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Storm King's Thunder
damage.Guh, a gluttonous hill giant chief, has raised an enormous timber steading in the hills northeast of Goldenfields, in the central Dessarin Valley. Comfortably housed within her lair, Guh has
content with the amount of food hoarded thus far, Guh's mates move to attack nearby settlements and plunder their fields and storehouses.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Icewind Dale Knowledge Assume that your party of adventurers is familiar with Icewind Dale’s geography and landmarks, as shown on the poster map, as well as the names and locations of the settlements
prominent members of other tribes (see appendix C). Mountain Goliaths. Goliaths who hail from the Spine of the World know of two rival goliath settlements in the mountains, Skytower Shelter and Wyrmdoom Crag
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Chapter 2: The Dessarin Valley The rise of Elemental Evil in Faerûn begins in the Dessarin Valley, a lightly settled region of caravan towns, isolated homesteads, and uninhabited wilderness just a
with ruins. These days, the Dessarin Valley has little in common with the popular conception of the Savage Frontier. Winters are hard here, but the hordes of orcs and other hungry monsters are a long way
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Misty Vale The Misty Vale is a remote mountain valley that exists simultaneously in many places across different worlds of the Material Plane. Aside from the perpetual fog that encloses it, the
valley looks much like any other at first glance. A closer investigation reveals its anomalies: terrain features and structures in the valley that don’t make sense, many of which change from one visit to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Settlements and Sites The forested valley of Tepest stretches between ranges of rugged mountains etched with dramatic cliffs and mysterious vales. Rocky soil and unpredictable weather make much of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
. Every now and then reckless or unlucky adventurers manage to stir up some ancient curse in the ruins scattered around the area. Constables of valley settlements are usually up to the task of restoring
Current Events Minor issues are nothing unusual in the Dessarin Valley. Bands of savage humanoids from the Sword Mountains or the Evermoors occasionally raid here. Human barbarians known as the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
fishers, the humans of Mirabar and Leilon are primarily miners, and the humans who live in Beliard, Triboar, and other settlements of the central Dessarin Valley are mostly farmers. Coastal cities such as
Settlements Humans are the most widespread folk of the North, but no unified human nation exists in the North — only individual cities, towns, villages, fiefdoms, farmsteads, fortresses, and outposts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
grass, and dotted with copses of trees. Satyrs roam the comfortable valley with no need for permanent settlements, all their needs provided for by the valley’s magic. According to legend, Nylea was so
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Second Trollwars, and finally a series of vicious drow raids. By the year 942 DR, human settlements in the Dessarin Valley had been all but wiped out, and the Knights of the Silver Horn were no more
History Most people who live in the Dessarin Valley have no idea of its long history. Old-timers nodding sagely by the hearths of the local taprooms sometimes observe, “These lands, they have old
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Chapter 2: The Lands of Barovia The idyllic valley nestled in the Balinok Mountains was a slice of heaven to those who knew of its existence before Strahd’s arrival. The serenity of the place was
escape the shadow of his father’s legacy, Strahd made the valley his home and named it Barovia after the late King Barov, his father. The land now called Barovia is no longer part of the world that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
tracts of frontier — plenty of room for a region the size and scope of the Dessarin Valley. Halfling barbarians from the Talenta Plains can replace the Uthgardt barbarians in the adventure. The border
between Zilargo and Darguun is another frontier region with plenty of isolated settlements and marauding monsters. There are enough blank spaces on the map in Eberron that you should be able to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Pack Attack If the characters blew up Ezmerelda’s wagon, activated the lightning sheath around the tower, or caused the tower to collapse, the sound of their handiwork echoes through the valley as
drawn into Barovia by the “Werewolves in the Mist” adventure hook, this encounter represents a climactic confrontation between the characters and the werewolf pack that has been terrorizing settlements in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Trial of Trust Derwyth received advance notice of the characters’ arrival from woodland creatures in Cernant Valley. She has used her Tree Shape trait to disguise herself as a tree in the yard (area
-toothed tiger in area H7 and the three giant goats in area H6 to back her up. If Derwyth is defeated, news of the battle quickly spreads to Beasts throughout Cernant Valley, who regard the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
flocks, rampaging through croplands, and attacking homesteads and travelers. In settlements, discord and suspicion grow. Sinister strangers lurk in the shadows, whispering about how everything is soon
. Servants of this malevolence gather in the Sumber Hills and spy on the Dessarin Valley, drawn by a force they can’t explain. Dabbling in dangerous lore, these fanatics seek to master elemental magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Setting A fertile agricultural region like the Dessarin Valley does not exist in Athas, but there are several frontier areas containing small, out-of-the-way villages separated by several days
the old keep aren’t smugglers and pirates; they’re slave traders. Settlements nearby the area where the elemental cults are establishing themselves include the slave village of Freedom, the dwarven
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
isn’t merely the high mountains around the vale that hold dangers. Though the valley has scattered settlements, all of Hartsvale can hardly be considered civilized. In my time traveling these lands (with
primal beauty that is found nowhere else that I know of. Hartsvale is far in the windswept north, a fertile mountain valley where the Ice Spire Mountains abut the High Ice. The Clear Whirl River, easily
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Svalich Road passes through Strahd’s domain. Three settlements lie on the road like beads on a string: Krezk to the west, Vallaki in the heart of the valley, and Barovia to the east. Strahd has spies in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
