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| description = '''The Watch and the Steel Watch''' describes the security in the [[Lower City|Lower]] and [[Upper City|Upper Cities]] of [[Baldur's Gate]]. | | description = '''The Watch and the Steel Watch''' describes the security in the [[Lower City|Lower]] and [[Upper City|Upper Cities]] of [[Baldur's Gate]]. | ||
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| book text = Famously - or perhaps notoriously - the mercenary force known as The Flaming Fist handles Baldur's Gate's law enforcement duties in the Lower City and Outer City, including Wyrm's Crossing. But what about the exclusive Upper City, home to the wealthy and powerful? There, order is kept by a highly disciplined force simply called the Watch. Though derrided by the Fists as mere toy-soldier bodyguards to the city's partriars, spit-and-polish phonies who won't get their hands dirty fighting real crime, the truth is quite different - as you'll find in short order if you break the law in the Upper City. The Watch are well-trained and authorised to use lethal force if patriars are threatened. | | book text = Famously - or perhaps notoriously - the mercenary force known as The [[Flaming Fist]] handles [[Baldur's Gate|Baldur's Gate's]] law enforcement duties in the [[Lower City]] and Outer City, including [[Wyrm's Crossing]]. But what about the exclusive [[Upper City]], home to the wealthy and powerful? There, order is kept by a highly disciplined force simply called the Watch. Though derrided by the Fists as mere toy-soldier bodyguards to the city's partriars, spit-and-polish phonies who won't get their hands dirty fighting real crime, the truth is quite different - as you'll find in short order if you break the law in the Upper City. The Watch are well-trained and authorised to use lethal force if patriars are threatened. | ||
Which brings us to the Steel Watch, those new clanking automatons that share their name with the guardians of the Upper City but to date have only been deployed in support of the Flaming Fist. Their creator, Lord Gortash, has stated that his watchers are intended to help protect all of Baldur's Gate - but it seems the Marshal of the Watch Citadel is sceptical and waiting for proof before admitting them to a role in the Upper City. | Which brings us to the [[Steel Watcher|Steel Watch]], those new clanking automatons that share their name with the guardians of the Upper City but to date have only been deployed in support of the Flaming Fist. Their creator, Lord [[Enver Gortash|Gortash]], has stated that his watchers are intended to help protect all of Baldur's Gate - but it seems the Marshal of the Watch Citadel is sceptical and waiting for proof before admitting them to a role in the Upper City. | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:33, 24 October 2024
The Watch and the Steel Watch describes the security in the Lower and Upper Cities of Baldur's Gate.
This book is redolent with the enticing smell of paper and ink.
Properties
Books
Author: unknown
Rarity: Common
Weight: 0.5 kg / 1 lb
Price: 14 gp 
UID
BOOK_GLO_GeneralLoreBook_TheWatchAndTheSteelWatchUUID
52aecfcc-11cd-4570-bb8a-406cb38ce95d
Where to find
- Basilisk Gate Barracks X: 156 Y: -6
- Baldur's Mouth X: 40 Y: -44
Text
Famously - or perhaps notoriously - the mercenary force known as The Flaming Fist handles Baldur's Gate's law enforcement duties in the Lower City and Outer City, including Wyrm's Crossing. But what about the exclusive Upper City, home to the wealthy and powerful? There, order is kept by a highly disciplined force simply called the Watch. Though derrided by the Fists as mere toy-soldier bodyguards to the city's partriars, spit-and-polish phonies who won't get their hands dirty fighting real crime, the truth is quite different - as you'll find in short order if you break the law in the Upper City. The Watch are well-trained and authorised to use lethal force if patriars are threatened.
Which brings us to the Steel Watch, those new clanking automatons that share their name with the guardians of the Upper City but to date have only been deployed in support of the Flaming Fist. Their creator, Lord Gortash, has stated that his watchers are intended to help protect all of Baldur's Gate - but it seems the Marshal of the Watch Citadel is sceptical and waiting for proof before admitting them to a role in the Upper City.