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Trade embargo? Corruption??

Kythorn 7, 1493 DR After the City Watch barracks at the River Gate in the Trade Ward were recently attacked and overrun, there have been pamphlets posted throughout the city--on City Watch stationary, and spattered with blood--which read as follows: City Watch Memorandum From: Laeral Silverhand To: City Watch Captains (eyes only) Men, everything is proceeding according to plan.  Keep up the good efforts.  Our glorious city will soon be rid of these merchants.  Our plan to blockade the city of all ships is going well.  Remember to continue harassing merchants on entry into Waterdeep, until they have no desire to return to this city.  We will soon have complete control over all trade coming into Waterdeep. Speculation is running rampant in the City.  Some claim these pamphlets are obvious forgeries.  While others note that there has been a dramatic reduction of shipping into Waterdeep in recent months--with rumors of a new pirate Lord who is attacking many ships heading north to Waterdee

Up the creek without a Paddle

Kythorn 6, 1493 DR A truly disgusting problem is afflicting residents in southern Waterdeep.  It appears there has been a systemic catastrophic failure where the sewers empty into the ocean.  Dirty water and raw sewage is flooding basements and even some low lying streets throughout the Docks Ward, the Trade Ward, and the Castle Ward. According to Mundungus Fletcher--Head of the Cellerer's and Plumber's Guild, the guild is working hard to locate the source of the problem.  "Me boys are trying their hardest to find where this backup is stemming from so we can get it fixed.  But we're having a real tough time of it.  There's some really nasty undead down there in the sewers--and they don't seem affected by the sewage at all.  You can't SEE anything in there, and you'll be making your way through the muck, when all of a sudden one of them worm-zombies will just come at you out of nowhere.  It's a real tough situation.  We're committed to finding th

Help Wanted

To the Red-headed League: On account of the bequest of the late Urth Helder, of Mirabar, there are now several vacancies open which entitle a member of the League to a salary of 14 gold pieces a week for purely nominal services. All red-headed men who are sound in body and mind, and above the age of twenty-one years, are eligible. Apply in person on Monday, Kythorn 7, at eleven o'clock, to Duncan Ross, at the offices of the League, 7 Couatl Court, Feather Street, Sea Ward