The Nightly Show
Phantasmic remnants of the tower’s destruction remain at
the location. Every night, at the exact time Llomnauvel
triggered the explosion that destroyed the tower, visions of
those final moments appear at the ruined base of the tower.
These silent magical projections depict Brotherhood mages,
ablaze, falling helplessly to their deaths. This is soon
followed by the Brotherhood’s Overwizard falling similarly
while his limbs transform into eels.
This seemingly harmless magical vision both horrified and
fascinated onlookers. Naturally, some entrepreneurial
individuals managed to turn this tragic spectacle into
entertainment for locals and travelers alike. The base of the
tower was renovated into a tavern. The area of the spectacle
was railed off, and tables were placed all around it so that
patrons may watch the “show” as they sipped on their
drinks. Sadly, the tavern eventually gained a reputation for
mediocre, overpriced drinks and a steep cover charge. That,
combined with the multiple catastrophes that hit
Neverwinter in the 15th century DR, eventually left the
tavern abandoned.
Locations of Neverwinter | Guide to Neverwinter
Under New Management
The Many-Arrow tribe discovered and started to loot the
tavern and its vast wine stores when they invaded
Neverwinter’s Tower District. One night, in the midst of their
looting and revelry at the Fallen Tower, the phantasmic
images appeared and scared the orcs out of the building.
The orcs eventually mustered their courage and, once
realizing the phantom images were harmless, returned to
the building.
An enterprising single-eared orc named “Vagdru One-Ear”
restored the site to being a functioning tavern. By way of a
mutual agreement between Lord Neverember and the
leadership of the Many-Arrow tribe, the tavern now serves as
a neutral ground between the orcs and other races that
occupy the city. All are welcome to enjoy the tavern’s
offerings provided they start no trouble. Any troublemakers
that violate this truce are likely to face the immediate wrath
of the tavern’s regular clientele. The tavern’s current
offerings, however, are “humble” and priced accordingly. The
wine and ale are inexpensive but satisfactory. Raw meat, of
an unknown source, is served up to be prepared over an
open cook fire.
Dungeon Masters’ Inspiration
Technical Difficulties. Something goes wrong, and the
previously-benign nightly magical visions of the falling
mages become real; the flames of the falling mages
scorch patrons. Adventurers must contain the Fallen
Towers magic lest the tavern’s business be ruined.
Diplomatic Immunity. The Fallen Tower is the perfect
place to have a parlay between adventurers and some of
the less-respected races of Faerûn.
The Other White Meat. Vagdru One-Ear tasks the
adventurers with heading out into the wilds to slay some
gross-looking, level-appropriate monsters (e.g., Giant
Spiders or a Sibriex!) and return their corpses as proof
of their accomplishments. To the adventurers’ horror, he
serves the monsters’ meat to patrons for that night’s
dinner.
Read More
Neverwinter Campaign Setting, p. 157, (4th Edition)
Volo’s Guide to the North, p. 135 - 138 (2nd Edition)
The North - Guide to the Savage Frontier - Cities and Civilizations, p. 15 -
16 (2nd Edition)
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