> [!infobox|right] > #### Baldur’s Gate > ![[5E_BALDURSGATE.webp]] > > ##### Location Information > | | | > |---|---| > |![[ICON - bookmark-etch-solid-full.svg]] **Type**: | City-State | > |![[ICON - chess-rook-piece-sharp-solid-full.svg]] **Location**: | Northern Faerûn,<br>[[Sword Coast]] | > |![[ICON - question-solid-full.svg]] **Status**: | Active,<br>Trade Power | > |![[ICON - hourglass-duotone-solid-full.svg]] **Founded**: | Ancient DR | > |![[ICON - hourglass-duotone-solid-full.svg]] **Age**: | Ancient | > > #### Governance > | | | > |---|---| > |![[ICON - eclipse-solid-full.svg]] **Leadership**: | [[Council of Four]] | > |![[ICON - sparkle-solid-full.svg]] **Realm**: | [[Baldur’s Gate]] | > |![[ICON - sparkles-solid-full.svg]] **Forces**: | Flaming Fist,<br>City Watch | > |![[ICON - person-limbs-wide-solid-full.svg]] **Population**: | ~30,000 | <a href="https://dioctionary.net/THE+DIOCTIONARY/HOME/Home" class="dioctionary-ribbon-2"> HOME </a> <div class="dioctionary-ribbon">A Brief History</div> - [[Baldur’s Gate]] stands as one of the most turbulent and influential cities upon the [[Sword Coast]], a sprawling city-state built upon trade, ambition, corruption, and the relentless pursuit of power. Named after the legendary explorer [[Balduran]], whose voyages brought wealth and settlers back from distant lands, the city grew into a hardened mercantile stronghold where merchant princes, spies, assassins, mercenaries, and criminals thrive beneath towering walls and crowded streets. Authority within the city rests with the [[Council of Four]], though true control often shifts between noble influence, coin, and the iron presence of the Flaming Fist mercenary company that keeps order through force rather than trust. Baldur’s Gate became a place forever tied to one of the crueler turns of [[Dio Eldwynair]]'s curse during [[05 - The Festival of the Moon]], where his death beneath the city’s looming walls left a scar deeper than the wound itself. Despite the endless movement of crowds, taverns, caravans, and dockside life, Dio found no sense of belonging there, only another city where fate continued to isolate him no matter how many people surrounded him.