Hartsvale

Hartsvale was a small human kingdom lying in the Ice Spires in north Faerûn.

Geography
The realm lay in a remote valley in the Ice Spires, a range of ever-frozen peaks lying north of the Ice Mountains, west of the High Ice of Anauroch, and south of the Endless Ice Sea. This valley contained low rolling hills, forests of pine, and frozen plains.

History
The land was cleared of giants by Hartkiller for the human inhabitants, triggering the War of the Hart. Its first king was Brun.

Government
The kings of Hartsvale were rumored to have giant blood themselves. They defended the realm against a large tribe of especially cunning and evil ogres.

Inhabitants
In modern Faerûn, Hartsvale was inhabited by humans and a small population of firbolgs.