A Sorcerer Advanced Amid Treacherous Hearts

That autumn, a plague that emerged from the Northern Continent of Faerûn swept across all of Faerûn.

Silver Moon City and Baldur's Gate were naturally unable to escape it.

Although many people understood why it spread so quickly, no one told the commoners that they might be safe if they simply did not touch money.

Instead, many nobles began buying up food and supplies at high prices, causing farmers and fishermen who knew nothing to offer up both their family fortunes and their lives.

Neverwinter, which had traded with Hill, had made sufficient preparations because of its war with Luskan. During this great plague that swept across the entire Northlands, it preserved most of its population.

Neverwinter's royal family truly lived up to its reputation for kindness and competence. Although some gold, silver, and jewelry still ended up in the hands of residents, the vast wealth they brought back was all placed in sealed warehouses.

The princess leading them even took her team directly into the Mage Tower of Neverwinter's chief mage, hoping to find a way to save the people through herself and her companions.

Professionals with sufficiently robust bodies would not actually be struck down by this plague, but they carried its source within them.

Neverwinter was also the only city to openly state that Bhaal's Treasure was likely the source of this great plague. Yet Hill received word from the Harpers that other cities had not only chosen to conceal this information, but had also devised all kinds of rumors to suppress the true cause spreading from Neverwinter.

Luskan, which had been barely affected, was especially so. Bane, one of the three gods of death alongside Bhaal, shared the blame for Bhaal, while the Zhentarim became the masterminds behind the plague. Naturally, Luskan's Arcane Brotherhood was included