The
Fallen LandsThis is the present-day name for
the strip of habitable land west of Anauroch, stretching between the
Far Forest and Weathercote Wood. The Fallen Lands are now home only
to monsters, although rumors persist of powerful mages inhabiting
the southern reaches. This was once part of Netheril, and mysterious
magic still saturates the area.
When Vanthorm and Haladan visited the lands 15 winters ago, they found a beholder
of awesome size with hobgoblin servants directing a strange bestial breeding
program with captured monsters. Since then, anyone that went into the Fallen
Lands has not been heard from again. The last report from here came two years
ago by some Harpers traversing the Graypeak mountains who spotted flying creatures
of monstrous size and unfamiliar shapes along with many areas of blasted, desolate
ground. Whatever lurks there is luckily - for the rest of Faerun - distracted
by an interior conflict.
At the eastern edge of the Fallen Lands, shifting desert sands have uncovered a ring of nine gigantic statues who peer down into a wide hole of unknown origin.