Blacklake District

=Blacklake District= Blacklake District is the first adventure zone met by the players, after the tutorial areas (Neverwinter Fields and Sleeping Dragon Bridge) and Protector's Enclave. It was the old noble quartier of Neverwinter, containing even a Zoo. It is divided in two subzones, the Tatters and Riverside which are connected by a bridge. The area lies in ruin, overrun by the Nashers who fight to retain the territory against the Neverwinter Guard and other minor factions that plot in the shadows of the district.

Blacklake District is also the setting of the first Skirmish, Blacklake Terror!

Zone Features

 * Skirmish: Blacklake Terror
 * Dungeon: None
 * Bounty Item: None
 * Seals: None

Points of interest

 * Alchemist's Lab
 * Lakeside
 * Nasher Warehouse
 * Suspicious Building
 * The Tatters

NPCs
Vendors Missions
 * Old Jerry
 * Private Branley
 * Piniwin the Apprentice
 * Secondhand Dunlop
 * Brandy Quickstep
 * Cloaked Man
 * Elmira
 * Hazel the Alchemist
 * Investigator Rannigan
 * Mysterious Drow
 * Penny the Apprentice
 * Private Hawthidon
 * Scout Stone
 * Well-informed Harper
 * Zoey Fargo

Enemies
Minion Standard Elite
 * Minion (Wererat)
 * Recruit
 * Scum
 * Sludge Zombie
 * Sniper (Nasher)
 * Enforcer (Nasher)
 * Mugger
 * Hexer (Nasher)
 * Rabble-Rouser
 * Sludge Hulk

Quests
See Blacklake District Quests for full list

Scrying Stones
See Blacklake District Scrying Stones Map for screenshots
 * Blacklake: behind a row boat in the water/sludge at location (261, 1988)
 * Lakeside: in the bend of the city wall near the Nasher Warehouse (off to the side behind a tree) at (518, 1590)
 * The Tatters: between a wall and a tree near the Alchemist's Lab at (783, 2250)

The Nashers
Main Article: Nashers

The Nashers are the most violent group of the anti-Neverember faction "Sons of Alagondar". They are led by Arlon Bladeshaper and his second-in-command, the Uthgard barbarian Karzov, who leads the rebel forces in Blacklake District. They are the strongest faction in Blacklake and that's why they brought Neverwinter's Crown there after they stole it. After a number of investigation quests the heroes are able to retrieve the crown and defeat such important Nashers as Karzov himself.

The Dead Rats
Main Article: Dead Rats

The Dead Rats live in the district sewer. During the game storyline they break their agreement with the Nashers by kidnapping the Nashers' agent Gothwan. Among their ranks are simple infantry warriors, Brutes, enchanters and powerful warriors. They are met only in the homonymous quest, except for a Brute rat called Sewer Guard who can be met in the Tatters and rare patrols in the far west end of the district.

Ghaunadaur


The sludge covering Blacklake all around is the main study topic of Hazel the Alchemist. During the storyline she asks the character to retrieve some sludge and the alchemic supplies stolen by the Nashers. However, even if their studies clearly show the magical proprieties of the sludge, the truth only comes out during the skirmish Blacklake Terror!, when a group of Zombies and undead Hulks storms the district led by a Ghaunadaur cleric, who is thought to be the origin of the sludge magic.

Ashmadai
Main Article: Ashmadai



Investigator Rannigan came to the conclusion that the Nashers have been infiltrated by Ashmadai. A tiefling hero can be asked to look for Ashmadai Marks used by the concealed cultists to recognize themselves. This is the only way to get the following Lore.

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