The High Forest
Forest · Realm · the Great Everwood
The High Forest is a vast and ancient woodland of the North, a remnant of the days when forests covered Faerûn, with elves, treants and old ruins in its depths.
Trees older than any kingdom rise into a green twilight, and paths that seem clear one day are gone the next.
The High Forest at a glance
- Also known as
- the Great Everwood
- Kind & extent
- Vast ancient forest; on our map also drawn as a realm
- Allegiance & rule
- Allegiance: None: many competing powers
- Inhabitants
- Elves above all, with gnolls, centaurs, orcs, humans and others
- Resources & trade
- Ancient artifacts recovered from ruins
- Furniture carved from its redwoods
Overview
The High Forest stretches from the Nether Mountains in the north to the High Moor in the south, with the Evermoors to the west and the desert of Anauroch to the east. It is a remnant of the ancient world, when elves, giants and dragons ruled a land covered in forest.
Few travel far into it, and what lies within is half mystery. It holds the Star Mounts, the Lost Peaks, the Grandfather Tree of the Uthgardt, the ruins of Karse and Hellgate Keep, and the source of the River Dessarin.
On the map
Lands of The High Forest
Places in The High Forest
Neighbouring regions
- Cold WoodForest
- Dessarin HillsHills
- Greypeak MountainsMountains
- Nether MountainsMountains
- SouthwoodForest
- Star MountsMountains
- Sumber HillsHills
- The EvermoorsMoor
- The Far ForestForest
- The Forlorn HillsHills
- The Lost PeaksMountains
- The LurkwoodForest
- The Savage FrontierRealm
- The Silver MarchesRealm
- The Spine of the WorldMountains
- The Western HeartlandsRealm
- WaterdeepRealm
Regions whose bounds come within about 20 miles of The High Forest on our map.