Selgaunt
City
Selgaunt is the wealthiest city of Sembia, a port on the Sea of Fallen Stars where old merchant families display their fortunes and compete for status.
Gilded carriages roll past marble townhouses, the harbour is a forest of merchant masts, and in every salon the talk is of prices, marriages and rivals.
Selgaunt at a glance
- Type & size
- Large port city; the richest city of Sembia, About 56,500 (1372 DR)
- Allegiance & rule
- Allegiance: Sembia
- Ruled by: The Hulorn, the city's ruler, and its old merchant noble families
- People & culture
- Mostly humans; status-conscious, where old-money families look down on newly rich merchants and both look down on everyone else
- Key exports & trade
- Art, books and musical instruments
- Silks, dyes and fashionable clothing
- Blown glass, scents and other luxuries
Overview
Selgaunt lies on the coast of Sembia, the merchant realm on the Sea of Fallen Stars, with a road leading inland to Mulhessen. Its harbour links it to ports across the inner sea, and its merchants are among the richest in Faerûn.
After Ordulin was destroyed, Selgaunt served as Sembia's interim capital until 1499 DR. Society in Selgaunt is ruled by wealth and family. The old merchant nobility hold the most prestige, and the city's ruler, the Hulorn, governs with their support.
Sembia
Sembia is a land where money matters more than birth. For a time it was a vassal of the shadow empire of Netheril; since Netheril's fall its cities have gone back to trading and quarrelling among themselves.
At the table
- A merchant heir hires the party to prove a rival family is cheating at trade, without breaking any law the Hulorn would notice.
On the map
Roads from Selgaunt
Nearby places
- MulhessenTown · ~55 mi
- SaerloonCity · ~81 mi
- OrdulinCity · ~102 mi
- YhaunnPort · ~124 mi
- DaerlunCity · ~155 mi
- EssembraTown · ~167 mi
Distances as the crow flies, measured on our map.