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At a Glance
The High Moor is a large moorland inhabited by trolls, orcs, and hobgoblins, among less dangerous creatures like wild sheep. Due to its creation by dark magic, the moor bounds rather than being bounded by the features at its periphery.
Visiting
What You See
I may, of course, be entirely wrong, but this is what comes to my mind when I think of the High Moor. Well… with a few hostile locals running this way.
Roads
The Trade Way runs south and west of the moor, but there are no recognized roads within.
Landmarks
- Hammer Hall
- The Halls of the Hammer
Neighboring Nations and Features
- The Marsh of Chelimber
- Dragonspear Castle
- The Greypeak Mountains
- The Misty Forest
- The Delimbiyr
- Highstar Lake
- The Serpent Hills
- Serpent’s Tail Stream
- The Forest of Wyrms
Notable Individuals
Several dragons lair in the High Moor, including red (Maughrysear), copper (Aaronarra and Carynnallerastis), amethyst (Sh’derra D’zeer), and a family of black dragons (Aswidorg, Calathanorgoth, Cheleen, Vilholin, Wastirek, Woklef) plus Maelestor Rex, who is apparently unrelated. Nymmurh feeds here (traveling through portals of his own devising) from time to time. Saquathos and Zilanthar were offspring of Calathanorgoth, but they were slain in the dracorage of 1018 DR.
Sources
- Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting [11836] page 223
- Elminster’s Ecologies Appendix II: High Moor & Serpent Hills [9490]
- A Grand Tour of the Realms [1085a] page 94
- Under Illefarn [N5/9212] inside cover map
- Cyclopedia of the Realms [1031a] page 50
Passing Mention
- Forgotten Realms Adventures [2106] pages 84, 85
Maps
- Elfshadow (novel) — interior map
- The Halfling’s Gem (novel)
Other Resources
- Search for the the High Moor on the FR Wiki
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