Boareskr Bridge - Revision history

Wvaske: Fix apostrophe templating on the Zhentarim line

2026-09-03T14:25:29Z

Fix apostrophe templating on the Zhentarim line

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	* '''[[Carl]]''' stays to keep the peace until they arrive; the Elturgard paladins left one of their number while the rest hunted down four [[Cult of the Dragon]] agents (killed on the road north — see the [[Session 54 - Serpents at Boareskyr Bridge (2026-08-30)\|session log]]).		* '''[[Carl]]''' stays to keep the peace until they arrive; the Elturgard paladins left one of their number while the rest hunted down four [[Cult of the Dragon]] agents (killed on the road north — see the [[Session 54 - Serpents at Boareskyr Bridge (2026-08-30)\|session log]]).
	* '''Otho''' now quietly tracks the crossing's traffic for the '''[[Harpers]]''' — the network's first standing source on the Trade Way north of the Chionthar.		* '''Otho''' now quietly tracks the crossing's traffic for the '''[[Harpers]]''' — the network's first standing source on the Trade Way north of the Chionthar.
	* '''Bolo''' is now the '''[[Zhentarim]]'''{{'}}s path through the bridge.		* '''Bolo''' now moves freight for the '''[[Zhentarim]]''' — the Network's path through the bridge.

	Business is expected to boom: "clearing out the yuan-ti has definitely helped… people are gonna feel more comfortable coming through."		Business is expected to boom: "clearing out the yuan-ti has definitely helped… people are gonna feel more comfortable coming through."

Wvaske: S54 — full first-hand canon: the town, Otho/Ostrand/Bolo, Varram's heroics, the anathema, new security and agents

2026-09-03T14:24:55Z

S54 — full first-hand canon: the town, Otho/Ostrand/Bolo, Varram's heroics, the anathema, new security and agents

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	== ~~Boareskr~~ Bridge ==		== Boareskyr Bridge ==
	'''~~Boareskr~~ Bridge''' carries the [[Trade Way]] over the [[Winding Water]], ~~four days' ride~~ north of [[Nuts Deep]]. ~~It is~~ the ~~last place~~ [[Varram the White]] ~~was seen, and the company's next destination~~.		'''Boareskyr Bridge''' carries the [[Trade Way]] over the [[Winding Water]], north of [[Nuts Deep]]. A '''black granite bridge bearing sculpted images of the gods Cyric and Bhaal''' — legend says Cyric slew Bhaal here during the Time of Troubles (1358 DR), and the river ran black below it for years afterward. The company reached it in [[Session 54 - Serpents at Boareskyr Bridge (2026-08-30)\|Session 54]] on the trail of [[Varram the White]].

	=== ~~What the company knows~~ ===		=== The town ===
	* '~~''The crossing.''' A bridge-keeper named Ostrand takes~~ a ~~copper a head to cross, two after dark~~. ~~On the north bank sits a trading camp that has never had~~ a ~~lord and does not want one; on the south bank, a caravanserai.~~		"Some people call it a town, but it's barely a town" (Otho). It is a '''tent city''' around the crossing: caravans hauling goods up the Trade Way meet river traffic coming east and west, most of the population stays weeks at a time, and a few tents have stood for years. Elturgard keeps a detachment of '''paladins''' here to hold the peace over traffic that is, in large part, "probably not on the up-and-up" — the crossing prizes the freedom to pass through untracked, which is why hoods stay up.
	* '''~~The shrines.~~''' ~~Cyric killed Bhaal on this bridge in~~ the ~~Time of Troubles, in 1358 DR, and~~ the river ~~ran black below it for years afterwards. The old fort's moat is poison still. There are shrines to both gods on the bridge~~, ~~and people leave offerings at both.~~
	* '''Tamal Thent.''' In 1450 DR High Overseer Tamal Thent of ~~[[Elturel]] vanished~~ at ~~the south-bank caravanserai with her entire caravan. Elturel's riders found no bodies and no wreckage~~, and ~~nobody who would say they had seen anything~~. ~~Elturel raised [[Thavius Kreeg]] to the seat in her place ''(see [[The Rise~~ of ~~the Companion]])''. The Harpers' Archives would like to know whether the caravanserai's aged keeper still holds the 1450 guest ledger.~~
	* '''~~Varram.~~''' ~~The [[Council of Waterdeep]]'s best information placed the Wyrmspeaker~~ here ~~([[Session 43 - The Council of Waterdeep\|Session 43]]);~~ the ~~Harpers' road-desk in Berdusk has since sent a newer sighting — the last tenday of Uktar 1488~~, ~~a dwarf woman~~ in ~~white robes with a silent escort of six~~, ~~lodged at~~ the ~~south~~-~~bank caravanserai~~ and ~~paying well to be left alone. It is fourth~~-~~hand, by way of~~ the ~~mule-drover Pell Marrowick and~~ the ~~bridge-keeper~~, ~~and says nothing of~~ why ~~she was there or whether she remains ''(see [[Harper Dispatch: Boareskr Bridge]])''~~.

