Daerlun
City in Sembia
Daerlun is a heavily fortified city near the border between Sembia and Cormyr, once Sembian, later Cormyrean and in the end a neutral city-state.
Old walls and older houses line busy market streets, caravans arrive from Cormyr along the western road, and the Thunder Peaks rise grey on the northern horizon.
Daerlun at a glance
- Type & size
- Heavily fortified city, About 40,000 (1479 DR)
- Allegiance & rule
- Allegiance: A neutral, independent city-state between Sembia and Cormyr; formerly part of Sembia, later annexed by Cormyr
- Ruled by: Its own merchant leaders
- People & culture
- Mostly humans, many with family ties to Cormyr across the border; more traditional than the rest of Sembia
- Key exports & trade
- Livestock
- Linens and textiles
- Trade between Sembia and Cormyr
Overview
Daerlun lies in western Sembia, close to the Cormyrean border, with the Thunder Peaks some two dozen miles to the north. It is one of the oldest cities of the realm and a natural stop for caravans travelling between Cormyr and the Sembian coast.
It is the most heavily fortified city of the region, with a towering curtain wall of magically hardened obsidian raised by the Netherese. After Netheril's fall the city was annexed by Cormyr, and later declared itself a neutral, independent city-state. Because of its closeness to Cormyr, many of its families have relatives and trading partners across the border, and the city has a more traditional feel than the ports of the coast.
In adventures
Daerlun is a good base for adventures along the Cormyr–Sembia border and in the Thunder Peaks, where bandits and monsters prey on caravans.
At the table
- Bandits in the Thunder Peaks have been striking caravans with suspiciously good information about their cargo.
On the map
Regions nearby
- Thunder PeaksMountains · ~24 mi north
Nearby places
- MulhessenTown · ~102 mi
- IlipurPort · ~108 mi
- SaerloonCity · ~110 mi
- ImmerseaTown · ~126 mi
- WestgateCity · ~145 mi
- WheloonTown · ~146 mi
Distances as the crow flies, measured on our map.