Mirabar
City in Sword Coast North
Mirabar is a mining city on the upper River Mirar, where human merchants and dwarven miners together grow rich on the ore and gems of the surrounding mountains.
Smoke from smelters hangs over the river valley, carts heavy with ore rumble through the gates, and dwarves and humans haggle loudly over the price of iron.
Mirabar at a glance
- Type & size
- Walled mining city, About 10,000 (1372 DR)
- Allegiance & rule
- Allegiance: Independent city; a member of the Lords' Alliance
- Ruled by: A hereditary Marchion in name; real power lies with the Council of Sparkling Stones, an elected assembly of dwarves and humans
- People & culture
- Humans and shield dwarves; practical, hard-working and proud, with little love for Luskan
- Key exports & trade
- Iron ore and metals
- Gems
- Worked metal goods
Overview
Mirabar lies inland from Luskan, near the Spine of the World. Its wealth comes from the mines in the hills around it, which supply much of the iron and many of the gems traded along the Sword Coast. Ore and metal goods go down the Mirar to Luskan and by road to the south.
The city has a hereditary Marchion, but real power lies with the Council of Sparkling Stones, an elected assembly of dwarves and humans that decides how much the mines produce. Mirabar is proud, practical and suspicious of Luskan, its only easy way to the sea.
At the table
- A mine has broken into old tunnels, and the miners refuse to go back down until someone finds out what is there.
On the map
Roads from Mirabar
- Morgur's MoundRoad · 95 mi
- Blackford CrossingRoad · 145 mi
- LongsaddleRoad · 155 mi
Regions nearby
- The Spine of the WorldMountains · ~3 mi north
- The LurkwoodForest · ~36 mi south-east
- The CragsHills · ~42 mi south-west
Nearby places
- Raven RockTown · ~90 mi
- Morgur's MoundTown · ~90 mi
- Great Worm CavernDungeon · ~127 mi
- Blackford CrossingTown · ~130 mi
- GauntlgrymDungeon · ~141 mi
- LongsaddleVillage · ~143 mi
Distances as the crow flies, measured on our map.