	=== ~~The march~~ ===		The fixtures:
	~~After~~ the ~~week~~ of ~~downtime that followed~~ the [[~~Session 53~~ - The ~~Battle~~ of ~~Nuts Deep~~ (2026-08-09)\|~~Battle of Nuts Deep~~]], [[~~Deez Nuts~~]] ~~march~~ north ~~for~~ the bridge on the ~~trail~~ of ~~Varram~~ ([[~~Find Varram~~ the ~~White~~]]). [[~~Talonfall~~]]'s ~~tracker Hessa Duncroft has been posted on~~ the ~~eastern~~ road ~~ahead of them~~.		* '''The inn''' — one of the only true buildings, run by '''[[Othavir]] ("Otho")''', who has kept it for years and knows the crossing's history. Half the room drinks ale, half sarsaparilla, and half whiskey.
			* '''The bridge station''' — where '''[[Ostrand]]''' has tallied everything crossing the bridge and moving on the river for '''twenty years'''.
			* '''The stables''' — the other solid structure, across from the inn.
			* '''Bolo's market''' — the halfling trader '''[[Bolo]]''' has run the midway trade for eight years out of a decommissioned circus tent: caravans from either side of the customs line trade with her rather than crossing themselves, and she handles the taxes and customs (plus a concealed cache for goods best moved at night). Her guards '''Shem and Blam''' sit by her fire.

			=== Session 54 — the serpents ===
			The party arrived to find '''dead [[Yuan-ti]] staked ten feet high''' at the southern entrance — the work of '''[[Varram the White]]''', who weeks earlier had unmasked and killed a clutch of serpent-spies from the [[Serpent Hills]] (stabbing the first '''through the eye''' at a table in the inn) and is now toasted as "'''Varram, the hero of Boareskyr Bridge'''." She left immediately afterward with her entourage, toward the Serpent Hills.

			The company finished what she started: two more hooded infiltrators unmasked and killed in the street, and a '''Yuan-ti Anathema''' — the worst thing to show up in Ostrand's twenty years of books — slain as it came out of the river, then harvested on the spot. In the aftermath the whole crossing went hoods-down, and its security was rearranged:
			* '''[[The Anvil]]''' (Order of the Gauntlet) ordered in by [[Xanphina]] to '''hold the crossing''' — about three days out by horse.
			* '''[[Carl]]''' stays to keep the peace until they arrive; the Elturgard paladins left one of their number while the rest hunted down four [[Cult of the Dragon]] agents (killed on the road north — see the [[Session 54 - Serpents at Boareskyr Bridge (2026-08-30)\|session log]]).
			* '''Otho''' now quietly tracks the crossing's traffic for the '''[[Harpers]]''' — the network's first standing source on the Trade Way north of the Chionthar.
			* '''Bolo''' is now the '''[[Zhentarim]]'''{{'}}s path through the bridge.

			Business is expected to boom: "clearing out the yuan-ti has definitely helped… people are gonna feel more comfortable coming through."

			=== What the company knew coming in ===
			* '''The shrines.''' There are shrines to both Cyric and Bhaal on the bridge, and people leave offerings at both. The old fort's moat is poison still.
			* '''The crossing.''' Ostrand takes a copper a head to cross, two after dark. On the south bank, a caravanserai.
			* '''Tamal Thent.''' In 1450 DR High Overseer Tamal Thent of [[Elturel]] vanished at the south-bank caravanserai with her entire caravan. Elturel's riders found no bodies and no wreckage, and nobody who would say they had seen anything. Elturel raised [[Thavius Kreeg]] to the seat in her place ''(see [[The Rise of the Companion]])''. The Harpers' Archives would like the '''1450 guest ledger''' copied ''(see [[Harper Dispatch: A Source at the Bridge]] — still open)''.
			* '''Varram.''' The [[Council of Waterdeep]]'s best information placed the Wyrmspeaker here ([[Session 43 - The Council of Waterdeep\|Session 43]]); the Harpers' road-desk in Berdusk had a newer fourth-hand sighting ''(see [[Harper Dispatch: Boareskr Bridge]])'' — confirmed in spectacular fashion by what the town itself witnessed.

