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The Great Dale
- The Great Dale is a long, windswept gap that runs almost 250 miles between the Rawlinswood and the Forest of Lethyr. The Dale averages between 40 and 60 miles in width and consists of mostly rolling hills and scrubland. The land between the two great forests is quite fertile, and is occupied by scores of scattered communities of villagers who tend their farms. The only city of any note in the entire Dale is the tiny port city of Uthmere, which crouches at the western end of the Dale on the coast of the Easting Reach.
The Great Road
- The Great Road stretches all the way from Uthmere in the West up to Kront, a small town 300 miles on the other side of the Dale. The "Great Road" is also the "Only Road" in the Dale. At its eastern end, the GreatRoad links up with the Cold Road of Rashemen and eventually joins the Golden Road out East towards Kara Tur, the land of spices.
The Sea of Fallen Stars
- The Sea of Fallen Stars is the largest inland body of water in the Realms. It is believed to have been formed as a result of a meteor shower crashing into Toril's surface many millenia ago. The Sea is freshwater and has many tributaries emptying their waters into it. The sea carves many inlets into the surrounding landscape, some over 500 miles long.
- Of note is the Easting Reach, a 300 mile stretch of water pointing north towards the Great Glacier. This body of water forms the eastern coast of Impiltur on the west side and the western coast of Thesk and the Great Dale on the east side.
The Rawlinswood
- The Rawlinswood forms the northern border of the Great Dale, weaving its way south of the Giantspire Mountains and the plains of Narfell until it peters out near the Cold Road and the Firward Mountains. The Rawlinswood is a mixture of deciduous and evergreen along its southern border but quickly becomes a soggy tiaga as one travels further north of the Dale. Most travellers avoid the forest for it is rumored to contain many dark and vile monsters.
The Giantspire Mountains
- North of the Rawlinswood rise the rugged, snowy Giantspire Mountains. Claimed by both the Northwestern Kingdom of Damara and the Nar Tribes, the range is, in fact occupied by the folk of neither land, for hobgoblins, bugbears, and evil giants hold the peaks. Every fifty years or so, bands of these barbaric creatures descend the mountains and ravage the countryside.
The Forest of Lethyr
- The Forest of Lethyr occupies the southern half of the Great Dale and is a natural boundary between that land and Thesk. The portion of the forest south of the River Flam is considered Theskian land. The residents of the Great Dale hardly notice this. The area has been continually logged over the years, making it the poor cousin of the northern forest. Despite this, the boughs of the the forest's deciduous trees are rumored to shelter all manner of fey and mysterious creatures.
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