The Factions of Waterdeep | D&D Lore

Entering the gates of Waterdeep, the height of those towering walls shelter you from the relentless beat of the summer sun. You have done your research on the city, know all the best places to go and to avoid, what wondrous sights to see and even a little of its history.
The city of Splendors is ripe for the taking, your taking - but, you know you won’t rise to greatness without a few friends along the way. Think carefully about what alliances you choose to make, for in Waterdeep, reputation is everything.
In this video we look at the Lore of Waterdeep the city of splendors and the factions it holds! This can be used as an introduction for players to Factions along with to help DMs in learning them ahead of running Waterdeep: Dragon Heist.
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Script by: / humbledore6
Narration and Editing by: Hollow
Credits:
Waterdeep and associated lore are by Wizards of the Coast and the D&D Team.
Music:
Music From: filmmusic.io: "Urban Gauntlet" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (creativecommons...)
Music from filmmusic.io "Stay The Course" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) License: CC BY (creativecommons...)
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[@yemlivagnyul4052]

This channel is criminally underrated, Harpers for life

[@HollowTale]

You are too kind! The Harpers are by far one of my favorites haha

[@backloggaming3699]

I have a lawful good harper changeling rogue spy who specializes in avoiding combat and information gathering

[@BobWorldBuilder]

As a DM planning to run Dragon Heist (eventually), this will be a great video to show players interested in joining a faction

[@HollowTale]

That's awesome to hear Bob! It's something that as someone playing Dragon Heist I had to really try tiptoe around to not hit spoilers so I thought it would be good to do a video on them! Luckily my DM wrote the script on this one! That way I can know its 100% non-spoiler haha

[@BobWorldBuilder]

Hollow Tale ahh so did they write, “perhaps you whisper in the forest, and you find that the forest whispers back?” Because I’m totally stealing that line!!

[@HollowTale]

@@BobWorldBuilder I believe not! It's not where we got it from either way! The majority of the scripts we do rarely ever take direct quotes! The aim is to make it more narrative and storytelling esc when we do the scripts!

[@BobWorldBuilder]

Hollow Tale Well it was nicely done!

[@paulreadsthebible6584]

I'm currently running it, and most of the players are new. It's my second time starting to run the module as the last party fell to schedule issues. Needless to say, I'm absorbing as much as I can. And that includes your videos, Bob. But for inspiration and love of your style, etc. Been playing and DMing for too long, and it's in my family history too. Anyway, I appreciate you Bob and of course @Hollow Tale too, Thanks both!

[@briezzy_9106]

Awesome video, can’t wait to show it to my party to get them ready for chapter two in dragon heist. Probably the only lore video out there I’m comfortable showing my players since this one actually takes caution of spoilers

[@cuzzin9577]

This was super helpful for me setting up some factions in my own game thank you!! I hope you have not given up on lore videos for d&d

[@derekburge5294]

Orrrrrrrrrrrrrr, you can try your chances as an intern with Acquisitions Incorporated! I hear they have excellent benefits!

[@HollowTale]

This guy knows! haha

[@mrbill_oh_no]

Awesone

[@skullmonkey2557]

It would be really helpful to add the names of the faction next to their faction symbol so we can easily identify them. Unless you are listening carefully you can easily miss the name of the faction especially if you're doing something else while listening to this.

[@JamesRichardson-u3i]

My character Makish is a Human Monk The Way of the Ascending Dragon, he belongs to the Religious Order of Platinum Dragon 🐉, The Temple of Serenity ( Misty Mountain 🏔️ Sect) in the misty mountains of Krygarden outside of Waterdeep were Makish lives. There is a second temple inside Waterdeep that operates there. They secretly investigate & hunt down the Tiamat cult and other evil cults destroy them whenever found. They spread Bahamut/Paladin word and help the poor and helpless etc .

[@Jesper_J]

Good video. Names of factions in writing during video would have been nice

[@Taygon45]

My Drow players (and one Moon Elf) are entangled with Eilistraee. They're already in (or about to have) talks with the Harpers so I need to find lore on them.

[@esparobbin5984]

Probably would have been Red Sashes at the beginning of the campaign but my guy is way more moderate now

[@HollowTale]

The Red Sashes are an interesting lot

[@esparobbin5984]

@@HollowTale As was your video!

[@theencountermancer4784]

More Lore Vids!

[@absolutelyshmooie7086]

The xanathar guild for the win

[@melissawardjohns220]

All four of my characters would be harpers

[@HollowTale]

A whole band of Harpers

[@vonpepper3482]

dO yOu likE eYE baLLs and GoLd fISH????? Join the xanathar guild today!!!! (Note: we do not claim responsibility for any members disintegration, petrification, charming, frightening, DEATH raying, dimension banishment, paralyzation, magic disruption , or any negative effect that could be caused by said eyeballs)

[@charlesicevamp2193]

Oppll

[@MillerTheDragon1995]

what if i made a faction of dragonkin that are scared of feral dragons called the feral hunters they hate the Harpers for spying on there empire finding out there draconic in nature which causes attack raids from the harpers the feral hunters send out kill teams in large numbers of elite dragon infantry that use field cannon artillery carried by ground drakes that act like horses with attack drakes the size of dogs with magic tech armor on all there troops have magic tech armor made of diamond and iron and also have mines that are full red stone ore a ore that makes all there tech work they have clock work anthro dragon bots that mine for the stuff with drills and pickaxes mounted to there arms and also attack back with molten breath attack it spits lava at you they will also attack kobolds on sight also feral dragons and harpers will be terminated feral hunter dragonkin have a hard time with kobolds the cult of the dragon send to attack there mines with one feral dragon leading the horde of bolds they are also godless dragon people they dont even know who tiamat or behamut are there just a myth to there people the clock work bots have dead feral hunters souls inside them from the dragon men and women who died of old age sickness and war