The Starmetal Hills were a region of hills directly east of Neverwinter Wood on the Sword Coast North.[2][1][3][4]
Geography[]
Taking the form of a series of rocky knolls,[1][3][4] they lay east of Neverwinter Wood,[3] north of Old Owl Well and to the north-northeast of Agatha's Grove,[2] and to the west of Longsaddle. They ran parallel to the Long Road.[1]
Geographical Features[]
The northernmost of the hills was Twilight Tor,[1] a name shared by a nearby village on the banks of Lake Glorfindar.[3] The southernmost was Berun's Hill. Both provided commanding views of the Dessarin Valley, to the north and to the east respectively.[1]
History[]
Over the millennia, the hills received a number of meteor showers, hence their name.[1][3][4]
Inhabitants[]
The dwarf worshipers of Marthammor Duin used Berun's Hill and Twilight Tor to worship their deity on dark, moonless nights. They also watched over the merchants and travelers traversing the Long Road, as well as gazed at the stars.[1] In the 14th century DR, led by High Old One Immar Mistwalker, the local Watchful Eyes monitored and patrolled all the lands from Twilight Tor to Wyvern Tor in the Sword Mountains and from the Neverwinter Woods to the town of Triboar. Their vigilance and quick aid held small dwarven holds rebuild trade with human settlements up and down the Long Road and River Dessarin.[1] By the late 15th century, they'd founded the village of Twilight Tor. It was little known outside local dwarves, but friendly travelers were welcome here. It was also a great place for astronomy.[3]
They were inhabited throughout by several tribes of the Uthgardt, so travelers had little cause to visit the hills.[3][4]
The bronze dragon Felgolos had a den (one of many) in a cave above a river that ran through the western Starmetal Hills.[5]
Notable Locations[]
- Berun's Hill, or Mrinolor to the dwarves[1]
- Twilight Tor, Anaurdahyn to the dwarves[1]
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- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Eric L. Boyd (November 1998). Demihuman Deities. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 76. ISBN 0-7869-1239-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wizards RPG Team (July 2014). “Lost Mine of Phandelver”. Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set (Wizards of the Coast), p. 5. ISBN 978-0-7869-6559-5.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Christopher Perkins, et al. (September 2016). Storm King's Thunder. Edited by Kim Mohan, Michele Carter. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 109. ISBN 978-0-7869-6600-4.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Christopher Perkins (September 2019). “Dragon of Icespire Peak”. In Scott Fitzgerald Gray ed. Dungeons & Dragons Essentials Kit (Wizards of the Coast), p. 4. ISBN 978-0-7869-6683-7.
- ↑ Christopher Perkins, et al. (September 2016). Storm King's Thunder. Edited by Kim Mohan, Michele Carter. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 192. ISBN 978-0-7869-6600-4.