Trail of Mists

The Trail of Mists was a secret portal network used by gnomes that stretched across Faerûn.
==Notable Locations==
The Trail of Mists was connected to many sites all across western Faerûn, especially those where gnomes lived. Nexus points could be found in or near the following places:
* Many locations throughout the High Forest
* The Castle of Illusion
* Myth Glaurach
* The Citadel of the Mists
* The ruins of Hellgate Keep
* Dolblunde
* Forharn
* The Forgotten Forest
* The Trollbark Forest
* Stormpemhauder
* Beldenshyn
* The Trielta Hills
* Hardbuckler
* Tempus's Tears
* Anga Vled
* Skultan
* The Friendly Arm
* The taproom of the Thrashing Flail in Purskul
* Elbencort
* The Shinglefell Gnome Burrow, the location of which was lost.
* Many cities in west Faerûn.
==Description==
The Trail of Mists was a network of linked nexus points that allowed travel through the Border Ethereal from point to point. A given nexus point was connected to as little as one or as many as twelve other points. Nexus points were invisible and difficult to detect even by magical means. To step through a nexus point, a traveler would need to envelop it in a magical illusion and pass a part of their body through it while carrying a specific type of gemstone. Different nexus points were known to require different gemstones. Upon entering the Trail, a mistwalker could travel unimpeded by beings from the ethereal plane or obstructions on the material plane. Mistwalkers could cover many miles in an hour of travel along the Trail, and more intelligent creatures could travel at faster paces.
==History==
The Trail of Mists was founded around , when High Mages from the kingdom of Eaerlann helped gnome illusionists create a system of portals to allow safe passage of escaped gnome slaves from Netheril. A part of the abandoned elven fortress that would become the Citadel of the Mists was given to the gnomes to use as a waypoint in the Trail.
Around , a demon that was bound in the Citadel of the Mists escaped, and the gnomes abandoned it as a stop on the Trail.
The famous gnome illusionist Fitzmilliyun Sparkledrim was one of many known to have extended the Trail.
==Rumors & Legends==
The Keeper of the Vault of the Sages who annotated the gnome drinking song Ga Nomes as part of Mintiper's Chapbook speculated that it had been written by Mintiper Moonsilver as thanks to gnomes who had helped him and his Moonlight Men travel through the High Forest by the Trail.
==Appendix==
===References===
Category:Gnomish locations
Category:Locations in the Frost Hills
Category:Locations on the Ascal's Horn
Category:Locations in Eaerlann
Category:Locations in Luruar
Category:Locations in Aryvandaar
Category:Locations on the Sword Coast
Category:Locations in Northwest Faerûn
Category:Locations in the Spiderhaunt Wood
Category:Locations in Shadowdale
Category:Locations in the Dalelands
Category:Locations in Kossuth's Ire
Category:Locations in the White Peaks
Category:Locations on the Moonsea North
Category:Locations in North Faerûn
Category:Locations on the Dusk Road
Category:Locations on Skuldask Road
Category:Locations on Thundar's Ride
Category:Locations in the Backlands
Category:Locations in the Fields of the Dead
Category:Locations in the Backlands
Category:Locations in the Western Heartlands
Category:Locations on the Tethir Road
Category:Locations in Morninggold
Category:Locations in Valashar
Category:Locations in the Golden Marches
Category:Locations in Tethyr
Category:Locations on the Orc Road
Category:Locations in Zehoarastria
Category:Locations in Amn
Category:Locations in the Lands of Intrigue
Category:Locations in West Faerûn
Category:Locations on the Way of the Manticore
Category:Locations in Sembia
Category:Locations in Interior Faerûn
Category:Locations in Faerûn
Category:Locations in the Upperdark
Category:Locations in the Northdark
Category:Locations in the Underdark
Category:Locations on Toril
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