Ten-Towns Overview
(Numbered from largest to smallest population)
1. Bryn Shander
![](https://5etools-mirror-1.github.io/img/adventure/IDRotF/016-01-007.shield-bryn-shander.png)
- Overview: Largest city in ten-towns.
- Geography: Walled, centrally located, and perched on a hill.
- People: Friendly and diverse. Craftsmen, traders, and merchants.
- Locations: Inns, taverns, a large market, church of lathander, a grand town hall
2. Targos
![](https://5etools-mirror-1.github.io/img/adventure/IDRotF/073-01-036.shield-targos.png)
- Overview: The biggest fishing and shipping industry in the ten-towns
- Geography: Walled and defended. When the river isn't frozen, sailors send ships to Luskan to trade.
- People: Sailors, fishers, and traders.
- Locations: Town hall, shops, inns, taverns, and trade houses.
3. Easthaven
![](https://5etools-mirror-1.github.io/img/adventure/IDRotF/045-01-022.shield-easthaven.png)
- Overview: Oldest town. Pickpocketing is legal here due to local traditions.
- Geography: On Lac Dinneshere
- People: Fishers, ferryworkers, thieves, and black market merchants.
- Locations: A town hall, the Easthaven Ferry across Lac Dinneshere, inns & taverns.
4.Termaline
![](https://5etools-mirror-1.github.io/img/adventure/IDRotF/081-01-040.termalaine.png)
- Overview: Most scenic town.
- Geography: Aesthetic architecture, good view of Kelvin's Cairn, near a gem mine.
- People: Fishers, gem miners, jewlers, scrimshanders.
- Locations: Town hall, inns, taverns, and the gem mine.
5. Caer-Konig
![](https://5etools-mirror-1.github.io/img/adventure/IDRotF/031-01-016.shield-caer-konig.png)
- Overview: Mountaineering & mushing town.
- Geography: Near Kelvin's Cairn
- People: Mountaineers, travel guides, mushers, and fishers.
- Locations: Inn, tavern, ruined castle, mountainering supplies shop, sled dog kennel.
6. Good Mead
![](https://5etools-mirror-1.github.io/img/adventure/IDRotF/058-01-029.shield-good-mead.png)
- Overview: Makes and delivers mead to the rest of the towns.
- Geography: Near a forest and Redwater lake.
- People: Beekeeprs and mead-brewers. Many people have Chultan ancestry.
- Locations: Heated greenhouse for bees (Mead Hall), shrine to Tempus
7. Bremen
![](https://5etools-mirror-1.github.io/img/adventure/IDRotF/012-01-005.shield-bremen.png)
- Overview: Treasure hunting town
- Geography: On Maer Dualdon. When not frozen, valuables wash up on the shore often.
- People: Fishers, prospectors, and treasure hunters.
- Locations: Five competing taverns and an inn
8. Lonelywood
![](https://5etools-mirror-1.github.io/img/adventure/IDRotF/065-01-032.shield-lonelywood.png)
- Overview: Forest/logging town
- Geography: Surrounded by an evergreen forest and Maer Dualdon.
- People: Lumberjacks, fishers, scrimshanders, and hunters. Former criminals can find a new life here.
- Locations: Inn, tavern, scrimshander shop.
9. Caer-Dineval
![](https://5etools-mirror-1.github.io/img/adventure/IDRotF/023-01-012.shield-caer-dineval.png)
- Overview: Has a historic castle
- Geography: Small and on a lake, depends on the Easthaven Ferry.
- People: Somewhat unfriendly. Ferryworkers and fishers.
- Locations: An inn, tavern, and the Caer (a castle which serves as the town hall).
10. Dougan's Hole
![](https://5etools-mirror-1.github.io/img/adventure/IDRotF/038-01-019.shield-dougan.png)
- Overview: Smallest town in ten-towns.
- Geography: On the redwater lake.
- People: Very unfriendly to outsiders. Most people are inbred, many have deformities.
- Locations: A mysterious triangle of megaliths.