Gray Downs

This area of fog-shrouded low hills serves as the principal headquarters of the Gray Company, loyalists of old Nerath that dedicate themselves to finding magic items and other treasures of the lost empire. Treasure hunters and explorers find the Gray Downs covered with burial mounds dating back to ancient times when primitive humans lived and hunted here. The hill clans are gone, but their spirits live on, guarded and shepherded by the undead creatures known—for good reason—as hounds of ill omen. The Phantom Brigade, an army of ghostly warriors of lost Nerath, can be encountered here in major numbers than in other regions of the Nentir Vale.
-The Gray Company headquarters: Located in the center of the foggy hinterlands of the Gray Downs.
-The Sword Barrow: This large burial mound stands near the middle of the Gray Downs. The Sword Barrow gained its name because scores of rusted blades of ancient design are buried around its edges, blades pointing inward; a visitor can turn up several in a few minutes of looking around. The blades seen completely ordinary, not hinting at the old warding magic that surrounds the place. Explorers who approach the place might be accosted by the Barrowhaunts, a band of former adventurers who delved into the Sword Barrow and didn't come back alive.