| Fallcrest
lies near the middle of the broad borderland region known as the Nentir
Vale. The vale is now mostly empty, with a handful of living villages
and towns scattered over this wide area. Abandoned farmsteads, ruined
manors, and broken keeps litter the countryside. Bandits, wild animals,
and monsters roam freely throughout the vale, threatening anyone who
fares more than a few miles away from one of the surviving settlements.
Travel along the roads or river is usually safe - usually. But every
now and then, travellers come to bad ends between towns. The Nentir Vale is a northern land, but it sees relatively little snow - winters are windy and bitterly cold. The Nentir River is too big to freeze except for a few weeks in the coldest part of the year. Summers are cool and mild. The vale is covered in mixed terrain - large stretches of open meadowland, copses of light forest, gently rolling hills, and the occasional thicket of dense woodland and heavy undergrowth. The downs are hilly grassland, with little tree cover. The hills are steeper and more rugged, and include light forest in the valleys and saddles between the hilltops.  Places of InterestFallcrestHarkenwold Hammerfast Kalton Manor Keep on the Shadowfell Kobold Hall Thunderspire Winterhaven |