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Contents

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

The Far Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Masulk’s Tomb . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Taerymdoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Frost Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Black Raven Camp . . . . . . . . . . 26

Castle of Illusion . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Dungeon of the Ruins . . . . . . . 26

Fell Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Mithral Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

The High Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Citadel of the Mists . . . . . . . . . 27

Elven Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Grandfather Tree . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Hellgate Keep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Lost Peaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Lothen of the Silver Spires . . 28

Mhiilamniir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

The Nameless Dungeon. . . . . . 29

Noanar’s Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Olostin’s Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Reitheillaethor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

The Star Mounts. . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Stone Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Turlang’s Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

The Unicorn Run . . . . . . . . . . . 31

The Ice Mountains . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

The Ice Spires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

The Lurkwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

River Surbrin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

The Spine of the World . . . . . . . . 32

Tholvarr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

The Lands Against the Wall . 33

Dark Arrow Keep . . . . . . . . . . . 33

The Underdark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Araumycos` . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Blingdenstone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

The Darklake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

The Fardrimm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Gracklstugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Menzoberranzan. . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Yathchol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Deadsnows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Everlund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Mithral Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Quaervarr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Newfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

1: THE LAY OF THE LAND . . . . 5

A Brief History of the North . . . . . . 5

Geographic Overview . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Lands and Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

The Arn Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Graevelwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

The Cold Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Thradulf’s Camp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

The Cold Vale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Tulrun’s Tent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

The Druarwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

The Moonlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Beorunna’s Well . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

The Lonely Tower . . . . . . . . . . 11

The Moonwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Claw Hollow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

The Herald’s Holdfast . . . . . . . 11

The Mouth of Song . . . . . . . . . 12

One Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Nether Mountains . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Baraskur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Dalagar’s Dagger. . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Ladypeak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Moon Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Morueme’s Cave . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Doomspire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Silverymoon Pass . . . . . . . . . . . 14

The Thousand Maws . . . . . . . . 15

Telkoun’s Tower . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Tombs of Deckon Thar . . . . . . 15

Turnstone Pass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

The Night Trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Old Delzoun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Auvandell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

The Fork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Sundabar Vale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Wolmad’s Camp . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Rauvin Mountains . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Dead Orc Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

The Goblin Holds . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Rauvin Vale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Everlund Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Jalanthar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

River Rauvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

The Silverwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Vordrorn Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

The Border Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Anauroch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Delimbiyr Vale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

The Evermoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

The Fallen Lands . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Stormkeep. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Witchfire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

4: PEOPLE OF THE SILVER

MARCHES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Life and Society. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Economy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Law and Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Adventurers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Defense and Warcraft . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Strategies and Tactics. . . . . . . . . . 88

The Muster of the North . . . . . . 89

Armies and Militias . . . . . . . . . . . 90

The Knights in Silver. . . . . . . . 91

The Spellguard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

The Uthgardt Tribes. . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

5: POLITICS AND POWER . . . . . 98

Recent History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Articles of Confederation . . . . . . . . 99

Enemies and Threats . . . . . . . . . . . 102

The Arcane Brotherhood . . . . . 102

People of the Black Blood . . . . . 102

King Obould Many-Arrows . . . 103

Other Humanoids. . . . . . . . . . . . 104

House Dlardrageth . . . . . . . . . . . 104

The Drow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

The Giants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

The Shades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Minions of Evil Deities. . . . . . . 108

6: HEROES OF THE NORTH . 109

Giant-Killer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Hordebreaker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Knight-Errant of Silverymoon . 112

Orc Scout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Peerless Archer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Wild Scout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

2: EXPLORING THE WILDS . . 38

Animals and Plants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Flora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Fauna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Wyrms of the North . . . . . . . . 41

Wilderness Encounters . . . . . . . . . . 42

Weather: The Invisible Enemy . . . 47

Natural Hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Random Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

7: MONSTERS OF

THE MARCHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Animal (deer, elk, red tiger) . . . 119

