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Wyrm's Rock Fortress
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Overview
On approaching the Wyrm's Rock Fortress for the first time, the drawbridge leading inside will be lifted due to extreme safety measures for the coronation of Enver Gortash. The passage is guarded by several Flaming Fist and a Steel Watcher.
However, there are several ways to get past the guards:
- Admission Pass to the coronation, wrested from Arfur Gregorio
- Lower City Pass granted by Investigator Valeria
- Urgent Report for Duke Ravengard (found at the Sword Coast Couriers in Rivington)
- Bribing the patrol head officer Blaze Elin
- Several other options, based on the class of your character
Alternatively, the party can walk around the patrol, by, for example, jumping down from the Wyrm's Crossing side onto the rocky footing of the fortress at X: 27 Y: 158.
Entering Wyrm's Rock Fortress for the first time earns following 
Inspirational Events, depending on the way the party chose:
- Convincing the Flaming Fist patrol into letting you in - Rock-Solid Alibi (Charlatan Background), Multipass (Noble Background)
- Getting in without a pass - Procedures be Damned (Noble background), Through Nooks and Crannies (Urchin Background).
Wyrm's Rock Fortress is connected to the south to Wyrm's Crossing, and to the north to the Lower City. Behind the drawbridge starts a tunnel that goes throughout the fortress to the Lower City, guarded by three Steel Watchers and yet another Flaming Fist patrol in the far end.
Ground floor
The ground floor of the fortress consists of two parts, located to the both sides of the tunnel.
To the right there is the door to the first floor.
To the left there are two doors, where the Flaming Fists are quartered. The southern door leads into kind of a reception room, while the northern opens into barracks. The plaque near the latter door tells it to be for authorized personnel only, but nevertheless the door is not red-outlined.
In the reception room the party can encounter several citizens waiting to be judged for transgressions. There is also Quartermaster Arkleia Oloril sitting behind the counter. She can be convinced to show her stock of goods. Successfully convincing her earns theInspirational Event Nothing's Not for Sale (Charlatan background).
In the barracks the party can find several Fists resting after duties - all but one, Fist Reynash, who tries to lockpick others' personal chests to steal something valuable. The party can choose to deal with Reynash or to wake other guards and resolve the situation with them.
Depending on party's choices, they might earn Inspirational Event
- Intimidate/blackmail the thief - Easing His Leave, and His Pockets (Urchin background)
- Turn in the thief - Court Marshal (Soldier background)
First floor
The first floor consists of the mess hall and the kitchen. Upon first visiting the fortress, the party can encounter several patriars' bodyguards and attendants in the mess hall waiting for their masters to descend. There is a door that leads to the audience hall on the second floor.
Second floor
Upon visiting the audience hall for the first time, the party can watch the ceremony of ordaining Enver Gortash as an Archduke of Baldur's Gate. Upon noticing the party, Gortash interrupts the procedure to have a chat with them. Within the dialogue, the party is offered a choice to strike an alliance with Gortash. Witnessing the ceremony earns Inspirational Events Personal Invitation (Entertainer background) and Coronation of the Dreadmaster (Sage background), while agreeing to make an alliance earns Shaking Bane's Hand (Acolyte background).
Roof
Gortash's personal quarters are located in a large structure in the center of the roof. They can be accessed either from inside (through the door in north-west corner of the audience hall), or from outside the fortress itself, using scaffolds and ladders attached to the walls, as well as various means of spatial movement (
, 
or 
spells and the like).
The 
Helldusk Boots and the 
Servitor of the Black Hand Gloves, as well as 
High Security Vault n°5 Key can be found in guarded chests and in the wall safe inside.
Basement
The basement of the fortress consists of Wyrm's Rock Prison, which can be accessed from the reception room through the stairs in the far corner of the reception room.
Waypoints
This location contains the following 
:
- Wyrm's Rock[1]
Related locations
Related quests
Notable characters
Coronation attendees
Patriars in the Audience Hall
- Ailis Belt
- Alia Durinbold
- Beatrice Provoss
- Callem Bormul
- Dillard Portyr
- Eshvelt Guthmere
- Freida Oberon
- Haeril Birch
- Madeline Whitburn
- Milon Tillerturn
- Myer Ravenshade
- Peil Hullhollyn
- Petric Amber
- Randolf Vammas
- Raylen Jannath
- Rugger Shattershield
- Ruth Linnacker
- Sarken Eomane
- Silifrey Sashenstar
- Winstra Hullhollyn
In the mess hall (first floor)
Other characters
Notable loot
Notable items obtained in this location, whether looted, purchased, or obtained as a quest reward:
Flame Enamelled Armour - in a chest at X: -28 Y: 184
Helldusk Boots - in a locked gilded chest at X: -32 Y: 219 on the top floor of the fortress
Servitor of the Black Hand Gloves - in an opulent chest X: -32 Y: 198 on the top floor of the fortress
Scroll of Cone of Cold - in a locked, trapped, wooden chest X: 59 Y: 216 on the beach just east of the fortress
Literature
Wyrm's Rock traps
Gortash has outfitted Wyrm's Rock with a variety of traps. These traps will only become active during combat.
Notes and references
- ↑ This Waypoint is hidden if the Steel Watch is destroyed and Gortash is alive. However, the fortress can still be accessed from the the Lower City via the drawbridge just east of the Basilisk Gate waypoint at X: 134 Y: -38 or from Wyrm's Crossing.
External links
Wyrm's Rock on the Forgotten Realms Wiki