Nethjet
This once-sleepy lake town used to be little more than the spot where the Eastern Way dead-ended at Lake Umber. Grain ships bound for Impiltur and other northerly lands took on their loads here, but for the most part, Nethjet saw little action except as the occasional launching point of yet another invasion into Aglarond by way of the Umber Marshes. Today, however, the tiny port here bustles with activity.
While most of Thay’s magic goods are exported through the great port of Bezantur on the southern coast, the growing trade in magic has opened up new markets for the country’s older commodities, including cotton, fruit, and grain. The new Thay sends a great deal of traffic down the Umber, and Nethjet is the natural port for most ships that come and go from the region. Goods that travel the Umber into the Sea of Dlurg avoid the long and sometimes treacherous trip around the western tip of the Aglarondan peninsula.
Tharchion Nymar maintains a small palace in the center of the town, although he rarely travels to this sleepy corner of his tharch. In the past, he mostly used it as a base of operations to oversee the buildup and deployment of Thayan forces along the Aglarondan border. These days, he’s more interested in the proper collection of taxes from the travelers passing through this now-booming port.
