Westgate
City · the Gateway to the West
Westgate is a rich, corrupt port city-state on the Dragon Coast, ruled by merchant families and long overshadowed by the Night Masks, a thieves' guild led by vampires.
Lanterns glow over a crowded harbour at dusk, masked figures slip through alleys between grand merchant mansions, and every deal comes with a second, hidden price.
Westgate at a glance
- Also known as
- the Gateway to the West
- Type & size
- Wealthy independent port city, About 40,000 (1479 DR)
- Allegiance & rule
- Allegiance: Independent city-state of the Dragon Coast
- Ruled by: Powerful merchant noble families, with the Night Masks thieves' guild long exercising power from the shadows
- People & culture
- Mostly humans, with travellers from across the Sea of Fallen Stars; rich, decadent and suspicious, where everyone wears a mask of some kind
- Key exports & trade
- Perfume
- Wine
- Pottery
- Black-market goods and information
Overview
Westgate stands at the western end of the Dragon Coast, on the Sea of Fallen Stars, where trade routes from Cormyr, Sembia and the lands of the south meet. It is one of the richest ports of the region and owes allegiance to no kingdom.
Power in the city belongs to its old merchant families, who scheme constantly against each other. For a long time the true masters of Westgate were the Night Masks, a thieves' guild led by vampires, whose members hide their faces behind masks.
In adventures
Westgate is a city for intrigue, heists and horror: noble feuds, thieves' guild wars and the undead masters behind the masks all give adventurers plenty to do.
At the table
- A noble house hires the party to guard a masked ball, and one of the guests has no reflection.
On the map
Roads from Westgate
Nearby places
- IlipurPort · ~49 mi
- StarmantlePort · ~50 mi
- WheloonTown · ~93 mi
- TeziirPort · ~103 mi
- ImmerseaTown · ~127 mi
- SuzailCapital · ~129 mi
Distances as the crow flies, measured on our map.