The Lurkwood
Forest in The Savage Frontier · Vurykvudd (its dwarven name)
The Lurkwood is a great, shadowy hardwood forest south of the Spine of the World, logged at its edges but largely unexplored within.
Loggers work only the bright edges, and beyond them the trees close into a gloom of bottomless bogs and old stories.
The Lurkwood at a glance
- Also known as
- Vurykvudd (its dwarven name)
- Kind & extent
- Temperate hardwood forest
- Inhabitants
- Uthgardt barbarians, orcs, ettins, giants and lycanthropes
- Resources & trade
- Timber from its edges
Overview
The Lurkwood lies south of the Spine of the World, between Mirabar to the west and the Frost Hills and Mithral Hall to the east, with Nesmé to the south-east. It is one of the woods the folk of the North call the Moonwoods.
Humans log its fringes, but its depths are a mystery full of legends of bottomless bogs and lurking monsters. The Great Worm Cavern of the Uthgardt lies at its northern edge.
On the map
Places in The Lurkwood
Neighbouring regions
- Neverwinter WoodForest
- Starmetal HillsHills
- The CragsHills
- The EvermoorsMoor
- The High ForestForest
- The Spine of the WorldMountains
Regions whose bounds come within about 20 miles of The Lurkwood on our map.