This protected it on the landward side except for the gateless entrance. Leilon did not have defensive walls, but instead had an earthen rampart with a wooden palisade and surrounding ditch. They were from the gnome village of Ieirithymbul in the western Sword Mountains and were watched over by their protector, the gold dragon Palarandusk. Once a month (except during winter) a band of gnomes came to Leilon to engage in trade. Leilon's eastern mines contained copper, nickel, and silver that was sold to Waterdeep merchants. Instead of relying on this form of trade, most of Leilon's imports came by caravan out of Waterdeep. A fleet of a dozen barges, magically warded against fire and rot, were poled out to meet the ships, whereupon cargo was transferred using rickety cranes that were impossible to use in high winds. Trade by sea was dangerous, as the method required to transfer cargo from ships at sea to the land through the shallow mudflats was perilous. Other members of the council included Merrygold Brightshine, the town's much beloved priest of Lathander Jack Torver, an entrepreneur and Vangol Kuskolt, a judge and priest of Tyr. His chief lieutenants on the council were Grizzelda Copperwraught, who was in charge of efforts to rebuild the town Sergeant Hazz Yorrum, leader of the local garrison of Neverwinter soldiers and Valdi Estapaar, who was responsible for reviving the town's fishing industry. In the late 15 th century DR, Leilon was overseen by a town council loyal to Dagult Neverember, the Lord Protector of Neverwinter. In the mid-to-late 14 th century Leilon was an ally of Waterdeep and a member in good standing with the Lords' Alliance, thanks to the efforts of its leader Lord Pelindar Filmarya. That symbol was sometimes seen on stones that were salvaged and used as building material by the people of Leilon. Southkrypt belonged to a realm of seafaring dwarves whose symbol consisted of a star, a fish, and a mountain peak.

It was a silver mine in centuries past but was abandoned and became the lair of monsters.

In the Sword Mountains east of Leilon was the dwarven hall of Southkrypt. Just to the south of Leilon was the Mere of Dead Men. As the town was rebuilt in the late 15 th century DR, much of the initial buildings were simple wooden constructions. The original town contained many stone cottages with slate or thatched roofs, the latter covered with hardened mud. Leilon sat on the edge of a shallow mudflat that extended to the Sea of Swords with the crags of the Sword Mountains looming over the town.

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