Storm King's Thunder

The Savage Frontier (also known as the Northern Waste) is a cold, rugged, sparsely populated land of snow-capped mountains, rocky hills, sprawling forests, and foggy vales. Isolated strongholds, ancient burial mounds, and the ruins of many forgotten empires dot this vast landscape. Bounded by the ancient Drakenwald forest to the west and the great steppe of Anauroch to the east, the Savage Frontier extends as far north as Icewind Dale and as far south as the town of Daggerford. Old roads stretch across this great expanse, linking the dwarven strongholds and mines in the mountains to the coastal settlements, frontier towns, and fortified outposts of humans and other folk. These roads are long, lonely, or poorly defended, making them dangerous to traverse. In fertile valleys, towns and cities have sprung up, separated by dozens if not hundreds of miles of untamed wilderness haunted by bandits, barbarians, and monsters. Evil dragons stirred into action recently and, threatened the settlements of the Savage Frontier. Perhaps awakened by their ancient foe, fear of the dragons' wrath has faded quickly with the coming of a new threat: giants.   The peoples of the North are no strangers to giant incursions. Stone giants have long claimed the Spine of the World as their demesne, and hill giants are known to scrounge for food in the untamed hills. But now, in the past couple of months, giants of every kind have emerged from their strongholds in force to threaten civilization as never before-and not just stone and hill giants, but also frost, fire, and cloud giants. All of the giants are in an uproar. Reports of giant attacks throughout the North have reached the coastal cities of Maribor, Lashiek, and Strand, stoking fears that the giants are waging war against humans, dwarves, elves, and other small folk. Heroes are needed in the north, like never before.