Wikibooks: Dungeons Dragons/Commercial settings/Forgotten Realms/Sword Coast

• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; Tundra
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DISPLAYTITLE Sword Coast The Sword Coast is a fictional region in [[Dungeons Dragons]] based [[././Forgotten Realms/]] . It is a portion of the northwestern coast of and stretches from the city state of in the south along the coast of the to city state and from Waterdeep further north to and Icewind Dale the Arctic and northernmost region of the Sword Coast. The metropolises of Waterdeep and Baldur s Gate are not counted as part of the Sword Coast instead Baldur s Gate lies in the while Waterdeep is an independent city state. and are found here. Because of its quasi lawless frontier setting being a place where all races can meet and interact it has been the setting for many (especially those subtitled with the name) as well as the MMORPG (AOL 1991 1997) and the computer games (Bioware 2002) and . is the title of an expansion disc for the game Baldur s Gate . =Related places= = Icewind Dale = For the Icewind Dale computer role playing games see Icewind Dale is a sub Arctic region along the northernmost part of the Sword Coast. It is famous because many events involving the hero occurred here chronicled in a series of fantasy novels by R. A. Salvatore. Icewind Dale is an icy tundra and the northernmost explored area of Faerûn. Its only permanent settlements are known as the Ten Towns a confederation of a number of minor settlements cooperating with each other. The region is mainly populated by fishermen craftsmen rangers dwarves mining the deeps for minerals and precious stones barbarians and merchants who tolerate the hostile climate in the hope of trading in ivory and gems. The capital of the region is the town of Bryn Shander. Another notable feature of Icewind Dale is Kelvin s Cairn a mountain north of Ten Towns. It was in a cavern on the northern face of this mountain that Drizzt Do Urden resided for some time as a sort of scout for Ten Towns. =Neverwinter= Neverwinter also known as the City of Skilled Hands or the Jewel of the North is regarded by many including the erudite travel writer as the most ...