1/6) Like any temperate Sword Coast ocean port, Waterdeep has its share of gulls and rockdoves (pigeons), but except in the outermost harbor, they’re surprisingly scarce, due to the following predators: rats (which infest… #Realmslore
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@TheEdVerse Is there any interesting wildlife that makes its home in waterdeep? something a druid or ranger might like to befriend (animal messenger/beastmaster companion/speak with animals)
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2/6) …Dock Ward, the harbor part of Castle Ward, and Field Ward, and in lesser numbers can be found all over the city); a handful of hardened tressym (the descendants of escaped nobles’ pets) that have “gone wild” to dwell on… #Realmslore
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3/6) …city rooftops, gargoyles, and chimney-angles; owls and fishhawks (osprey-like harriers that also eat rats, mice, and birds); voles; bats (Waterdeep has several small, omnivorous varieties); a handful of “tree cats”… #Realmslore
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4/6) …(squirrels), which have almost died out in the Deep; and perhaps of most interest to druids and rangers, the “veller” (formally velorn). This is an intelligent, alert, curious, adept-at-climbing, prehensile-tailed, … #Realmslore
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Brown fur with darker (to black) back, build like a vervet monkey, looks like a raccoon but without the mask. Very smart (can learn at one go: e.g. see someone open a catch or work a lock, they can do it too, including see where the key went, to try to filch it later).
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I LOVE it! "Dead on" for what I was imagining. Thumbs up!!!
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Replying to @TheEdVerse
These tweets are about the "veller", a species from the Realms that are mentioned in the thread.

Mar 18, 2026 · 8:47 PM UTC