The Shadow Sea was a body of water in Anauroch west of the Scimitar Spires.[2][4]
Description[]
The clear waters of the lake were said to have been particularly cool and crisp, and blanketed with menacing clouds of fog and storm clouds that continually rolled over its surface.[2][5]
Geography[]
The Shadow Sea was surrounded on three sides by the Scimitar Spires mountain range.[3]
History[]
In the age of ancient Netheril, an original body of water known as the Hidden Lake filled the space that later contained the Shadow Sea.[6]
Rumors & Legends[]
The Treatise Historical of the Dragon Tyrants recounts that, in −24,500 DR, Hidden Lake was crowned by a mountain that contained the first kobold nation, Darastrixhurthi. Beneath the mountain were the gems that contained the souls that Garl Glittergold would use to create the gnome race. When kobolds began heedlessly mining the gems, Garl collapsed their caverns, transforming the mountain into a lake.[6]
Notable Locations[]
- Thultanthar, when the City of Shade first returned from the Shadowfell it remained floating over the northern edge of the lake.[2][7][8]
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References[]
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (November 1991). Anauroch. Edited by Karen S. Boomgarden. (TSR, Inc.), p. 54. ISBN 1-56076-126-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 99. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Map included in Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
- ↑ 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), p. 165. ISBN 978-0-7869-4924-3.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood and Jason Carl (July 2002). Silver Marches. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 22. ISBN 0-7869-2835-2.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 9. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ Richard Baker, James Wyatt (March 2004). Player's Guide to Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 18. ISBN 0-7869-3134-5.
- ↑ Reynolds, Forbeck, Jacobs, Boyd (March 2003). Races of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 108. ISBN 0-7869-2875-1.