Stilben

Small City - Population: 9,014 (70% Human, 10% Elf, 10% Halfling, 5% Half-elf, 5% Other)
Stilben stinks to high heaven. Also known as the “Rotted

Lot” by the countless sailors and merchants who pass

through it, Stilben is the largest port city on this coast of

Tal’Dorei, and is the focal point of all imports and exports

Religions: Majority: Changebringer, Wildmother,

and Lawbearer; Minority: Any

Imports: Livestock, adventurers, lumber

Exports: Fish, ships, grain, iron, silver, gold, and

trade goods from Wildemount

to the East. The city is nestled in the sticky depths of the

K’Tawl Swamp, and the lingering stink of marsh water

and sulfur mingles with the humidity and the ever-present

buzz of insects to produce an air of misery around

Stilben’s outer districts. Pushed out of the cozy heart of

Stilben, the city’s poor and disenfranchised citizens—disparagingly

nicknamed “muckdwellers”—struggle to eke

out a living in the K’Tawl’s murky waters.

Central Stilben houses most of the city’s businesses,

residences, and attractions. As a fairly sizable trade hub,

those living in the heart of the city like to present a clean,

“civilized” view of their city. The cross-continental Silvercut

Roadway leads from Stilben all the way to Emon, and its

robust trade of rare goods, textiles, and spices has given rise

to a formidable merchant ruling class. Though Margrave

Wendle Truss is Stilben’s ruler in name, it is the guilds that

hold true power. Their vast wealth and sizable “protection”

force has forced the bombastic-yet-ineffectual Margrave to

acquiesce to the will of guilds in order to maintain peace, as

well as to preserve own station, within the city.

Order is kept by the the Waterwatch, Stilben’s official

constabulary, but corruption is becoming more and more

common within their ranks. The Clasp has learned that a

flash of coin forgives many faults, and the famous ring of

criminals has been allowed to flourish within Stilben for

decades, sometimes working with the guilds to protect mutual

interests, such as smuggling contraband goods and narcotics

along the Silvercut Roadway. The Clasp’s foreign rivals, the

Myriad, have recently established a lair within Stilben as well,

and are undercutting the Clasp’s operations. The Myriad is

less scrupulous than the Clasp, and has introduced a growing

slave trade between eastern Tal’Dorei and Wildemount

Noatable Locations
Lower Ward:

Highlands Ward: 

- The Sunset Stride Tavern

- Hamerson's Smithy

- The Meltoriel Estate

- Bubbling Brew Alchemy

- The Cure Herbalist

- Seaside Stables

- Guildhall

- The Waterwatch Barracks

- Navigators Companion

- Stilben General Goods

- The Stormlord's Temple

Shipping Ward:

- The Docks

- The Turnbuckle Tavern

Noatable NPC's
- Ophelia Dawnflower

- Father Moordek Vart

- Crayton Hammersmith

- Ignacio Del Riviera

- De'geery Avanti

- Barty

- Beachcomber Becket

- Acolyte Archer

- Father Peregrine