Unapproachable East.pdf - The Forgotten Realms

The five lands of Aglarond, the Great Dale, Rashemen,
Thay, and Thesk stretch nearly 700 miles from
north to south and 900 miles from east to west.
Bounded by the Sea of Fallen Stars and the Easting Reach to the
west, the Unapproachable East is surrounded by the Wizards’
Reach and the Alamber Sea to the south. To the southeast
stands Mulhorand, the former ruler of what is now Thay. To the
east, beyond the Sunrise Mountains, the Endless Wastes march
seemingly forever toward Kara-Tur. To the north, the Icerim
Mountains and once-proud Narfell hem in the region. Impiltur
and Damara complete the circle to the northwest.
The Sea of
Fallen Stars
The Sea of Fallen Stars, also known as the Inner Sea, is the
largest landlocked body of water in Faerûn. It reaches all the
way from Suzail in the Dragonmere to Gheldaneth in the
Alamber Sea to the east, a distance of over 1,800 miles. It also
stretches nearly 1,200 miles from Ilmwatch in the northern
part of the Easting Reach all the way down to Nimpeth in the
southern portion of the Vilhon Reach. With the exception of
Rashemen, every nation of the Unapproachable East has a
portion of the Sea of Fallen Stars crashing on its shores.
Ships of all sorts ply the Inner Sea, and a hundred ports
crowd along its shores. While piracy is a major problem in
some of the other lands bordering the Sea of Fallen Stars,
these cutthroats have learned to give Aglarond and Thay a
wide berth. Corsairs come to a bad end in both lands, destroyed
by powerful magic. Thesk and the Great Dale are not so well
protected, but the Royal Navy of Impiltur, one of the
strongest warfleets of the Inner Sea, shields the Easting Reach.
The Impilturans are under no obligation to protect the far
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side of the Reach, but most captains try to capture pirate vessels
anywhere they encounter them.
The Easting Reach
The Easting Reach is the northeastern arm of the Sea of Fallen
Stars, stretching up along the western coasts of the Great Dale
and Thesk. Most travelers consider Cape Dragonfang, just off
the westernmost tip of the Dragonjaw Mountains, to be the
place where the Easting Reach meets the Sea of Fallen Stars.
The Easting Reach effectively separates Impiltur from the Unapproachable
East, but trade across these waters is common,
mostly from Ilmwatch and Sarshel to Telflamm.
Sea of Dlurg
The Sea of Dlurg is the body of water between Aglarond and
southern Thesk. Dominated by the spectacular Dragonjaw
Mountains plunging into its northern reaches, the Sea of
Dlurg is more of an Aglarondan lake, although the Theskian
city of Milvarune sits on the northern shore.
Today, the Thayans have made this region into a major
shipping lane, sailing from Nethentir down the River Umber
to its mouth on the Sea of Dlurg. In times of war, the Aglarondan
fortress at Emmech bars the passage of Thayan vessels,
but for now the tenuous peace between the Simbul and
the Red Wizards holds, and Thayan ships pass into the Inner
Sea unhindered. The Aglarondan fisherfolk here avoid the
Thayan ships, recalling all too well the times when Thayan
dromonds raided their shores.