El Ma'ra

El Ma'ra was an oasis and a settlement found in the Anauroch desert, It was home to the Qahtan tribe the Bedine people.
==Geography==
It was located on the eastern stretch of the Sword, just south of the Bowl of Loneliness.
===Geographical Features===
The oasis was located about away from Ma'ra Dat-ur Ojhogo, the sandstone mesa named after the spirit that lived within. The Bedine used the spire as a lookout post to better defend their home, and would sacrifice some of their water to the resident spirit.
==History==
In the , the oasis and nearly all of the Qahtari were wiped out by the Zhentarim during their expansion of conquest across Anauroch. There were only two survivors, the young warrior Kadumi and the spellcaster Ruha.
==Notable Inhabitants==
The spire was inhabited by a place spirit called El Ma'ra Dat Ur-Ojhogo, translated from Midani as "The tall god who lets men sit upon his head".
==Appendix==
===Appearances===
:;Novels
::The Parched Sea
===References===
Category:Settlements
Category:Oases
Category:Human locations
Category:Locations in the Sword
Category:Locations in Anauroch
Category:Locations in North Faerûn
Category:Locations in Faerûn
Category:Locations on Toril