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The Sunset Mountains were a pair of mountain ranges separated by the Far Hills. Together with the Far Hills, they formed a high, almost impenetrable barrier between the Eastern and Western Heartlands, as well as forming the eastern edge of Sunset Vale.[3][4]

Trade[]

The Sunset Mountains exported black veined marble which was the main material for sculptures portraying magical creatures adorning every plaza and gracing the edges of countless rooftops of Selgaunt's Old Chauncel mansions in the mid-to-late 14th century DR.[5]

Inhabitants[]

These mountains were home to a large number of tribes and humanoids. Some dwarven clans also lived in this region. Many of these dwarves traded in the town of Easting. The other humanoids were yeti, gnoll, ogre, and drow. A white dragon known as Ciraxis was known to dwell around these mountains.[2]

Locations[]

  • The Far Hills, hills dividing the Sunset Mountains into two sections.[3]
  • Wind Walk, The main road to get to the dwarven mines of the Bruenghor Clan. It was usually a clear, windy, mountainous road. It was usually clear from monsters.[2]
  • Mount Burning Eye, one of the mountains among in the Sunset Mountains. Once yetis, ogres, and gnolls hounded the mountain. Will-o'-wisps and wolves occasionally strayed onto the paths of the mountain. At its apex was a signal tower that could be lit.[2]
  • Dwarven Mines, home to the Bruenghor Clan.[2]
  • Temple to Shar, an abandoned temple was looted some time in the 14th century DR by a group of adventurers known as the Band of the Broken Bow. Among the ruins was a crystal globe of gray quartz sought by the Cyricist Vraggen.[6]
  • Yellow Snake Pass, a part of Long Road to Riches crossing the Sunset Mountains.[7]
  • Ice Caves, a habitat of the yetis, ogres, and gnolls spreading their numbers to hound the Wind Walk and Mount Burning Eye. In the Ice Caves, there were also displacer beasts and their masters, frost giants. The white dragon Ciraxis had its lair in the Ice Caves and was the ruler of all trouble in Easting.[2]

Appendix[]

Appearances[]

Novels & Short Stories

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Twilight Falling

Video Games

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Icewind Dale II

References[]

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