The City of Ptolus
Ptolus is a major city of seventy-five thousand people. It was located in the land of Palastan but was drawn to THE TWISTING DEEP. It now lies north of the Sword Coast and south of the portal city, Refuge.
The place was established to serve as the port for an important fortress built at the time of the Empire’s foundation, a citadel called Dalenguard. More significantly, however, it lies in the shadow of an impossibly tall (almost three thousand feet) and thin pinnacle of rock known simply as the Spire. The Spire and its surroundings seethe with mysterious legends and rumors. These tales tell of ancient battles waged and cities erected on the site, of demons and dark lords, of forgotten kings and mighty wizards. Many such stories might be at least somewhat true, for recent developments have revealed vast complexes beneath the city.
Of late, Ptolus has become a city of adventurers. Treasure-seekers flock there to explore and plunder the labyrinthine structures beneath the streets, which they call the “Dungeon.” If the stories are correct, these catacombs include the following:
The sewers of the city.
Vast stretches of subterranean passages and chambers created by Ghul and his minions.
The remains of an even older city.
An abandoned underground dwarven settlement called Dwarvenhearth.
And levels that plunge incredibly deep below the present urban area.
