I can’t seem to find much information about the various orphanages in Waterdeep. If you have time, would you mind sharing some details about them? Almost all of the orphanages in Waterdeep are either temples or guild-run, and located in properties owned by either the various churches or the guilds, respectively. The guilds have traditionally used their orphans as unpaid (but housed, fed, and trained) 'prentices, and…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 9, 2018
…although resistance to this in public attitude is rising, ALL of the guilds who have orphanages began them by taking in and rearing the children of guild members who perished (or vanished at sea and were presumed dead). Temples also develop clergy and lay temple workers from..
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 9, 2018
…the ranks of their orphans, but this is far less frowned upon publicly because the public accepts that temples do this (and feed and tend the maimed, the crazed, and the sorely-sick and dying; services temple orphans assist in). There aren't many independent/private…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 9, 2018
…orphanages in Waterdeep as of the 1490s DR (current 5e Realms time), thanks to some slaving and selling children as food scandals of the past.
[Hope this is of help; please let me know of specific things you'd like more lore on.]— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 9, 2018
