Wheatfield-on-Deeprun

Wheatfield-on-Deeprun was once the second-largest city in Northward, a rich center for agriculture and trade on the Deeprun Sea. In 643 MR, disaster struck, and during the planting season, meltwaters from the Irontongues began flooding the Green Valley south of Wheatfield, and simultaneously the massive stone landmark on the coast, the Pillars of Kord, crumbled. The Lostvale Sea filled the Green Valley in a ten-day, flooding Wheatfield and displacing tens of thousands. The land is now considered a cursed land; some believe that it is a result of the hubris of wizardry, due to the chamberlain of Mirrorwater Hall opening the first Academy in Northward the winter before. Others believe it was sabotage by the Toadkin, who quickly established a stronghold in the Floodland Marshes, and still more are convinced it was merely the uncaring Hands of the Law.

Today, as of 663 MR, Wheatfield-on-Deeprun is home to only a couple thousand individuals, eking out an existence in the upper-floors of the ruined city, or in the dangerous Wizard's Port built on top of the sagging old harbor, or in Mirrorwater Hall itself. A third of the residents of Wheatfield are magicians of some stripe, and make up the vast majority of magicians in Northward itself; the rest are traders, urchins, and the typical menagerie of dark port dwellers. Wheatfield is one of the few communities in Northward where a visitor will be likely to see an individual who is not human or halfling, as many of the elves who leave their Woodholds take an interest in human magic, and gnomes and dwarves similarly search for new paths to knowledge. Devilkin move freely through the city as well, which terrifies non-resident traders and visitors looking for magical items.