The northernmost region in all of Faerûn. It earned its name from the harsh winds and icy storms that destroyed buildings and scoured the landscape. The dale is a harsh, near-uninhabitable land that regularly plunges below freezing temperatures and receives little sunlight. It's home to only the most hardened of frontiersmen. Beyond the sporadic dots of civilization called the Ten Towns, it is populated by terrifying beasts and deadly monsters of the North.