The Blue Alley

A large, windowless stone building that houses a deadly magical trap-laden obstacle course, created by a wizard (who may or may not yet live there) to test the avaricious fools who wander into its blue-tiled passages.

In the year 1327 DR, the reclusive mage Keilier Twistbeard constructed the Blue Alley as a way to afford himself endless amusement. The windowless stone building is a deathtrap, a deadly obstacle course filled with traps and illusions to test the avaricious fools who wander into its blue-tiled passages.

Although Keilier now wanders other planes, he returns periodically to watch visitors encounter the alley's perils. The Alley itself is well known within Waterdeep, and most residents of the Sea Ward are aware that its entrance opens on Ivory Street. Anyone who goes looking on Ivory Street can find the Blue Alley with a DC 10 Investigation check. The alley's blue paving stones glow faintly underfoot, leading to a T-shaped intersection adorned with a carved stone image of a man's face twisted in fear."