Greypeak Mountains

The Greypeak Mountains, also called simply Greypeaks, were a mountain range in the eastern end of the Savage Frontier in northwest Faerûn.

Geography
The mountains were bordered by the Marsh of Chelimber and the Forgotten Forest to the south, the Lonely Moor in the east, and the Fallen Lands in the northeast. The mountains separated the Fallen Lands from the Delimbiyr River.

Geographic Features
Back during the Days of Thunder, the Narrow Seas ran along the mountains' eastern slopes. During the Era of Upheaval, two rivers emerged from the Greypeak Mountains: the Grayflow in the south and the Loagrann (from three tributaries) in the north.

The summit of Mount Hlim was located among the southern peaks of the mountains.

Climate
The weather was generally pretty poor here.

History
The mountains were named after the gray-skinned stone giants who inhabited them.

The people of the town of Llorkh once mined for iron and silver in the Greypeaks. Their shallow tunnels riddled the mountains north and east of the town. These were old and almost worked-out, their lodes nearly exhausted, by the mid–14th century DR, but some miners still persisted in working there. After the takeover of the town the following year, the Lord's Men commandeered three worked-out mine tunnels near Llorkh to use for storage. It was told that monsters made their lairs in several other tunnels, making them hazardous.

By the, a garrison of thirty Lord's Men from Llorkh stood guard at Dawn Pass. They remained there through to at least the next twelve years, aided by a hired beholder from Dekanter, together with its gnoll minions.

Notable Locations

 * Paths & Trails:
 * Dawn Pass Trail, the precarious trail that crossed the Graypeak Mountains through Dawn Pass, that was preferred by Zhentarim caravans.
 * Bleached Bones Pass, a less precarious path through the mountains further south.


 * Landmarks:
 * Seshrentor, a tower that stood in the Greypeaks, north-northeast of Llorkh.


 * Settlements:
 * Dekanter, the ruined mines of ancient Netheril that became the site of an arcane laboratory, and eventually the domain of the horrifying Beast Lord.
 * White Fate, a colony of beholders was located in a valley in the mountains somewhere south east of Llorkh.

Inhabitants
In the 14th century DR, many monsters inhabited the range including goblins who dwelt in keeps, barghest chieftains who commanded large packs of worgs and were allies of the goblins, stone giants, and many young dragons, including at least one family of red dragons.

The stone giants of the Greypeaks were known for being at least partially civilized, having enough care not to openly assault travelers that merely passed by.

Appearances

 * Novels
 * The Nether Scroll