Northeast Faerûn Northeast Faerûn is a remote area that begins in the cold , forbidding lands along the great ice sheets and continues south toward the northeastern shores of the Sea of Fallen Stars . It is bordered on the west by the mountain - hemmed land of Vaasa and stretches east to the vast steppes of the Hordelands . Regions . Damara . This is the remnant of a once - great nation , now a peaceful and tolerant land . To the north is the Great Glacier , which provides fresh water for the rivers that run south through the land . To the west are the Galena Mountains , with Bloodstone Pass forming a trade route with Vaasa to the west . The capital city is Heliogabalus , which lies in the middle of the nation at the confluence of a pair of rivers . Damara forms part of the Bloodstone Lands along with Vaasa . Great Dale . This coastal land is dominated by the large forests of Rawlinswood to the north and the Forest of Lethyr to the south . Between these two is a wide , windswept gap called the Great Dale . The Great Road runs along this gap , starting at the coastal city of Uthmere on the Easting Reach of the Sea of Fallen Stars . This is the most populous area of this land , with only scattered settlements further east . Hordelands . This vast region of barren steppes that stretch far to the east , reaching the distant land of Kara - Tur . It is populated by nomadic horse riders and expert bowmen . The region has no permanent settlements , but serves as a trade route between Faerûn and Kara - Tur . The climate ranges from frigid winters to unpleasantly hot summers , and the ground is unsuitable for permanent farming . It used to be the kingdom of Raumathar and the present - day Raumvari are believed to descent from the inhabitants of this kingdom . South of the " Endless Wastes " lies the kingdom of Semphar . Impiltur . This peaceful coastal kingdom is a trading nation , importing finished goods from across the Sea of Fallen Stars and exporting raw materials acquired from the Cold Lands . It is bordered on the north by Damara , and along the west by the Earthspur Mountains and the nation called Vesperin . Impiltur is mostly separated from the Great Dale by the Easting Reach , a long bay of the sea . This nation includes the cities of Dilpur , Hlammach , and Lyrabar . Narfell . A land of dry , cold grasslands to the north of the Great Dale , it is bordered on the west by Damara and on the east by Rashemen . Most of the sparse population are hardy barbarian nomads , struggling to survive in this harsh region . The most notable feature is the large Icelace Lake . It is said that once a great nation rose here , but it was destroyed in a war with their enemies , the kingdom of Raumathar . Rashemen . A cold , wild , northern land that is home to berserker warriors and powerful , revered witches . It is a place of spirits of nature , and a land mostly untamed . There are the cities of Mulptan , Mulsantir , and the capitol Immilmar , however , the latter being the home of the Iron Lord who nominally rules this land . The land of Rashemen is bordered in the west and south by the lakes Ashane and Mulsantir , and in the east by the Endless Wastes of the Hordelands and part of the mountain range that encloses Thay . Thesk . Between the Great Dale in the north and the evil land of Thay in the south is the region known as Thesk . It lies at the western end of the trade route with Kara - Tur in the east , and lies along the eastern shores of the Sea of Fallen Stars . The southern part of this land is dominated by a pair of mountain ranges , the Thesk and the Dragonjaw . The capitol of Thesk is a port located along the southern shores of the Easting Reach . Vaasa . This is an isolated region that lies to the north of the eastern shores of the Moonsea . It is bordered along the north by the Great Glacier , and the remaining sides are bound by an unbroken ring of ore - rich mountains . The remainder is a sparsely - populated region of moors , bogs , and tundra . This area is most notorious for the presence of Castle Perilous . The small city of Palischuk lies just to the east , and is populated by half - orc s . Vaasa forms part of the Bloodstone Lands along with Damara .