Western Heartlands
The Western Heartlands (originally "Hartlands" for the abundance of deer) is a region located in the western portion of Faerûn. It stretches from the Sword Coast region at water's edge of the Sea of Swords in the west, past the Sunset Vale and the Sunset Mountains to the Storm Horn Mountains in the east. The region extends north until the Lizard Marsh of the Delimbiyr Vale, including the High Moor to the northeast, and as far south to the Lands of Intrigue of Amn, Tethyr and Calimshan.
The region is home to perhaps Faerûn's grandest metropolis of the 14th and 15th century DR, the city-state of Baldur's Gate. Between the "miles and miles of miles and miles" of rolling hills, grassy flatlands, impassable marshes and monster-filled forests the region is dotted with isolated villages and hamlets, trading stops and lonely castles.
For centuries, the western heartlands had never been to home to a unified kingdom. The separate but amenable towns along the Trade Way and Uldoon Trail existed in relative peace and reservation from one another. This dynamic has recently changed after the Tormish clerics and paladins of Elturel united the surrounding towns and villages into the Kingdom of Two Suns, Elturgard. The kingdom is expanding its influence in the region, imposing new taxes on trade and religions edicts to the local populace.
The serpentfolk kingdom of Najara also grow in influence and power, after the yuan-ti and lizardfolk of the Serpent Hills and Forest of Wyrms united under the rule of King Jarant in the year 1474 DR.
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