Caer Westphal
Town in Snowdown, Moonshae Isles · Westphal
Caer Westphal is the largest city of Snowdown in the Moonshae Isles, long the seat of Amn's military occupation of the island and later of its governor under the high king.
Round Ffolk towers stand beside square, practical Amnian halls, and a castle on the hill watches over a harbour that until recently flew only the colours of Amn.
Caer Westphal at a glance
- Also known as
- Westphal
- Type & size
- Largest city of the island of Snowdown
- Allegiance & rule
- Allegiance: Snowdown; occupied by Amn for decades, then governed for the high king of the Moonshaes after the Amnians were expelled in the early 1480s DR
- Ruled by: A governor, earlier an Amnian viceroy
- People & culture
- The Ffolk and Amnian settlers; a mix of old island ways and Amnian habits
- Key exports & trade
- Island goods once traded only with Amn
Overview
Westphal lies in a small natural harbour on Snowdown's southern coast on the Sea of Swords, overlooked by the castle of the same name. It was the seat of the kingdom of Snowdown until Amn seized the island early in the 15th century DR.
For about eighty years the Amnians ruled from here, building in their own square, functional style and trading only with Amn. After they were driven out in the early 1480s DR, the city became the seat of the island's governor under House Kendrick.
On the map
Roads from Caer Westphal
- Iron KeepBy sea · 362 mi
- RogarsheimBy sea · 428 mi
- CandlekeepBy sea · 455 mi
- FarviewBy sea · 457 mi
- Caer CorwellBy sea · 484 mi
Regions nearby
- SnowdownIsland · Caer Westphal lies within it
Nearby places
- Caer CorwellTown · ~114 mi
- Iron KeepFortress · ~227 mi
- DynnegallTown · ~247 mi
- Caer MorayTown · ~258 mi
- FarviewTown · ~261 mi
- RogarsheimTown · ~313 mi
Distances as the crow flies, measured on our map.