Conyberry — A Ruined Town on the Triboar Trail
The skeleton of a small farming town a day’s travel east of Phandalin along the Triboar Trail. Burned by orcs decades ago. Now home only to crows, ivy, and the banshee Agatha.
Overview
Conyberry was once a quiet village of perhaps two hundred souls — farmers, weavers, a single inn, a wooden chapel to Chauntea. An orc warband out of the Sword Mountains destroyed it forty-some years ago in a single brutal night. The survivors fled to Phandalin or Neverwinter. The town was never rebuilt.
What remains: charred foundations, the broken stump of the chapel bell tower, a stone well, and the ivy-eaten ruin of the village hall — and, deep in the woods just north of the ruined town, the grave-mound of a long-dead elven noblewoman who became something worse than dead.
The Triboar Trail runs straight past Conyberry. Most travelers pass through quickly. Few stop. Those who do, generally, do not stay long.
The Banshee in the Woods
Half a mile north of the ruins, deep among old oaks, lies the grave of Agatha — once an elven noblewoman, now a banshee bound to the clearing where she died. She is dangerous, vain, and rumored (correctly) to answer one question for anyone who approaches her properly.
The path to her grave is mossed-over but still visible. The temperature drops as you near her standing stone. Birds will not sing in her clearing.
If approaching her, bring a silver comb, address her as “my lady,” and ask only one question. Sister Garaele can teach the rest.
Travel Time
- Phandalin → Conyberry: A full day on the Triboar Trail, heading east. The road is reasonably traveled and the party can expect to pass two or three merchant wagons.
- Risk on the road: Low. The Triboar Trail east of Phandalin is the safest stretch of road in the region; bandits and orc raiders prefer the western leg.
Connections
- NPC of note: Agatha
- Recently visited (and wounded) by: Sister Garaele
- Region: Along the Triboar Trail, a day’s travel east of Phandalin