Bellwater Village
Bellwater Village, or simply Bellwater, lies near Vansreik. In various parts of the Empire there are villages where only halflings live, and Bellwater is one of them.1
Potions and knives
Bellwater is renowned for its potion-making and its remedial concoctions.2
Bellwaterians have always been known for their skill with the knife, and Turnip Bellwater is probably the finest example of this kind of Bellwaterian.3
People of Bellwater
Turnip Bellwater, a master thief and charming speaker, hails from the town. In his youth he founded, with the help of his hundreds of relatives, a halfling gang that sold "security" to establishments in the surrounding settlements; it grew into the Shortstack Stranglers, whose members still hail from Bellwater. Turnip is a celebrity among Bellwaterians and has secured many lucrative deals with the locals.4
Shaila Bellwater, Turnip's younger sister, was the village's potion maker and herbalist, a trade she inherited from her mother, before she joined the Shortstack Stranglers to escape the boring life she had in Bellwater.5
The famous bard Frederick Sweetmead comes from Bellwater, and he usually spends his time there drinking or gambling.6
Turnip's nephew Jinxy moved to Bellwater with his mother, and Turnip welcomed them with open arms. The tiefling Saphir was found as a sickly baby in the basement of a hag's hut; after killing the hag, Turnip took her with him to Bellwater and then to Vansreik.7
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