Shadow Fringe

The Shadow Fringe, also called simply the Fringe, referred to the intersection of the Prime Material Plane and the Plane of Shadow.

Description
In locations located in the Shadow Fringe, tendrils of shadowstuff "ebbed and flowed" like tides. From time to time, dangerous creatures wandered over from the Plane of Shadow to the Fringe. Sections of cities on the Fringe sometimes disappeared spontaneously into the Plane of Shadow, not the reappear for many years. The Shadow Fringe had no warmth of color and everything was less tangible.

The Shadow Fringe could be accesed by individuals with the right items or abilities and used to travel long distances in a shorter amount of time. Nimor Imphraezl, for example, had a ring of shadows that allowed him to shadowwalk between Menzoberranzan and Gracklstugh in just a few hours, although the distance was more than 100 miles.

Notable locations in the Shadow Fringe

 * Chaulssin
 * Ched Nasad
 * Lake of Shadows

Novels

 * Condemnation
 * Annihilation
 * Resurrection