Dragon Coast

The Dragon Coast was the name given to the region along southern shore of the Dragonmere, and the lands west of the Sea of Fallen Stars. It's city-states and pirate outposts served as confluence of several great cultures, from the archaic Old Kingdoms to the east, the profitable and deadly lands of the Vilhon Reach to the south, and the progressive and independent realms of the Western Heartlands. It was a place of intrigue and danger, where profit and lucrative opportunities abounded, for adventurers, merchants and criminals alike.

Description
The coast has nearly always been an unrestrained land of free commerce and independent city-states, or as some may say, a places of lawlessness and piracy.

Geography
The Dragon Coast encompassed the lands and cities along southern shores of the Dragonmere and the southwestern coast of the Sea of Fallen Stars, from the Cormyrean city of Proskur in the west, to the Ruins of Starmantle in Gulthandor to the east.

Geographical features
In the western stretch of the Dragon Coast, the Tun River flowed into the Dragonmere, forming the Gritstone Moorlands in between a series of hills north of the Overmoor Trail. Just east of these landmarks were the Castaway Coast and the Skeleton Shore, the two coasts that made up the southern shores of the Dragonmere, the Horse Prairie, and the northern slopes of the Giant's Run Mountains.

The central area of the coast was highlighted by vast stretches of flatlands and interconnected bodies of water. Rainwater ran down from the Giant's Run peaks to the Lake of the Snake, east along the River Reddan into Redwater lake, before emptying out into the sea. The lands north of these waterways was known as the Bleached Bones Flats, and the diminutive river east of Westgate was called the River Thunn.

A bit further east was the Long Arm Lake, fed by the Wet River; and to its east, the Gulthmere Forest. The _____ river flowed north from the Orsraun Mountains, through the forest to Starmantle Bay.

Trade
"Everyone has a price. But the price is more reasonable on the Dragon Coast"

- Saying in Sembia.

The Dragon Coast was known first and foremost as a haven for smugglers and other folks dealing in illicit goods.

Defenses
While there was no shared military force

History
After the waters of the Sea of Fallen Stars dropped dramatically, following the Spellplague in the, coastal towns like Ilipur and Pros were abandoned and left to ruin.

During the majority of the 15 century DR, the kingdom of Cormyr embarked upon a campaign of expansionism, taking hold of several towns and cities along the Dragon Coast, including Proskur and Teziir. Westgate managed to remain independent in the face of growing Cormyrean power.

Notable Locations

 * Ruins:


 * Haunted Ilipur
 * Pros
 * Ruins of Starmantle, a former pirate-allied city that was ravaged by the Spellplague and left a ruin of enigmatic crystal formations and a mysterious vortex.


 * Settlements:
 * Cedarspoke
 * Elversult


 * Nathlekh
 * Priapurl
 * Proskur
 * Reddansyr
 * Smuggler's Bank


 * Teziir
 * Westgate
 * Wyrm's Hamlet


 * Nations:
 * Nathlan


 * Roads:
 * The Overmoor Trail
 * Snake Road
 * Trader's Road
 * The Plunge
 * Turnstone Road
 * The Grand Ride

Inhabitants
Among the many influential organizations that operated throughout the Dragon Coast were the Fellowship of the Purple Staff,