Noble Houses of Waterdeep - A Web Enhancement for City of Splendors: Waterdeep

Oct 6, 2026

Noble Houses of Waterdeep is a web enhancement set in Waterdeep’s FORGOTTEN REALMS setting, delivering an in-depth description of the famed city. It provides a detailed, up-to-date breakdown of Waterdhavian nobility, including the current leadership, alignments, favored deities, ethnicity, ennobled dates, holdings, trade and business interests, resources, and membership counts. The material supports D&D v.3.5 play and offers guidance to adapt the content for campaign use.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages9

Reading Time14 min

AccessFree to download

Preparation

Prerequisites and adaptation guidance

Waterdhavian Nobility

Table A–1: Noble Families of Waterdeep

NOBLE HOUSES OF WATERDEEP A Web Enhancement for City of Splendors: Waterdeep CREDITS Design: Eric L. Boyd Editing: Penny Williams Typesetting: Nancy Walker Design Manager: Christopher Perkins Web Production Bart Carroll Web Development: Mark A. Jindra Graphic Design: Sean Glenn, Cynthia Fliege & Jen Page Based on the original DUNGEONS & DRAGONS® game by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson and on the new edition of the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS game designed by Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, Rich Baker, and Peter Adkison. D&D, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, and DUNGEON MASTER are registered trademarks owned by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. The d20 logo is a trademark owned by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. All Wizards characters, character names, and the distinctive likenesses thereof are trademarks owned by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. This material is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America. Any reproduction or unauthorized use of the material or artwork contained herein is prohibited without the express written permission of Wizards of the Coast, Inc. ©2005 Wizards of the Coast, Inc. All rights reserved. Made in the U.S.A. This product is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual people, organizations, places, or events is purely coincidental. This Wizards of the Coast game product contains no Open Game Content. No portion of this work may be reproduced in any form without written permission. To learn more about the Open Gaming License and the d20 System License, please [visit ](visit www.wizards.com/d20)[www.wizards.com/d20](visit www.wizards.com/d20) . For more DUNGEONS & DRAGONS articles, adventures, and information, [visit](visit www.wizards.com/dnd)[ ](visit www.wizards.com/dnd)[www.wizards.com/dnd](visit www.wizards.com/dnd) City of Splendors: Waterdeep provides the most indepth description to date of the famed city of Waterdeep in the FORGOTTEN REALMS Campaign Setting. The book also offers four new prestige classes appropriate for residents of Waterdeep, plus a variety of new feats, monsters, and magic items. Noble Houses of Waterdeep provides a thorough and up-to-date breakdown of Waterdeep’s most important nobility. The nobles detailed here do not rule the Waterdeep region, but they do own much of the surrounding country side. For more information on these noble houses and their influence on the city, see City of Splendors: Waterdeep. As always , feel free to adapt the material presented here as you see fit to make it work with your campaign. PREPARATION You (the DM) need the D & D core rulebooks—the Player ’s Handbook, the Dungeon Master ’s Guide, and the Monster Manual—as well as City of Splendors: Waterdeep—to utilize the material in this web enhancement . The Noble Houses of Waterdeep also draws on material from Players Guide to Faerû n ( PGt F) , Draconomicon (Drac) , and Fiend Folio ( FF) . Parenthetical references refer to the map key in City of Splendors: Water deep. The information presented here utilizes the D & D v.3.5 rules. WATERDHAVIAN NOBILITY The following table provides complete details ofWaterdeep’s noble houses. Each entry gives the house’s current leadership, predominant alignments, favored deities, ethnicity, date of ennoblement, known holdings, trade and business interests, resources, and number ofmembers. Table A–1: Noble Families of Waterdeep Family (Pronunciation) Authority Figures1 Predominant Alignments/ Favored Deities Ethnicity Ennobled2 (DR) Holdings3 Trade & Interests Resource Limit (gp) Membership (Nobles) Adarbrent (Ah-DAR-brent) P: Royus C: None H: Alroy (eldest son) LG, NG, CG/Valkur Chondathan 1317 DR N39, New Waterdeep Shipping, cartography, exploration 15,000 22 Agundar (Ah-GUN-dar) P: Torres CN/Talos Tethyrian 1116 DR N33 Mercenary fighting, warrior training, sword forging 25,000 29 | Amcathra (Am-CATH-ra) | P: Arilos
C: None
H: Regnet | LG,

FAQs

What is Noble Houses of Waterdeep primarily used for in a campaign?

It supports D&D campaigns by expanding the description of Waterdeep’s nobility and providing structured details on noble families. The material is intended to be adapted to fit a campaign.

Which edition rules does the web enhancement reference?

The information presented here utilizes the D&D v.3.5 rules.

What kinds of data are included for each noble family in the table?

Each entry provides leadership, predominant alignments, favored deities, ethnicity, date of ennoblement, known holdings, trade and interests, resource limits, and number of members.

Oct 6, 2026

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