Nimbral Nimbral was an island nation that was probably the most mysterious land in all of Abeir - Toril . Pegasi - mounted warriors attacked a lot of foreign merchants ( though almost always because they were slavers or pirates ) and large fleets that headed in the supposed direction of the island had a history of being turned away . Nimbral was self - sufficient and only traded with Samarach , Halruaa ( both of these only infrequently though ) and Zakhara , all mysterious and nigh - unknown lands themselves . As a result , many wild and varied rumours have been spread by the folk of the mainland who have heard of the place . Expatriates from Halruaa willing to put a premium on the school of illusion , the deceptive inhabitants of the distant island of Nimbral ( called " Nimbrali " ) were all accomplished illusionist s . It seemed their prolonged contact with magic changed their mages into something other than humans . Nimbral illusionists did not have any forbidden school of magic . Nimbral was also known as The Sea Haven . The land was ruled over by an introverted inbred family of 26 archmages known as the Nimbral Lord s and their 16 apprentices , all of whom lived in the linked towers of Selpir . Their will was carried out by the Heralds of Nimbral and enforced by the Knights of the Flying Hunt . People and culture . Languages . The Nimbrali spoke and wrote Ruathlek , the secret language of illusionists , for both magical and mundane activities . History . Nimbral was a moon elf realm for as long as anyone knew . The elves colonized the island long , long ago and no scholar seemed to know exactly when . Halruaan worshipers of Leira arrived who had put themselves into self - imposed exile after the persecution of their religion back on the mainland . The elves welcomed the humans with open arms and a large number of the humans intermarried with the elves . It wasn ' t too long before there wasn ' t a single pure - blooded elf left on the island and these descendants lived in harmony for a long time . In 605 DR the Nimbrese were asked to help destroy the yuan - ti of what was then Western Thindol . When Lord Samar agreed to help , he veiled the surrounding mountain passes in powerful illusions and began a decades long hunt for the yuan - ti . He succeeded , the land became known as Samarach and was considered a vassal state of Nimbral by the natives . The priesthood of Leira became more and more powerful as time went on and , whilst still a peaceful realm , Nimbral became the playground of the Leirans . When Leira , the state patron goddess , died during the Time of Troubles , brief strife reigned as her priests were all slain by indentured wizards who had been made to create magic items for the priesthood . This put an end to the constant and unneccesary " Dreamweaving " ( altering another ' s perception of the world through methods that ranged from something as simple as lying to magically manipulating the dreams of people ) that the priesthood practiced on the island ' s citizens . These wizards became the new Nimbral Lords and decided that religion was a self - limiting thing and banned organized priesthoods and state religions from the realm , individual priests and small shrines are still allowed though if they are found to offend the law , exile is added to the usual punishment for the offense . Nimbral first came to the common attention of mainlanders in the Year of the Shield ( 1367 DR ) when the Knights of the Flying Hunt descended upon the Nelanther Isles and left many pirate ships ablaze off the coast of Tethyr . Before this event , they were only really known to pirates and calishite slavers , mostly because their property had been destroyed by the same knights . A lot of mainlanders previously unaware of Nimbral are unsure what to feel about this event , on the one hand , they lauded the knights for destroying all of those pirate ships , on the other , they have no idea if the Nimbrese will restrict themselves to attacking pirates or begin raidng mainland cities . Halruaan Skyship s soon took to the air and headed towards Nimbral , but it is unknown what exactly their goal was , or if they succeeded . The skyships returned home and no more was said about it that wasn ' t pure speculation .