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Tumbledown is a somber and oft-overlooked subdistrict nestled in the Outer City of Baldur’s Gate, lying just beyond the Cliffgate and the southeastern slope of the Lower City. Enshrouded by persistent fogs that creep up from the River Chionthar, it earns its name from the uneven, sagging shanties that dot its gently rolling hills. Tumbledown is best known for its graveyards and mausoleums, housing the remains of those too poor or too profane to rest within the city walls. The district is whispered to be haunted, and indeed, the chill air carries more than just river mist—folk speak of pale lights drifting among the tombs and muffled voices on windless nights. Despite its eerie air, the district sees a steady trickle of mourners, grave-diggers, and the odd necromancer drawn to its shadowed recesses. Protected from the harsher winds by the hills to the east, Tumbledown feels forgotten, its silence broken only by bells tolling in fog.

Wreathed in dense mist, Tumbledown’s crooked headstones and crumbling crypts loom like jagged teeth from the damp earth. The ground is soft and uneven, the streets more mud than cobble, with wooden shacks leaning like mourners around aging graveyards. The air smells of wet stone, old incense, and distant rot, while pale torchlight flickers weakly through the ever-present fog.