Asmagh's Alley

'''Asmagh's Alley''' is an alley located in Castle Ward, Waterdeep.

Running south off Selduth Street through the interior of the long city block between the Street of Silver and Warriors'’ Way, this long, winding alley is considered to end when it meets Palfrey Lane to the south.

It is named for a notorious apothecary who flourished (if that’'s the word) in Waterdeep some 60 winters ago. He was a poisoner, and buried his victims by night, lifting the stones of this alley to place them underneath and carrying away the dirt left over in his cart. After he was discovered at it and slain, the Watch uncovered over 80 bodies under these flagstones, and searched diligently to be sure they missed none. It'’s an old Waterdhavian joke to refer to Asmagh as “the Ambassador” because, they say, "“He welcomed so many folk to the City”" (“the City” to a citizen of Waterdeep, means the City of the Dead).

Today, this long way is crowded with delivery crates, barrels, scattered garbage, and rats. Thugs sometimes mug folk here on the darker nights, trusting to the length of the alley to run down prey. Sometimes they even scatter marbles, beforehand, so their fleeing prey is sure to take a nasty fall.