The Unicorn Run

This cool, gently-flowing river rises in the mountains at the very heart of The High Forest (thought by some to be home to many nymphs), where few civilized beings have ever been, all down the ages, save elves who do not talk. Unicorns are said to inhabit the woods near its banks, and are known to travel up and down the river (hence its name). There is a legend that an elven king buried the treasure of all his court somewhere along the Run, when fleeing from orcs and hobgoblins who had pursued his people from the the far North, and never returned - slain shortly thereafter by the orcs. Another legend holds that the god Mielikki inhabits the Forest near the Run and is often seen wandering in the woods near it. Harpers say that this "legend" is plain truth, and make occasional pilgrimages to certain groves there.

Certainly the Run's vale within The High Forest is one of the most beautiful regions of all Faerun. Bards who have come here tend to sing of it for the rest of their lives. The Nine's adventures have become far fewer since they settled on the Run, and halflings from Secomber regularly travel upriver to just within the Forestís edge to bury their dead. One famous halfling adventurer, Gaultham Longtoes, is known to have said, after visiting the Run, "I have seen the unicorns, and can die content."