Dougan's Hole

Location from Icewind Dale by R.A. Salvatore / Wizards of the Coast / Black Isle Studios

The smallest and most insular of Ten-Towns, squatting on the shores of Redwaters — a place where outsiders are neither welcomed nor trusted.

Dougan's Hole feels abandoned even when it isn't. The few dozen inhabitants regard strangers with open hostility and communicate in grunts and monosyllables. The settlement smells of wood rot, stale smoke, and something sour that permeates everything. Dogs bark at shadows. Children stare from behind frost-rimed windows. The town's one gathering place barely qualifies as a tavern — it's more a room with a hearth and a barrel of something vaguely alcoholic.

Appearance

A sorry collection of rough log cabins on the northern shore of Redwaters, barely distinguishable from the surrounding terrain. No walls, no proper docks — just a muddy boat landing and buildings that seem to be slowly sinking into the frozen earth.

Also known as: Dougan's Hole, The Hole

What They Know

• Dougan's Hole is the most isolated and suspicious of the Ten-Towns, with barely thirty permanent residents.
• The town is named for a trapper who fell through the ice and was never recovered.
• Winter wolves have been spotted increasingly close to the settlement under the Rime.

Connections

• part_of — icewind_dale
• located_in — redwaters
• borders — good_mead

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