The Counting House was the center of trade and business in Baldur's Gate, serving as both a bank and establishment that facilitated the exchange of various currencies.
It was located on the waterfront of The Steeps, overlooking Gray Harbor.
The Counting House has stood as a center of trade and business in the city for centuries. A thick-walled and
heavily guarded edifice on the waterfront, it serves as the primary location for exchange of currency and
valuation of gems and jewelry. Its owner, a stern and aloof dwarf named Rakath
Glitterbeard, holds the key positions of treasurer for the Council’s Eminent Fello’.vship of Financiers and
is also the kingpin in the Steeps for the lawless Guild. Loans and other debt markers, both legal and other
wise, that he holds make certain no one in the city dares to challenge Rakath’s positions or attempts to
rob the Counting House.