The Sword Coast is the region in western Faerûn that lies along the coast of the Sea of Swords.
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Baldur's Mouth
The Baldur's Mouth is a print shop in Baldur's Gate that disseminates news via broadsheets and town criers. It is housed in a narrow, five-story building. The Baldur's Mouth broadsheet is printed irregularly three to eight times during a tenday, depending on how many articles and advertisers it can come up with for an edition. It was created by Ettvard Needle, the son of a wealthy Lower City tailor.
Balduran Looks Out to Sea
Perched on a cliff southeast of the Cliffgate in the Tumbledown district of Baldur's Gate's Outer City, "Balduran Looks Out to Sea" is a monumental statue honoring the city's legendary founder, Balduran. The statue gazes westward over the River Chionthar, symbolizing Balduran's adventurous spirit and the city's maritime heritage. Notably, on Hammer 1, the first day of the year, the statue is said to momentarily shift its posture—pointing, standing with hands on hips, or looking through a spyglass—always facing generally westward. This phenomenon has led to speculation that the statue indicates the direction of Balduran's final voyage or resting place.
Basilisk Gate
Basilisk Gate is a fortified gateway piercing the eastern wall of Baldur’s Gate, serving as the primary passage between the Lower City’s Eastway district and the Outer City’s Stonyeyes neighborhood. It connects the city to the Coast Way, a major trade route stretching southeast toward Amn, Tethyr, and Calimshan. The gate is a vital artery for commerce and travel, often bustling with merchants, travelers, and Flaming Fist patrols. Its strategic importance has made it a focal point for both economic activity and military oversight.
Black Dragon Gate
Black Dragon Gate, also known as the Landward Gate, is the grand northern entrance to Baldur's Gate, connecting the city's Upper City to the Outer City's Blackgate district. Situated along the Trade Way, it serves as a vital conduit for commerce and travel between Baldur's Gate and northern regions such as Waterdeep. The gate's strategic position makes it a bustling hub for merchants, travelers, and laborers, who gather each morning to enter the city, subject to inspections and tolls imposed by the Watch. The gate also functions as a socio-economic divide, marking the boundary between the affluent Upper City and the more modest Outer City.
Blade and Stars
Nestled in the busy Eastway district, just off Basilisk Gate, the Blade and Stars serves as a reliable inn and tavern for travellers and locals alike. It offers moderately priced rooms and hearty meals—fish, bread, ale, and the occasional cordial—appealing to adventurers, merchants, and wayfarers. Quiet and welcoming, it's a popular waypoint during quests and side missions.
Candulhallow's Funeral Arrangements
Candulhallow's Funeral Arrangements is a city‑sanctioned undertaker business on the southern edge of Heapside. Run by the moon‑elf matriarch Leylenna Candulhallow, it handles corpse transportation to graveyards or the Shrine of the Suffering. It also offers tombstone engraving and a discreet smuggling service for the Guild, shrouding illicit goods within coffins.
Church of Last Hope
The Church of Last Hope is a solemn sanctuary located in the Twin Songs district of Baldur's Gate's Outer City. Unlike other temples in the area, it is not dedicated to any specific deity or pantheon. Instead, it serves as a refuge for those overwhelmed by despair, depression, or terminal illness. The church offers solace to the despondent, providing a space for reflection and, for some, a dignified end through the "ritual of reverie." This ritual, offered to those who have lost all will to live, is shrouded in mystery and has sparked controversy among locals. Some view it as a merciful release, while others suspect darker, possibly malevolent, undertones. The church's practices have led to debates about its true nature and intentions.
Cliffgate
Cliffgate is a fortified gateway situated along the southeastern portion of Baldur's Gate's outer wall. It serves as a passageway connecting the Lower City to the isolated district of Tumbledown in the Outer City. The gate also provides access to the cliffs overlooking the northern shore of the River Chionthar, including the statue known as Balduran Looks Out to Sea. Its strategic location facilitates movement between the city's core and its peripheries, making it a vital conduit for both commerce and pilgrimage.
Cliffside Cemetery
Cliffside Cemetery is the largest graveyard in Baldur's Gate, situated in the Tumbledown district of the Outer City, just west of Dusthawk Hill. Perched on the cliffs overlooking the River Chionthar, this cemetery serves as the final resting place for Baldurians who lack the wealth or influence for interment in ancestral crypts or temple grounds. The cemetery is overseen by the Gravemakers, a devoted group who protect the site from grave robbers, necromancers, and the occasional undead threat. Historically, the land belonged to the affluent Szarr family before being repurposed as a public burial ground.
Danthelon's Dancing Axe
Danthelon's Dancing Axe is a general store located in Wyrm's Crossing, a bustling district that connects the Outer City to the Lower City of Baldur's Gate. Owned by Entharl Danthelon, a shield dwarf and retired adventurer, the shop offers a variety of secondhand goods, including weapons, armor, and adventuring supplies. Beyond its commercial operations, the establishment serves as a clandestine safehouse for the Harpers, a secretive organization dedicated to promoting good and maintaining balance. The shop's cellar is used for covert meetings and operations, with Danthelon providing discreet support to Harper agents.
