Neverwinter Wood

Neverwinter Wood was located in the North. It possessed a sense of magic within it.

This charmed forest to the east of the city of Neverwinter is perpetually warmed by the Neverwinter River that flows from beneath the dormant volcano Mount Hotenow. Humans, and even orcs, fear the wood and tend to avoid it.

Unlike other forests with dangerous reputations, the Neverwinter seldom disgorges great monster or evil forces - the unease felt by those who know they do not belong in Neverwinter Wood stems partly from a terrible anticipation that the wood could do them damage if it chose.

Geography
Coming from Mount Hotenow, the Neverwinter River flowed through the Neverwinter Wood.

Inhabitants
The Neverwinter Wood had a circle of druids, the Ring of Swords, who worked to drive out hobgoblins, gnolls, and bugbears from the woods, as well as protect its ancient sites from treasure seekers.

Fire Elementals live beneath Mount Hotenow in Neverwinter Wood.

History
The elves originally called Neverwinter Wood the Llewyrrwood and the forest came to be a colony for Illefarn. When Aryvandaar annexed both Illefarn and the Llewyrrwood in, many of the residents fled to Shantel Othreier. Some stayed for a century, living under the yoke of the Vyshantaar until the queen of the Llewyrr, Synnoria, led a large force of her people out of their lands and across the Trackless Sea to the Moonshae Isles, where they established the kingdom of Synnoria in her honor.

The Llewyrrwood was occupied once more when the realm of Illefarn was reformed. Circa, the last Coronal of Illefarn, Syglaeth Audark, decided to take his people to Evermeet. Again, some chose to remain in the Llewyrrwood, and formed the realm of Iliyanbruen, which persisted until 177 DR when the last of its moon elves traveled to Evermeet or Ardeep.

As of 1374 DR, elves still lived in the wood, though they made up one of the largest cells of the Eldreth Veluuthra, with other smaller cells operating in the surrounding area.

After the Spellplague of 1385 DR, Neverwinter Wood experienced a mass migration of fey from the plane of Faerie. Elves were also drawn here in large numbers and they attempted to re-found Iliyanbruen within the forest's borders. Though they had to defeat a force of dark fey to reclaim their ancestral home, they quickly went about establishing the military outpost of New Sharandar around a portal to Faerie.

Notable Locations

 * Bodies of Water:
 * Neverwinter River


 * Mountains:
 * The Crags
 * Mount Hotenow


 * Settlements:
 * Agatha's Grove
 * Berun's Hill
 * Gauntlgrym
 * Helm's Hold
 * Morgur's Mound
 * Sharandar
 * Tower of Twilight
 * Cragmaw Castle
 * Thundertree
 * Vellosk