Fireshear
Town in Sword Coast North
Fireshear is a remote mining city on the frozen coast north of the Spine of the World, built beside a crater left by an ancient meteor strike rich in copper and silver.
Squat stone domes shaped like igloos hunch against the wind, the blackened walls of an ancient crater loom over the mines, and the harbour lies frozen for most of the year.
Fireshear at a glance
- Type & size
- Mining city on the frozen coast, About 15,000, half of them dwarves (late 14th century DR)
- Allegiance & rule
- Allegiance: Independent
- Ruled by: A triumvirate of the heads of three merchant houses based in Mirabar, Neverwinter and Waterdeep (late 15th century DR), who hire adventurers for patrols and are known to take bribes
- People & culture
- Humans and dwarves in about equal numbers, with other peoples drawn by the mines
- Key exports & trade
- Copper
- Silver
Overview
Fireshear lies on the cold coast west of the Iceflow, at the end of the Ten Trail from Icewind Dale. Its rich copper and silver veins were exposed by a meteor that struck in the distant past; the fire-blackened walls of the crater gave the city its name.
Its buildings are dug into the rock and domed like igloos to withstand the wind and snow. The bay freezes from late autumn to early summer, a season the locals call lock-in, and the city depends on food brought in by ship while the water is open.
Rule
Fireshear is run by the heads of three merchant houses that founded it. In the late 15th century DR, they represented companies from Mirabar, Neverwinter and Waterdeep, and appeared in Storm King's Thunder.
At the table
- The last ship before lock-in is late, and the city will starve by midwinter without it.
On the map
Roads from Fireshear
- LuskanBy sea · 151 mi
- Bryn ShanderBy sea · 170 mi
- Blackford CrossingBy sea · 170 mi
- IronmasterBy sea · 172 mi
- Port LlastBy sea · 176 mi
Regions nearby
- Icewind DaleTundra · ~6 mi north
Nearby places
- Bryn ShanderTown · ~68 mi
- IronmasterTown · ~74 mi
- LuskanCity · ~112 mi
- Blackford CrossingTown · ~129 mi
- Port LlastPort · ~152 mi
- Raven RockTown · ~163 mi
Distances as the crow flies, measured on our map.