Black Ash Plain was located west of Unther in East Faerûn.[2]
History[]
In 1373 DR, many refugees from the Untheric - Mulhorandi conflict ran through the plain. The ones that got out alive saw several ruined structures jutting up from the blackened earth. Survivors stated these ruins extended below the surface of the ground, but no one explored or proved that these subterranean levels even existed.[3] When the Spellplague struck in 1385 DR, this wasteland, south of Tymanther, was devastated when part of Tymanchebar fell into Faerûn.[4]
Geography[]
Only sparse grass and twisted shrubs grow on the plain and strange rock formations shift and move around the landscape on their own.[5] Hardly any soil other than the volcanic ash itself exists within this dark land, which was blackened and infertile, and even the Mulhorandi army avoided it.[2]
Inhabitants[]
Named for the volcanic black ash always falling from the Smoking Mountains to the north, the plains were home to brown dragons and an endemic subrace of stone giants known locally as ash giants.[3][6] These ash giants learned to predict the movements of the ashen spires within the region, with certain giant adepts also being able to direct these formations for use in combat.[4]
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References[]
- ↑ Map included in Erin M. Evans (February 2016). Ashes of the Tyrant. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 978-0-7869-6590-8.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 186. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Thomas Reid (October 2004). Shining South. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 0-7869-3492-1.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bruce R. Cordell, Ed Greenwood, Chris Sims (August 2008). Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide. Edited by Jennifer Clarke Wilkes, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 186–187. ISBN 978-0-7869-4924-3.
- ↑ Richard Lee Byers (May 2010). The Captive Flame. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 175. ISBN 0786953969.
- ↑ Scott Bennie (February 1990). Old Empires. Edited by Mike Breault. (TSR, Inc.), p. 41. ISBN 978-0880388214.