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City of Dragons Belch
The city of Dragons Belch was once a port city hub feeding the gluttonous rule of King Damara. Most of the city has fallen to ruin now. There are old, hidden, dark secrets within Dragons Belch and very few, save the High Wizard Netheril, still know of them. Many of these secrets are guarded by Netheril’s own personal guard force. Today Dragons Belch is a bankrupt port city under the indifferent management of the High Lord Lorcan Brickfoot Grimwood. Any number of items and services can be purchased in Dragons Belch, for a price. The price may not always be to your liking though.

The High Lord Lorcan Brickfoot Grimwood (Human)
Lorcan was given the nickname Brickfoot many years ago when he came into power over Dragons Belch after the fall of Damara’s Castle. His first order of business after taking possession was to repave every street in town. During the renewal process many under-city portals were sealed never to be opened again. Many are still accessible via secret and hidden ways only known by Netheril and few others. The project nearly bankrupted the city and it has yet to recover. Lorcan is now an angry bitter old man. Any day now a young man will challenge the rule of Brickfoot. In this, Lorcan has assured his own demise. The town has never forgotten how he nearly brought the city to its knees.

High Wizard Netheril (Human) (20th level wizard)
Netheril is a demanding old man who is overly confidant in his abilities and those of his apprentices. He has lost more apprentices than he can count. He often sends them on errands they are clearly not qualified to perform. He spends an inordinate amount of time on research in his tower. The remainder of his time is spent performing rudimentary talks for the city of Dragons Belch. He hates these tasks and often delegates them to his apprentices.

Netheril Tower is constructed of massive gray stone blocks, several large rooms to each floor. Many of the rooms contain tables covered in scrolls, books, bubbling beakers, and strange, stuffed creatures. Netheril employs a team of guards that have various duties specific to the tower and his own personal needs.
Netheril is often short and curt in his speech but means well. His time is valuable and as such he abhors wasting it on idle chitchat.

Red Ale Inn
The Red Ale Inn is, by far, the most popular and safest place to eat and sleep in Dragons Belch. This, as it so happens, is primarily because it sits adjacent to the High Lord Lorcan’s mansion. Lorcan has his own table at the Red Ale Inn and can be seen sitting there most days.

Taran Swiftwing (Elf) (Elven Lord, 2nd level Magic-User)
Taran is a cheerful Elf with golden hair and blue eyes and often wears brown robes. He has been accepted as an apprentice to the High Wizard Netheril. Netheril is very demanding of him and often sends him on errands for which he has no business performing. Taran is young as Elves go, but he does his best to please the High Wizard Netheril. He is eager to learn the ways of magic use.

Gunther Wilmhest (Human) (Assistant to the High Wizard Netheril)
Gunther has been in the employ of Netheril for many years. It is his job to attend to the errands and demands of Netheril. He has made a comfortable living helping Netheril and enjoys his job. From time to time he is tasked to find adventurers (Netheril’s guards humorously call them Dragon Fodder) to perform tasks for which Netheril has no time or interest to do, which happens to be every task outside of his tower. He is quite good at his job and enjoys the time outside of Netheril Tower.

The Orb of Dragonkind
The Orb of Dragonind was a powerful magical item that could change a person into a dragon once its magical secrets were unlocked. It was lost long ago. The great King Damara once ruled using the power of the orb. Twenty years ago an ogre named Bonegnasher attacked Damara’s Castle in search of the orb, killing everyone within. As a last act, Damara hid the orb somewhere in the castle.
The High Wizard Netheril sent his apprentice, Taran, to retrieve the orb before Bonegnasher could find it. When Taran did not return he sent several of his apprentices and two local adventurers to retrieve them both. The adventurers succeeded in retrieving Taran and the orb but lost a comrade in the process, a young Kender named Zander Riverbend (Zee).

Damara (Human) / Damara’s Castle
Damara was an ancient wizard who fought for the powers of good. At his castle, he guarded the Orb of Dragonkind to ensure it would never fall into evil hands. Upon his death many heroes attempted to find the orb. The castle quickly fell to ruins. A rumor, floating upon the air of Dragons Belch, tells of a young adventurer, Crow—one of the original party members who retrieved the orb for Nehteril—who befriended a clan of Kobolds and presently resides in the ruins.