townmaster) - Harbin is a rotund and pompous old banker who is the current townmaster of Phandalin, having won the previous election.  He is completely cowed by the Redbrands, claiming they are just a mercenary guild and not much trouble.  Most of his constitutes disagree.  Harbin hired the party to clear out some orcs camped out at Wyvern's Tor.  In thanks, he paid them 100 gold pieces.

Halia Thorton (Female Human Guildmaster) - An ambitious and calculating woman who runs the Miner's Exchange.  She has hired the party to take out the Redbrand leadership, believing this will cause the gang to fall apart.  She has offered 100 gold pieces in return for this service.