Branta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Giant Raven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Rock Wyrm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Snowcloak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

8: ADVENTURES

IN THE NORTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Black Fury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Dead Orc Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Telkoun’s Tower . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Blood and Gold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

3: CITIES OF THE SILVER

MARCHES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Silverymoon, Gem of the North . . . . 54

Sundabar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Citadel Felbarr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Citadel Adbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

elcome to the Silver Marches! This is

a land like no other in Faerûn. Home

to a diverse population of folk dedi-

cated to carving prosperity and order from the forbidding

wilderness, the area remains a little-explored and largely un-

conquered territory inhabited by war-hungry orc hordes, hos-

tile giants, and an array of bloodthirsty monsters.

The inhabitants of this northern land share their terri-

tory with dangers that lurk in every forest, alpine valley,

and mountain passes. Folk who leave the shelter of the city

walls must go armed and go carefully, lest they fall victim to

one of the many horrors waiting to claim its next victim.

And hanging over every tavern meal and every merchant’s

bargain is the unspoken fear that this might be the day that

King Obould Many-Arrows or some other great orc chief de-

cides to hurl his army of warriors out of the mountains

against the cities and homesteads of the Marches.

Feral savages and prowling monsters are not the only

perils of this land. Ice and snow and howling winds cold

enough to freeze the marrow of a red dragon’s bones wait to

claim the lives of the unprepared or unwary. In the foothills

of the Nether Mountains, a pleasant spring day can become

a raging blizzard in the blink of an eye, while strength-sap-

ping frosts can settle over the depths of the Moonwood

overnight. The weather is often a traveler’s worst enemy in

these northerly lands, and those who fail to give nature the

respect that is her due soon find themselves at her mercy.

As if these dangers were not sufficient, the Silver Marches is

under daily threat from foes that its citizens cannot easily see.

Minions of evil organizations such as the Arcane Brotherhood,

the People of the Black Blood, and the Church of Shar have

wormed their way into the very heart of the confederation’s

greatest cities. These spies seek to bring about the downfall of the

Silver Marches for reasons that they do not share with outsiders.

Some merely desire conquest and power, while others have

age-old grudges to settle with the new Speaker of the Marches,

the High Lady Alustriel herself. Travelers must exercise due

caution, for they cannot know whether the jovial merchant

they’ve just met is what he seems, or an agent for a ruthless power

intent on bringing down what the defense pact has wrought.

Yet despite all these dangers, there is still hope that the

Silver Marches may one day be free from the host of dan-

gers that beset the land. The civilized inhabitants of this land

are determined to fight for their survival, and the continua-

tion of their dream, despite the odds stacked against them.

Many are committed to making the Silver Marches a haven

for like-minded folk, and have dedicated themselves to pre-

serving what they have already achieved.

To this end, Lady Alustriel strives to ensure that the

leaders of the confederation maintain their focus on re-

solving its mutual problems and concerns. Meanwhile her

allies strive to deal with the most pressing dangers arrayed

against the cities, combing the wilderness for clues and

hints to King Obould’s intentions and other, unseen threats

lurking in the wilds. The power of the dwarfholds grows

steadily, and their kings are well aware of the orc threat

poised to sweep down upon them.

How to Use this Book

in Your Campaign

This book gives you everything you need to explore the

Silver Marches in your own F ORGOTTEN R EALMS campaign.

The Lay of the Land : This chapter introduces the Silver

Marches as a geographic entity. It details the area’s major

features, from the Cold Wood to the Nether Mountains. The

chapter also examines the border areas surrounding the

Silver Marches, including the Evermoors, the High Forest,

and the Spine of the World.

Introduction

Exploring the Wilds : The Silver Marches is not to be trav-

eled lightly. All manner of dangers and threats lurk in its dense

forests, rolling hills, and steep mountain passes. This chapter

details the flora and fauna of the area, and also examines how

the inhospitable climate of the Silver Marches affects charac-

ters and their activities. Random encounter tables and weather

tailored specifically to the region are included here.

