Tresendar Manor

Tresendar Manor is a fortified manor on the outskirts of Phandalin, a town in Northwest Faerun. Abandoned for centuries, it is now the base of operations for entrepreneur Halia Thornton.

History
According to folklore, the manor was constructed by Tresendar family, who were settlers in the campaigns of Valator the Great during the late 15th century. They re-settled Phandalin after it was destroyed during the first Orc invasion of the 14th century.

The manor fell to ruin after the head and first heir of the Tresendar family were killed during a goblin raid on the village in the early years of the 18th century DR. The manor and the lands of Phandalin were supposedly inherited by a relative of the Tresendars, a Count in West Faerun. After this Count never showed up to claim the village, a local government of democratic townmastership was installed in Phandalin. The manor was expensive to maintain, so nobody bothered. Over the decades, parts of the fortifications and walls of the manor were salvaged and repurposed for construction in the village.

After a few decades of decay, the cellars of the manor were used by the Roodbaarden ruffians and their leader Iarno "glassstaff" Albrek in command of Nezznar the Black Spider. The Black Spider paid these ruffians to scare off local adventurers so he could search for the lost Phandelver Mine uninterrupted.

In the early summer of 1769 DR, the to-be adventurers group Groep van Droep arrived in Phandalin and decided to oust the Roodbaarden ruffians and free the village of the bullies. Hagrid de mens de mens set fire to the remaining roof of the Tresendar manor by bombarding it with fire arrows, further destroying the remains of the manor.

After the adventurers party liberated the Phandelver Mine, and that mine was reopened by Gundren and Nundro Rockseeker, local entrepreneur Halia Thornton bought the hill and the remains of the manor, and began to reconstruct it for herself.

This endeavour was partially complete in the late summer of 1770 DR. By this time, the manor served as the administrative headquarters of the Phandelver Mine, of which Thornton had become a major shareholder. A trolley system now connected the manor to the entrance of the mine.