Faerûn A continent in The Forgotten Realms
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The sub-continent of Faerûn is set in the northern hemisphere of the planet Toril, or, more formally, "Abeir-Toril".
Faerûn is the western part of an unnamed supercontinent that is quite similar to real-world Afro-Eurasia.
Sub-arctic extremes chill its northern reaches, where ice sheets like the Great Glacier dominate the landscape in blinding white.
To the south are the equatorial jungles of Chult and the tropical coasts of Halruaa.
It’s bordered on the west by the Trackless Sea and on the east by the Endless Wastes and the Hordelands that separate it from Kara-Tur.
Kara-Tur, which was the original setting of the D&D Oriental Adventures campaign setting, and Zakhara, home to the Arabian Nights setting Al-Qadim, are also on this continent.
Maztica, home of a tribal, Aztec-like civilization is far to the west, across an Atlantic-like ocean called the Trackless Sea.
The subterranean regions underneath Faerûn are called the Underdark.
Besides the exterior coastline to the west and south, the most dominant feature on the continent is the Sea of Fallen Stars. This is an irregular inland sea that keeps the neighboring lands fertile and serves as a major trade route for the bordering nations.
Next in significance is the Shaar, a broad region of grasslands in the south that, together with a large body of water called the Lake of Steam, separates the area around the inland sea from the coastal nations at the southern edge of the continent.
To the east, Faerûn is bordered by a vast region of steppe that separates it from Kara-Tur.
In the north are massive glaciers, named Pelvuria and Reghed, and a region of tundra.
South of the continent, separated by the Great Sea, is a sub-tropical land called Zakhara.
Faerûn is the western part of an unnamed supercontinent that is quite similar to real-world Afro-Eurasia.
Sub-arctic extremes chill its northern reaches, where ice sheets like the Great Glacier dominate the landscape in blinding white.
To the south are the equatorial jungles of Chult and the tropical coasts of Halruaa.
It’s bordered on the west by the Trackless Sea and on the east by the Endless Wastes and the Hordelands that separate it from Kara-Tur.
Kara-Tur, which was the original setting of the D&D Oriental Adventures campaign setting, and Zakhara, home to the Arabian Nights setting Al-Qadim, are also on this continent.
Maztica, home of a tribal, Aztec-like civilization is far to the west, across an Atlantic-like ocean called the Trackless Sea.
The subterranean regions underneath Faerûn are called the Underdark.
Besides the exterior coastline to the west and south, the most dominant feature on the continent is the Sea of Fallen Stars. This is an irregular inland sea that keeps the neighboring lands fertile and serves as a major trade route for the bordering nations.
Next in significance is the Shaar, a broad region of grasslands in the south that, together with a large body of water called the Lake of Steam, separates the area around the inland sea from the coastal nations at the southern edge of the continent.
To the east, Faerûn is bordered by a vast region of steppe that separates it from Kara-Tur.
In the north are massive glaciers, named Pelvuria and Reghed, and a region of tundra.
South of the continent, separated by the Great Sea, is a sub-tropical land called Zakhara.
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