Shining Plains

The Shining Plains was a portion of the Vilhon Reach, named after the visual effect of sunlight hitting the plains. The plains themselves were not held by any cohesive force, instead being composed of human-filled city-states, wemic and centaur tribes, and a powerful druidic organization called the Emerald Enclave.

Geography

Notable Settlements

• Assam
• Lheshayl
• Ormath

Geographic Features

Deepwing Mountains

One of the boundaries of the Shining Plains, the home of fire drakes and other monsters.

Gulthmere Forest

Touched the northern edge of the Shining Plains and the headquarters of a powerful druid circle, located in a city called Cedarsproke.

Rushing Hills

South of Lheshayl and home of a tribe of thri-kreen called the Krakk't. 

The Wetwoods

Boggy wetlands that served as the home of a village of frog-like humanoids called grippli.

History

In the Year of the Harp, 1355 DR, Great Fires raged through the Shining Plains. The cause was unknown, however, the Church of Talos took credit for the disaster. Later, followers of the Destroyer erected a shrine in the Planes in celebration of the calamity.

Following the events of the Spellplague in the Year of Blue Fire, 1385 DR, the northwestern reaches of the Plains became the badlands known as Xian.

Races
Humans, centaur, wemic, thri-kreen

Type

Region

Location under

Interior Faerûn