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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6578602" data-attributes="member: 7006">Yeah, from an out-of-game / business perspective, that's as logical reason as any.  Now granted that'll rub some people the wrong way (a company's business decision influencing design) but hey, sometimes business has to do that.In terms of in-game story... although the book doesn't really talk about it, it's always seemed to me that Greenest isn't or wouldn't be the only town that they Cult has been sacking and getting treasure from-- there's probably all manner of towns up and down the Sword Coast and The North getting the same treatment.  So not only are caravans travelling north with booty, there's probably caravans travelling south from like the Marches and such too.  And perhaps having a hideout in the Mere of Dead Men was the safest location within an easier travel circle that allowed all of these caravans to converge before sending it all on to the hunting lodge and the flying castle?There's all kinds of reasons why you could justify travelling north rather than just making a beeline from Greenest to the Well of Dragons.  Are they specifically called out in the book?  Not really.  But that's something easily created by a DM if they feel like a more logical/interesting explanation is called for.</blockquote>