Darkhold
Ruin in Sunset Mountains, The Western Heartlands · the Keep of the Far Hills
Darkhold is a forbidding fortress in the hills between the Sunset Mountains and the Far Hills, long the western stronghold of the Zhentarim.
A black fortress clings to a mountainside above the hills, its windows like empty eyes, and patrols watch the passes for anyone who should not be there.
Darkhold at a glance
- Also known as
- the Keep of the Far Hills
- Type & size
- Mountain fortress
- Allegiance & rule
- Allegiance: Historically the Zhentarim
- Ruled by: Zhentarim commanders when the network holds it
- People & culture
- A garrison of soldiers, mercenaries and agents
- Key exports & trade
- Mercenaries and the Zhentarim's influence in the west
Overview
Darkhold stands in the Sunset Mountains, with the Far Hills just to the west. On our map roads lead from it to Scornubel and Easting.
The fortress, once called the Keep of the Far Hills, juts from the side of a mountain called the Grey Watcher. It is built of a black stone not found nearby, fused into a single piece, on such a scale that it might have been made for giants, and it can house over a thousand soldiers. For a long time it served as the Zhentarim's base in the Western Heartlands, from which they watched the trade routes of the region.
At the table
- A deserter from Darkhold offers maps of the fortress in exchange for safe passage to Baldur's Gate.
On the map
Roads from Darkhold
Regions nearby
- Sunset MountainsMountains · Darkhold lies within it
- The Far HillsHills · ~3 mi west
- The Reaching WoodsForest · ~35 mi west
Nearby places
- Hill's EdgeTown · ~52 mi
- HardbucklerVillage · ~136 mi
- ScornubelCity · ~142 mi
- IriaeborCity · ~171 mi
- TrielVillage · ~174 mi
- BerduskTown · ~189 mi
Distances as the crow flies, measured on our map.