Cities of the Silver Marches: This chapter takes a look at

the six members of the confederation (Silverymoon, Sunda-

bar, Citadel Felbarr, Citadel Adbar, Everlund, and Mithral

Hall). It also covers three smaller settlements that enjoy the

league’s protec-

tion, or at least

its benign neg-

lect: Deadsnows,

Quaervarr, and

the Zhent settler

town of Newfort.

People of the

Silver Marches :

This chapter is

about living, work-

ing, and adventur-

ing in the Silver

Marches. It fea-

tures a detailed

look at the area’s

recent history

and a discussion

on the agree-

ment that formed

the league.

Politics and Power :

How did the Silver

Marches become a polit-

ical entity? What are the

details of the confedera-

tion, and how is it enforced?

Who are the allies and ene-

mies of the Silver Marches? This

chapter answers these questions

and provides detailed information on

the forces attempting to ensure that the

confederation does not achieve its goals.

Heroes of the North: This chapter pres-

ents six new prestige classes common to the

Silver Marches: the giant-killer, the horde-

breaker, the knight-errant of Silverymoon, the

orc scout, the peerless archer, and the wild scout.

Monsters of the Marches: Four new monsters and three

varieties of animal common to the Silver Marches are pre-

sented in this chapter, including deer, elk, red tiger, branta,

giant raven, rock wyrm, and snowcloak.

Adventures in the North : The last chapter in this sourcebook

contains four adventures. “Black Fury” describes Claw Hollow, a

secret stronghold of the People of the Black Blood. “Dead Orc

Pass” deals with the dangers of Dead Orc Pass and the Torn-

skulls orcs who lurk there. “Telkoun’s Tower” details the hidden

vale of High Thorog and Telkoun, its sinister master. Finally,

“Blood and Gold” is a longer adventure set in the town of Dead-

snows. It consists of several significant sites and threats in the

vicinity of Deadsnows for heroes to explore and confront.

Poster Map : The foldout map shows the Silver Marches

and some of the surrounding territory at a scale of 30 miles

to the inch. It also includes inset maps of several key region-

al locations, including Silverymoon, Sundabar, Everlund,

Citadel Adbar, Citadel Felbarr, and a guide to Underdark

sites in the vicinity.

W HAT Y OU N EED TO P LAY

This sourcebook assumes that you own the three core rule-

books of the D UNGEONS & D RAGONS ® game: the Player’s

Handbook, the D UNGEON M ASTER ’s Guide, and the Mon-

ster Manual. In addition, you will find the F ORGOTTEN

R EALMS Campaign Setting necessary for descriptions

of some of the characters and creatures of the Silver

Marches.

Finally, we recommend Monster Compendium:

Monsters of Faerûn. A number of the creatures men-

tioned in this sourcebook can be found there;

the list appears below. If you do not have

Monsters of Faerûn, substitute the ap-

propriate monster from the Monster

Manual (given in parentheses).

Aarakocra (giant eagle); aballin

(gray ooze); abishai, green (barbazu

[devil]); abishai, white (osyluth

[devil]); asabi (troglodyte);

baneguard (wight); bat, night

hunter (dire bat); bat, sinister

(half-fiend dire bat); behold-

erkin, eyeball (shocker

lizard); chitine (etter-

cap); choldrith (drider

Clr4); crawling claw

(Tiny zombie); dark

tree (shambling

mound); darken-

beast (fiendish dire

bat); deepspawn

(fiendish 14 HD

otyugh); dragon,

fang (blue dra-

gon); dragon,

shadow (black

dragon); dragonkin

(half-dragon ogre); dread warrior

(mummy); dwarf, arctic (dwarf with cold

subtype); ghost, doomsphere (beholder ghost); giant, fog

(cloud giant); goblin, Dekanter (bugbear); gulguthydra

(twelve-headed hydra); helmed horror (shield guardian);

hybsil (centaur); ibrandlin (young red dragon); ice serpent

(medium air elemental); leucrotta (displacer beast); nishruu

(fiendish will-o’-wisp); nyth (will-o’-wisp); peryton (fiendish

giant eagle); planetouched, fey’ri (tiefling); planetouched,

tanarukk (half-fiend orc); quaggoth (bugbear); spectral pan-

ther (half-fiend leopard); tall mouther (athach); werebat (ce-

lestial dire bat).