Eastway Expeditions
Eastway Expeditions is a compact outfitter shop nestled on Nuthkhal’s Way in the Eastway district of Baldur’s Gate’s Lower City. Owned by the shrewd entrepreneur Scalm Shilvin, it caters primarily to adventurers heading into the wilds—especially those bound for the jungles of Chult. The shop offers a modest but specialised selection of "jungle‑proof" and "dinosaur‑resistant" gear, alongside mundane exploration supplies, and even crew recruitment services. Following a surge in rapid expedition outfitting (some ending in fatalities), Baldur’s Gate instituted a 10‑day waiting rule on sales. In response, Scalm discreetly facilitates quick departures—or exits from the city—for an added fee.
Elfsong Tavern
Nestled in the heart of Baldur's Gate's Lower City near the harbor district, Elfsong Tavern sits along a well-trod side street just off the bustling Basilisk Gate thoroughfare. The tavern draws patrons from all walks of life—sailors seeking a hot meal, adventurers craving strong ale, and locals eager to catch a haunting performance. Known far and wide for the mysterious elven song that drifts through its halls, the tavern is a waypoint for those chasing rumor, respite, or revelation. Despite its popularity, it maintains an air of solemnity, as the ghostly melody serves as both enchantment and elegy.
Garmult's House of Mastery
Garmult's House of Mastery is a martial academy and social club situated on Nuthkhal's Way in the Eastway district of Baldur's Gate's Lower City. Founded and operated by the retired gladiator Darbrand Garmult, the establishment specializes in training individuals to enhance their martial prowess and combat skills. Beyond its role as an academy, it serves as a gathering place for the Bannerless Legion, a crew known for their camaraderie and martial discipline. The House of Mastery is renowned for its rigorous training programs and its contribution to the martial culture of the city.
Garynmor Stables
Garynmor Stables is a renowned establishment in Baldur's Gate's Outer City, with locations in both the Blackgate and Stonyeyes districts. Owned by the retired adventurer Ubis Garynmor, the business specializes in the care and handling of mundane beasts of burden, offering stabling services and rental of pack and draft animals. The dual locations allow for convenient transfer of animals across the city.
Garynmor Stables and Menagerie
Located in the industrious Stonyeyes district of Baldur’s Gate’s Outer City, this branch of Garynmor Stables and Menagerie is the more remarkable of the two, famed not only for its boarding of common beasts of burden, but for its menagerie of exotic and dangerous creatures. Operated by the retired adventurer Ubis Garynmor, the facility showcases fantastical animals once encountered on his travels. While still providing stable and rental services, this location draws visitors eager to glimpse the legendary cockatrice, owlbear, and other rare beasts kept under heavy watch. Its reputation as both a practical facility and a curious attraction makes it a staple of the Stonyeyes landscape.
Hamhock's Slaughterhouse
The Hamhocks Slaughterhouse is a massive compound composed of a number of animal pens, knackeries and butcheries in the Sow's Foot district of Baldur's Gate. The establishment has a mixed relationship with the surrounding neighborhood. While their location is convenient to local butchers, the odor drives away the animals of the herders and wranglers.
Harborside Hospital
The Harborside Hospital is a hospital in Baldur's Gate, located within the Brampton district in the Lower City. Its clerical staff offer medical services and healing to anyone regardless of faith. While they often cater to the poor, the quality of healing provided is often dependent on the personal wealth of the patient or their patron.
Insight Park
Insight Park is a public park in Baldur's Gate, that was magically created. In addition to the green lawns and natural thickets, Insight Park features a single unidentifiable tree, known as the Drawing Tree. When properly treated, and carefully removed by its caregiver, the tree's bark shows scenes of the future, depicted in sap that resembles blood.
Jopalin's
Jopalin's is a cafe in Baldur's Gate. As a lover of drinking tea and coffee grew in Baldur's Gate, Jopalin, the half-elf owner of the cafe, coverted the dive of a tavern into a trendy cafe that merchants frequent to seem refined.
Low Lantern
The Low Lantern is a converted three-mast ship, the Low Lantern, used as a festhall, tavern, and gambling house in Baldur's Gate. It is often used as a place for covert meetings.
Oasis
The Oasis is a theater that operates in the Little Calimshan district of Baldur's Gate. It is known for the rich production values of its show and lavish spectacles it is capable of exhibiting.
Whitkeep Hostel
The Whitkeep Hostel is a large manor house found in Baldur's Gate that serves as a gnomish artists' commune. It is a gathering place for social progressives and creative-minded folks of all races.
Wyrm's Rock
Wyrm's Rock is an island-fortress located in the city of Baldur's Gate, that serves as one of the headquarters of the Flaming Fist military. It is located on an isle in the middle of the River Chionthar, at the center of Wyrm's Crossing.