Icewind Dale (region)
| Anauroch | |
|---|---|
| Type | Magocracy (city of Shade), tribal (the Bedine) |
| Race(s) | Humans, asabi, gnolls |
| Notable locations | Shade (none for Bedine) (capital) |
| Population | 114,048, not including the city of Shade |
| Chult | |
|---|---|
| Type | Tribes, theocracy (Mezro) |
| Race(s) | Humans, goblins, lizardfolk, wild dwarves, pterafolk |
| Notable locations | Mezro (capital) |
| Population | 440,000 |
| Cormanthyr | |
|---|---|
| Type | none |
| Race(s) | Drow, elves, half-elves, humans, halflings |
| Notable locations | Myth Drannor (capital) |
| Population | 154,000 |
| Dragon Coast | |
|---|---|
| Type | City-states |
| Ruler | none |
| Race(s) | Humans, halflings, half-elves, gnomes |
| Notable locations | none (capital) |
| Population | 820,000 |
| The Hordelands | |
|---|---|
| Type | Tribes |
| Ruler | Hubadai Khahan |
| Race(s) | Humans, gnolls, centaurs, dwarves |
| Notable locations | none (capital) |
| Population | 133,000 |
| The Moonsea | |
|---|---|
| Type | City-states |
| Ruler | none |
| Race(s) | Humans, orcs, half-orcs, halflings, dwarves, ogres, gnomes |
| Notable locations | none (capital) |
| Population | 1,750,000 |
| The Savage Frontier | |
|---|---|
| Type | City-states, tribes, clans |
| Ruler | none |
| Race(s) | Humans, orcs, dwarves, half-elves, elves, half-orcs, halflings, gnomes |
| Notable locations | none (capital) |
| Population | 560,000 |
| The Shaar | |
|---|---|
| Type | Nomadic |
| Ruler | various chieftains |
| Race(s) | Humans, wemics, gnolls, centaurs, loxos, thri-kreen |
| Notable locations | none (capital) |
| Population | 590,000 |
| Silver Marches | |
|---|---|
| Type | Confederation |
| Ruler | Alustriel Silverhand |
| Race(s) | Humans, dwarves, elves, half-elves, halflings, gnomes, half-orcs |
| Notable locations | Silverymoon (arguably) (capital) |
| Population | 1,090,000 |
| The Sword Coast | |
|---|---|
| Type | City-states |
| Ruler | none |
| Race(s) | Humans, dwarves, orcs, half-orcs, elves, halflings, gnomes, half-elves |
| Notable locations | none (capital) |
| Population | 660,000 (not including Waterdeep and Baldur's Gate) |
This is a list of fictional regions, geographical features, and other locations on the continent of Faerûn from the Forgotten Realms setting. These locations have appeared in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the multiple series of novels set in the Forgotten Realms, or the numerous video games set in the Forgotten Realms, or any combination thereof.
There are separate lists for cities and nations of the Forgotten Realms setting.
Anauroch, also called The Great Sand Sea, is a magical desert on the continent of Faerûn.
The desert is a remnant of the once-powerful Netheril Empire. It is now inhabited by the Bedines, magically transported there from Zakhara, the vicious asabi, the dreaded phaerimms and, since very recently, by the archwizards of Shade.
Elminster has said of Anauroch that "It is not a natural desert, and it is not all hot sands." In fact it is three deserts. The hot, dry desert of sand dunes which most folk imagine all Anauroch to be like is known as "the Sword" and actually makes up only roughly the southern third of the region. North of that lies a region of wind-scoured bare rock, called "the Plain of Standing Stones" despite very little of it being flat plain. The most northerly region is a vast sheet of ice overlying bedrock and marked with many rifts named "the High Ice."
The Empire of Shadows is nebulous country in southern Anauroch, mainly consisting of whatever territory the City of Shade controls at any given time. The Shadovar are striving to make the Empire of Shadows into a cohesive and permanent nation.
Hlaungadath is one of the three floating cities that Mystra saved during the destruction of Netheril. It is a city that landed near the High Ice and was eventually abandoned. The drow in the War of the Spider Queen series arrive here by means of a portal. They are forced to flee after they are set upon by lamias (humanoid lions that work magic) and their legions of asabis.
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