Bloodstone Pass

Bloodstone Pass was the only reasonable crossing point through the Galena Mountains in Northeast Faerûn.

History
The pass acted as a trade route between Damara and Vaasa. Due to the extremely impassable terrain that constituted the majority of the mountain range, the pass was the easiest route and was of great strategic importance to both Damara and Vaasa. It opened into Bloodstone Barony and contained Bloodstone Village (later called Bloodstone City), the Bloodstone Mines, Lake Midai, Waukeshire, the Vaasan Gate, Windless, and Virdin. Bloodstone Pass was originally formed only around 1070 DR when the edge of the Great Glacier withdrew to the north.

In 1460 DR, the Warlock Knights invaded the Pass and burned everything, leaving the once lush Bloodstone Valley barren and lifeless. The Pass then became the site of a decades-long tense standoff between the Warlock Knights of Vaasa and the kingdom of Damara, with the Warlock Knights occupying the ruins of Bloodstone City in the north and the Damarans occupying the Gate in the south.