Westgate

A legendary city in The Dragon Coast, Westgate was once a trading hub of the Inner Sea, garnering the well deserved reputation of "anything goes and everything has a price." A proud and noble city, its population was seldom ashamed of its rather open reputation - indeed, it was an adventurer's haven open to all races, all faiths, and all coins. Once a major economic power, the city was also once home to the thieves guild called the Night Masks.

Differences in Current Timeline
In the year 1374, a great battle rocked Westgate. Some attribute this to the battle between the unknown leader of the Night Masks and Tagreth Cormaeril, the leader of the Fire Knives. Several adjoining battles were also fought at this time, and the result was the near total destruction of the city.

Subsequently, Westgate went through a time period of chaos. The Night Masks were thought to be totally destroyed - instead, the few that survived moved to the city of Starmantle. It was also during this time that four escaped prisoners attempted to gain an evil foothold in the city, eventually leading to a battle between themselves and a local thieves guild. (see The Hands of Westgate).

It was during this time that two powerful women from the nearby city of Elversult decided to take it upon themselves to bring order to the former city of sin. Eventually, Westgate transformed itself under these two women - a human fighter and sorcerer named Yenseldara and a ranger of Mielikki named Vaerana Hawklyn. By the year 1376, when the Circle of the Tome visited the fair city, it had been transformed into a strange utopia, where law and order were sacred.

Today, Westgate exists in two parts: The Overcity, protected by a strange and powerful shield created by Yenseldara, is most likely the cleanest city in all of Faerun. No evil exists here, and in dystopian style, evil found is promptly executed. However, underneath the city, in the sewers, is the Undercity -- a collection of small villages to whence the less savory portion of Westgate fled. So far, despite the best tries of Hawklyn, the Undercity continues to exist and continues to try and disrupt the Overcity. The unofficial head of the group of thieves in the undercity is an air genasi named Schara the White.

Since justice is the main aspect of Westgate, Tyr is the major patron of the city, although there also exists a small temple to Mielikki. The Temple to Tyr built in Westgate is the largest temple to the god of justice in all of Faerun. One of its highlights is the "Garden of Heroes" a huge garden behind the Temple that is decorated with silver, gold, and platinum statues of great heroes of Tyr. At the center, standing nearly 30 feet tall, is a pure gold statue of Nassim Molrin, Lord of Light, and Champion of the Triad.