Bleached Bones Pass

The Bleached Bones Pass, previously known as the Vale of Naurogloth or simply Naurogloth, was an ancient route that wound through the Greypeak Mountains within the Fallen Lands of the Savage Frontier. It was named for the end seemingly endless piles of sun-bleached bones that littered its length though the mountains.

Description
It was a narrow, saddle-shaped pathway carved through the mountains, ideal for predators or hunters to ambush their prey.

History
During the Age of Humanity, and for some centuries before, the Vale of Naurogloth as it was known marked the southern border of the fabled dwarven kingdom of Ammarindar. In that same era, it linked the Netherese city of Dekanter with the elven realm of Illefarn to the west.

In the 11 century DR, the Spellbook of Daimos was recovered from within the pass by a caravan master named Muirhar "Duskbrow" after gnolls unsuccessfully ambushed his wagon train.

When the phaerimm escaped from behind the Sharn Wall in the, they raised an army from those that dwelled within the Greypeaks. Within half a tenday of their released, the phaerimm's enthralled mind flayers overran the Bleached Bone Pass.

Rumors & Legends
It was rumored by some that at least one shadow dragon was known to haunt the Bleached Bone Pass.

Notable Locations
While not situated within its route, the ancient dwarfhold of Citadel Yaunoroth was built into one of the Greypeaks that directly overlooked the pass.

Inhabitants
Throughout history, this pass through the Greypeak Mountains was home to great many orcs. Their strongholds endured for centuries even into the Era of Upheaval, during which they spent endlessly warring with one another. Centuries before them the pass was a regular staging point for gnoll raiders.

Appearances

 * Novels
 * The Summoning
 * The Summoning