Dagult Neverember is a noble member of the Neverember family, and the Lord Protector of Neverwinter as of 1491 DR. He was a member of the Lord's Alliance.
History
Dagult Neverember grew up in Neverwinter, where he began to dream about creating a mercantile empire. At some point he moved to Waterdeep and married a member of the Brandarth family, adding her broad property holdings and wealth to his own. She bore him a son, Renaer Neverember, before dying when Renaer was still in his youth. She left everything to Renaer rather than to Dagult, which contributed to Dagult's rocky relationship with his son.
Years after the destruction of Neverwinter, in 1469 DR, Neverember started the New Neverwinter movement to rebuild the city, claiming himself to be a descendant of Neverwinter's former rulers and thus the rightful "Lord Protector" of Neverwinter. To lend credence to his claims, Neverember invested a great deal of his own personal fortune to rebuild the city's infrastructure, buy the interest of merchants, and even ensure that Neverwintan refugees had enough food and gold in hand.
In 1479 DR, Neverember became the Open Lord of Waterdeep. Thanks to his political acumen and resources, Waterdeep began to thrive after years of neglect, and he sold many noble titles to potential allies he could rely in the future while profitting in the process.
At some point before 1489 DR, Neverember ??? and made an arrangement with ???: in exchange for ???, ??? would guard the ??? until Neverember wanted it back. He then ??? from his ???, and stored it in ???.
In 1489 DR, Neverember was replaced as Open Lord of Waterdeep by Laeral Silverhand.
Due to this commitment and his past accomplishments helping Neverwinter and its citizens, the people of Neverwinter finally accepted Neverember as the rightful leader of their city in 1491 DR, despite the fact that people from other lands saw him as a tyrant.
In 1492 DR, rumours started sprouting in the city of Waterdeep about how Dagult Neverember had supposedly embezzled half a million dragons (the Waterdeep name for a gold coin), and had hidden it somewhere in the city. This caused for multiple fights between The Black Network and the Xanathar's Guild.