Dagger Hills

The Dagger Hills are located south-east of Daggerdale. The sparse human settlements, mostly small farms, dwindled during the Zhent occupation of Daggerdale and the hills are now covered dense thickets and thorn fields, resistant to fire and human intrusion. Many monsters hunt in these hills: wolves, leucrottas, owlbears, lycanthropes, and even beholders. After the Spellplague, the lycanthrope presence become prominent and now these hills are infested mainly by murderous lycanthropes and their thralls. Despite the threat of the lycanthropes, small villages, protected by stockades, and farms still exist in the Dagger Hills.

In the south-western part of the Dagger Hills, not far from the River Ashaba, lie the ruins of Castle Daggerdale, the seat of the ruling family of Daggerdale, the Morns. During his heroic resistance against the Zhent occupation, Randal Morn often made camp here with his men. Rumors about the hidden treasure of the Morn family, hidden in a bricked tunnel in the cellar of Castle Daggerdale, abound in Daggerdale.

In the middle of the Dagger Hills, about fifteen miles northeast of Castle Daggerdale, lies the ruined tower of White Crag, so ancient to be said to predate even elven presence in the area. It is rumored that under the tower, vast passages lead to the Underdark.