Welcome to Frozen North

Welcome to Icewind Dale. The furthest edge of the world of Faerûn, this icy landscape is home to some of the most hardy, ferocious creatures and people.

North of the Spine of the World and west of the towering Reghed Glacier is a frigid expanse few dare to explore, let alone inhabit. This icy land of windswept tundra recently became locked in a perpetual, dark winter without reprieve.
Each night before midnight, powerful magic, which manifests as a shimmering curtain of light—a beautiful aurora that illuminates the night sky and fades before dawn. This prevents the next day’s sun from rising above the horizon, turning midday into twilight and trapping Icewind Dale in winter’s dark embrace, with no sunlight or warmth to melt the snow and ice. Icewind Dale has thus been trapped in a different reality from the rest of the world, for though the sun never rises over the dale, it continues to rise everywhere else.
The people of Icewind Dale call this the Everlasting Rime. This prolonged winter, which has gone on for more than two years, threatens to doom not just the flickering lights of civilization known as Ten-Towns but also the indigenous flora and fauna that need sunlight and the change of seasons to survive.