Good Morning @TheEdVerse,
In the Dragon 412 article "The Thing in the Crypt," the House of Keskrel is noted as having held wardenships in the past. Could you list some examples? Was a Keskrel ever a warden of the docks in Marsember?
— Jeremy E. Grenemyer the bastard son of Stonekettle (@sanishiver) July 6, 2019
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Yes. “Warden of the Harbour” is the title. Keskrels were also Warden of the Stonehouse (prison castle east of Suzail just inland of the Dragoneye Way; on Mike Schley’s superb Cormyr map, it’s due north of the “g” in Draogneye) and Warden of the Westwatch 2)
… (garrison that keeps watch over the Bridge of Fallen Men to see who enters and leaves the realm, stop any invading warbands, and keep anyone from sabotaging or enacting a toll collection on the bridge; the latter was a favourite brigand trick in elder days).#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 6, 2019
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A Keskrel was also briefly Warden of the Hullack (a short-lived title for a role that really meant “go through the wild forest to make sure large armed bands of brigands weren’t living/hiding in there” during a time when rumors arose that Sembia was sponsoring…#Realmslore 4)
…small armies and sending them, all divided up and disguised as pack-merchants with mule-trains, into eastern Cormyr to find their own ways to the Hullack to muster there, and await an invasion signal (large mercenary army attacks openly from Sembia, Hullack…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 6, 2019
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…forces burst out of the woods to take Cormyr's defenders in the rear/burn and pillage across the countryside to force them to split up and deal with this threat/cut supply lines by blocking roads).#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 6, 2019