Border Forest The Border Forest was a large forest that connected four different regions of Faerûn : the Dalelands to the south , Anauroch to the west , the Tortured Land to the north and the Moonsea to the east . Geography . The Border Forest was a mixture of pines , oak s and other deciduous trees ; the forest undergrowth was relatively thick , making the walk difficult . History . The Border Forest was once known as Rystall Wood by the Sylvan elves that lived there for many centuries after the Crown Wars . However , little evidence remains of their civilisation as they built few permanent structures . It was later known as the Eastern Forest by the Empire of Netheril before it got its modern name . In - 5000 DR , Rystall Wood was cut off from the rest of Arcorar during the Twelve Nights of Fire that were started by a falling meteor . Rystall Wood became a separate forest and realm after the Twelve Nights of Fire cleared away the mountain and hill trees that attached it to Arcorar . Although an independent forest after the event , its coronal still convened often with the leaders of the Elven Court . In - 4970 DR , Coronal Mhaenal of Rystall Wood was slain by monsters that were summoned into his bedchambers , ending the reign of the sixth Rysar in Rystall Wood . In - 2439 DR , drow made use of dark magic to burn clear the area surrounding the Twisted Tower ( an event known as the Spiderfires ) , further expanding the gap between Rystall Wood and Cormanthyr . This marked the beginning of a conflict of more than two thousand years known as the Shadow War between the drow and the elves of Rystall Wood . In - 1105 DR , the fortified Netherese logging camp of Coniferia entered into open war with the troll s of the forest after enduring centuries of attacks from them . The Trollflame Wars lasted nearly three hundred years and culminated in a siege of the camp by the giant - kin and the slaughter of around 12 , 000 trolls . In - 649 DR , orc s from the forest began repeatedly attacking Seventon . In - 556 DR , they razed the city of Janick but then in - 487 DR , the orcs were finally routed by the netherese and they fled back to their woodland lairs . In - 335 DR , Coniferia was overrun when trolls attacked again . Four years later , in - 331 DR , with the aid of the Elven Court , the Shadow War ended with the drow ' s defeat when the Twisted Tower was rededicated as a temple to Eilistraee . In only a little more than a hundred years , however , orc hordes would ravage the area , and by - 64 DR the twelfth and final Rysar had fallen , leaving behind only the city of Yrlaancel that would later become Myth Ondath . Inhabitants . A very large community of wolves inhabited the forest . Early humans in the area based some of their societal norms after the behaviour of this community . As the influence of the elves in the forest dwindled , darker humanoids replaced them , most notably large populations of orcs and trolls . In 1372 DR the Border Forest was inhabited mostly by fey ; due to heavy logging activities in the past , mostly from Snowmantle , the fey in this area tended to be more violent and hostile than in other parts of Faerûn . Eldreth Veluuthra . Two Eldreth Veluuthra cells were known to be active in the forest around 1374 DR . One cell focused on raiding the Daggerdale border while the other concentrated on ambushing Zhentarim agents . The Eldreth Veluuthra in this area were supported by fey . Notable locations . At the southern edges of the Border Forest lay the ruins of the Flaming Tower , once built by fire giants and destroyed by the Knights of Myth Drannor ; the ruins came to be inhabited by a powerful beholder , served by a force of goblins . Not far from the northern edge of the forest , where the White Peaks extend eastward from the great desert of Anauroch , between the Tortured Land and the Ride , and toward Ilinvur , lay the blasted rubble that was all that remained of Myth Ondath . Buried somewhere in the forest was the fallen netherese enclave of Spiel . Its remains have never been documented as being discovered .