The Sword Coast North was a region on the northwestern coast of Faerûn. While it comprised a rough landscape of rugged hills, precarious mountain ranges and dense forests, it was home to several like-minded towns and cities. The most prominent of these cities banded together with nearby allies to form the Lords' Alliance, which united much of the region well into the late 15th century DR.
This vast region of the North stretched all the way from the Spine of the World in the north, south to the great metropolis of Waterdeep. It was bordered on the west by the coastland of the Sea of Swords and along the east by the Long Road.
Bodies of Water
Mere of Dead Men: Once home to a great kingdom of the North, this swamp land became the domain of savage lizardfolk and will-o'-wisps.
River Mirar: The Mirar ran roughly parallel with the Blackford Road, from the Spine of the World to the Sea of Swords near the city of Luskan.
Silverwisp Swamp
Forests
Ardeep Forest: The moon elf community that dwelled within this forest were a remnant of ancient Illefarn. They were joined by a group of wood elves sometime in the late 15th century.
Neverwinter Wood: Originally known as the "Llewyrrwood",[10] this forest was home to elves and a great many fey.
Kryptgarden Forest: The home of the green dragon Claugiyliamatar was the site of many dwarven ruins.
Westwood: The small forest located between the Kheldell Path and the Long Road[14] housed a notable shrine to the deity Mielikki.
Hills and Mountains
Berun's Hill: Named after the famous ranger, this mound offered a great view of the Dessarin Valley to the east.
Crags: These peaks contained a number of abandoned mines and were overrun with goblins and gnolls,
Mount Hotenow: While dormant for many years, this volcano erupted in the mid–15th century, after the primordial Maegera was awoken within.
Harvestshield Mountain: A solitary mountain set within a fertile plain, atop which was situated Chauntea's Citadel.
Starmetal Hills: The hills earned their number from the significant number of meteor showers that it experienced throughout many centuries.
Sword Mountains: While these mountains were dotted with a number of ruins and underground dungeons, they were also home to a scattered goblinoid and orc tribes.
Landmarks
Lance Rock: This solitary granite monolith garnered its location in the valley thanks to two feuding dragons.
Raven Cliff Beach: A stretch of pirate-infested coastland just west of Neverwinter Wood.
Spinward Rise
Wyvern Tor: The rocky crag that overlooked the crossroads town of Triboar, was home to to orcs, ogres and wyverns.
Valleys
Dessarin Valley: Encompassing the lands just east of the Long Road, the valley was home to many farms, villages, and towns; some of which referred to themselves as "the Gateway to the North".
The first great realm to appear in the region known as the Sword Coast North was that of Illefarn. The kingdom of Illefarn was a contemporary of Netheril, consisting of both dwarves and elves. Illefarn survived the Fall of Netheril, until the elves left for Evermeet. Northlanders and other humans began migrating into the region a few years before the Year of Sunrise, 1 DR.
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