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Waterdeep

Map of Waterdeep, designed by Jeff Easley with cartography from Dennis Kauth and Frey Graphics.
Map of Waterdeep, designed by Jeff Easley with cartography from Dennis Kauth and Frey Graphics. Image: Wizards of the Coast

Neverwinter is a nicely impressive, populous city that helped viewers understand that D&D is more than just some medieval fantasy. But Waterdeep is the heart and soul of the Forgotten Realms. It’s vastly populated by humans, elves, dwarves, and more, which would showcase the uniquity of the setting even better by its diversity and size. Besides, Neverwinter in the movie didn’t have much of an identity other than “big city with an arena.” Waterdeep has so much diversity in all aspects that practically any story could be told there. A cosmopolitan city where elves, dwarves, halflings, gnomes, humans, and more all live side by side would help distinguish D&D from other fantasy settings.