Dark Arrow Keep

ost Faerûnians think of the North as a

savage, untamed wilderness of shrieking

blizzards, snow-capped mountains, and

trackless forests, haunted by terrible mon-

sters and marauding hordes of bloodthirsty orcs. In hundreds

of blood-curdling tales of danger and hardship, the North is

a cold, lawless, and vast landscape no one will ever tame.

Grim dwarfholds, proud barbarians, and half-legendary elf

realms may stand for a short time in these fierce lands, but

none will last. An orc horde or a flight of dragons could

sweep them all away tomorrow . . . leaving nothing but mile

upon unmapped mile of wilderness.

Or so say the folk of the South. Roads and soaring cities

and prosperous hedge-walled farms may be scarcer in the

Savage Frontier than in warmer lands, but to say that the

area is uncivilized and always has been is simply a mistake.

If the North has always been a howling wilderness, who

delved all those abandoned mines, and who raised all those

ruined towers?

everywhere, and orcs rose in the northernmost peaks and glaciers.

Humans, too, lived in the North. They learned magic

from elves, and humans and orcs fought over the ruins left

when the great elf kingdoms made war upon each other. The

first human realm of note was Illusk, now little more than

an echo in the city of Luskan. Illusk lay along the Sword

Coast, though its true extent is only guesswork now. Where

the dwarf realm of Delzoun reached its southeast border,

Netheril began. This mighty empire, the second great human

land in the North, grew about the Narrow Sea between

–4,000 and –3,000 DR. In their arrogance, the humans of

Netheril thought to work greater, more reckless magics than

the elves had ever dared to master.

The wizards of Netheril harnessed the very power of the

Weave itself, using its unbelievable might to give life to

wonders and terrors never before seen in Faerûn. Even as

the wizards of Netheril feuded, the phaerimms—the secret

enemy of Netheril—crafted a dire sorcery and poisoned the

heart of the human realm with a magical desert. Netheril’s

catastrophic end came in –339 DR, the Year of Sundered

Webs, when the archwizard Karsus attempted a spell that

would transform him into a god—but failed, and in his fall

destroyed Mystryl, the goddess of magic, and any great work

sustained by the Art.

The survivors of Netheril scattered as orcs swept out of

mountains everywhere in the North in numbers never seen

before or since. The ancient dwarf realm of Delzoun fell in

–100 DR. Alone among the realms of the North, the elf

realm of Eaerlann held against the orc tide. Some of the de-

scendants of the Netherese founded or occupied the north-

ern holds that would become Ascalhorn, Silverymoon,

Everlund, and Sundabar. Others sank into barbarism,

mingled with the Illuskans, and became the Uthgardt peoples.

of the North

The lands that now comprise the Silver Marches looked very

different thousands of years ago. In those days, there was no

Anauroch desert yet. All lands but the coldest mountains and

rocky moors were covered in deep forest, split by rivers running

very much where they do today. Deep in the mists of dawn,

elves raised their first and mightiest realms in this area: Ary-

vandaar, in the depths of the High Forest; Illefarn, along the

northern Sword Coast; and Miyeritar, which is now the blasted

High Moor. For many thousands of years these realms endured.

The dwarves of Delzoun conquered mountains and caverns

from the Spine of the World to the Narrow Sea, where the

western edge of Anauroch now lies. Goblins flourished

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