	=== Nearby Locations ===		=== Nearby Locations ===
	* [[Trade Way]] — the road it carries		* [[Trade Way]] — the road it carries; yuan-ti attacks reported between here and Dragonspear Castle
	* [[Winding Water]] — the river it crosses		* [[Winding Water]] — the river it crosses; Varram's trail runs northeast along it
	* [[Serpent Hills]] and the [[Forest of Wyrms]] — to the north-east		* [[Serpent Hills]] and the [[Forest of Wyrms]] — to the north-east
	* [[Troll Claws]] — to the west		* [[Troll Claws]] — to the west
	* [[Soubar]] — the next town south along the Trade Way		* [[Soubar]] — the next town south along the Trade Way; [[Triel]] beyond it

	=== Appearances ===		=== Appearances ===
	* [[Session 43 - The Council of Waterdeep]] — named by the Council as Varram's last known location		* [[Session 43 - The Council of Waterdeep]] — named by the Council as Varram's last known location
	* [[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)]] — confirmed as the next destination		* [[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)]] — confirmed as the next destination
	* [[Harper Dispatch: Boareskr Bridge]]		* [[Session 54 - Serpents at Boareskyr Bridge (2026-08-30)]] — the company arrives; the serpents are cleared
			* [[Harper Dispatch: Boareskr Bridge]] · [[Harper Dispatch: A Source at the Bridge]]

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Wvaske: Location page: what the company knows of Boareskr Bridge before the march (Harper dispatch, Council briefing, Elturel's history)

2026-08-29T21:31:19Z

Location page: what the company knows of Boareskr Bridge before the march (Harper dispatch, Council briefing, Elturel's history)

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== Boareskr Bridge ==
'''Boareskr Bridge''' carries the [[Trade Way]] over the [[Winding Water]], four days' ride north of [[Nuts Deep]]. It is the last place [[Varram the White]] was seen, and the company's next destination.

=== What the company knows ===
* '''The crossing.''' A bridge-keeper named Ostrand takes a copper a head to cross, two after dark. On the north bank sits a trading camp that has never had a lord and does not want one; on the south bank, a caravanserai.
* '''The shrines.''' Cyric killed Bhaal on this bridge in the Time of Troubles, in 1358 DR, and the river ran black below it for years afterwards. The old fort's moat is poison still. There are shrines to both gods on the bridge, and people leave offerings at both.
* '''Tamal Thent.''' In 1450 DR High Overseer Tamal Thent of [[Elturel]] vanished at the south-bank caravanserai with her entire caravan. Elturel's riders found no bodies and no wreckage, and nobody who would say they had seen anything. Elturel raised [[Thavius Kreeg]] to the seat in her place ''(see [[The Rise of the Companion]])''. The Harpers' Archives would like to know whether the caravanserai's aged keeper still holds the 1450 guest ledger.
* '''Varram.''' The [[Council of Waterdeep]]'s best information placed the Wyrmspeaker here ([[Session 43 - The Council of Waterdeep|Session 43]]); the Harpers' road-desk in Berdusk has since sent a newer sighting — the last tenday of Uktar 1488, a dwarf woman in white robes with a silent escort of six, lodged at the south-bank caravanserai and paying well to be left alone. It is fourth-hand, by way of the mule-drover Pell Marrowick and the bridge-keeper, and says nothing of why she was there or whether she remains ''(see [[Harper Dispatch: Boareskr Bridge]])''.

=== The march ===
After the week of downtime that followed the [[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)|Battle of Nuts Deep]], [[Deez Nuts]] march north for the bridge on the trail of Varram ([[Find Varram the White]]). [[Talonfall]]'s tracker Hessa Duncroft has been posted on the eastern road ahead of them.

=== Nearby Locations ===
* [[Trade Way]] — the road it carries
* [[Winding Water]] — the river it crosses
* [[Serpent Hills]] and the [[Forest of Wyrms]] — to the north-east
* [[Troll Claws]] — to the west
* [[Soubar]] — the next town south along the Trade Way

=== Appearances ===
* [[Session 43 - The Council of Waterdeep]] — named by the Council as Varram's last known location
* [[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)]] — confirmed as the next destination
* [[Harper Dispatch: Boareskr Bridge]]

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