5th level, they will have visited several settlements in the valley, explored ruins in the Sumber Hills, and defeated a number of low- to middle-rank elemental cultists. You can transition the
Princes of the Apocalypse Princes of the Apocalypse is a stand-alone adventure that takes place in and around the Sumber Hills in the Dessarin Valley, a lightly settled region of caravan towns
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
moon elves founded the kingdom of Eaerlann in the Delimbiyr Valley and the High Forest, and separatists from Aryvandaar settled Miyeritar in the lands of the present-day High Moor and Misty Forest. The
dwarf clans united as the nation of Delzoun, named for its forge-founder, with dwarfholds built on sites ranging from the Ice Mountains to the Nether Mountains and the Narrow Sea, and settlements and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
settlements clustered around the twin bays on the southern shore. Caves in the mountain’s peak serve as a lair for Arveiaturace, the white wyrm known to sailors as Iceclaws because of her habit of
diving on hapless vessels and tearing them apart with her talons. Longships crowd the docks of Aurilssbarg, the island’s largest community. Typical of the settlements on Ice Peak, the streets of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Uthgardt The Uthgardt are a black-haired and blue—eyed people—large, hale, territorial folk who don’t trust outsiders. Few Uthgardt are willing to trade with non-Uthgardt settlements. Many are
more information on Uthgardt shamans.) Uthgardt hunt and forage for food. With one notable exception among the tribes, they don’t build houses or permanent settlements, preferring a nomadic lifestyle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
fortress (described in chapter 3), they come to this outpost to resupply and rest before searching nearby settlements for chardalyn. When the characters find the duergar outpost, read: A blocky
, the duergar plan to use this outpost as a staging area for a raid against the mines in the Dwarven Valley.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Valley. Comfortably housed within her lair, Guh has instructed her husbands to bring her all the food they can carry. Her plan is to consume all that is brought before her and grow to immense size. When
ranches, farmsteads, and orchards have been pillaged. Not content with the amount of food hoarded thus far, Guh’s mates move to attack nearby settlements and plunder their fields and storehouses. Thane
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
to higher-ups; however, any reply is slow in coming. As the characters further explore the Dessarin Valley, they meet other NPCs affiliated with various factions. The factions also become more helpful
faction, and Harper agents can find welcome at the Home of the Boars. Another cell in the prosperous trade center of Yartar monitors traffic in the Dessarin Valley and the actions and policies of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
) takes notice of their heroism. He tells them afterward that he has received reports of giants of various kinds attacking settlements throughout the Dessarin Valley. Anauroch This once-verdant land
sea. The least settled part of the valley stands between the High Forest and the Graypeak Mountains. As the valley sweeps south of the great forest, more and more settlements begin to appear along the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
kingdom of Synnoria, the home of the Llewyr elves, plus a few small shield dwarf settlements, and the ruins of Caer Corwell, the former Ffolk settlement on Gwynneth. High King Derid wants to reclaim the
old citadel and rebuild it as an embassy, but has yet to secure Lady Ordalf’s consent to do so. Gwynneth is also home to Myrloch Vale, a lush valley nestled in the mountains with the shimmering waters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
The North is littered with the remnants of many dwarven realms. Although much of the wealth at these sites has been plundered by monsters and adventurers over the centuries, evidence of the settlements
triangle, with the largest in the center.
Besilmer. Nearly six thousand years ago, shield dwarves established an aboveground realm in the Dessarin valley that they named Besilmer. They were the builders
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
the Balinok Mountains — older than the Amber Temple, and much older than Castle Ravenloft and the various Barovian settlements scattered throughout the valley. The menhirs were raised by the same
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
their settlements. This group might be a family looking for a safer place to live, or an angry mob searching for the characters or heading toward Castle Ravenloft to confront Strahd. Barovian Scouts If at
. The revenant is clad in tattered chain mail that affords the same protection as leather armor. The revenant was a knight of the Order of the Silver Dragon, which was annihilated defending the valley
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, Everlund, and numerous smaller settlements along the way. Raven Rock On the icy slopes of the Spine of the World stands the spirit mound of the Black Raven and Gray Wolf tribes. Raven Rock gets its
can remember. Luskanite raiders have plundered and razed the island’s settlements more than once, but the natives keep rebuilding their villages and their ships while singing songs of bloody
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
representative from another city, and a spell scroll of raise dead. Evermoor Way The Evermoor Way has long been a vital trade route, connecting the settlements of the Dessarin Valley with those of the Silver
southern part of the Graypeak Mountains, a beautiful and fertile valley stands between the settlements of Loudwater and Llorkh. The Grayflow River flows through the middle of Grayvale, which is dotted with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
settlements near the giants’ realm. 2 Convinced she is the rightful ruler of another giant’s domain, a giant launches an invasion, heedless of the inhabitants of the lands between the giants’ realms. 3
urchins seem to have stepped
through the wrong doorway in Waterdeep!
An adventure inspired by these tales might see characters discovering a secret valley hidden in a remote mountain range where
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Grolantor is often mistaken for a hill, and sometimes people erect standing stones, a village, or a city on a scion’s back, unaware of the mighty power beneath them. Such settlements can thrive for
, slowly drifting tower of clouds that never dissipates. Often, this cloud lingers over a remote valley, creating a constantly overcast sky. Sapient creatures who live beneath this cloud often display