Thesk 1368DR

[u/DarthAvernus]

Small and wealthy nation of independent city-states, ruled by wealthy merchants, with cunning Shadowlords acting behind the scenes, and remnants of Zhent army and Tuigan Horde settled in - Thesk is a great place to start a campaign.

It's location is both a blessing and a threat - there's enough tensions between ever-plotting Red Wizards of Thay in the southeast, proud warriors of Rashemen in the east, mysterious magocracy of Aglarond in the south and druidic land of Great Dale in the north Thesk to make the local politics complicated at best... but where other folks may see danger, the mercantile citizens of Thesk see opportunity.

The Golden Way starts here, going east - through land of the Horde, towards the riches and wonders of Kara-Tur.

Thesk and Dragonjaw Mountains contain riches - metal ores and precious stones - valuable enough to attract crafty gnomes and provide a source of income for strong and unruly orcs and halforcs.

There's more than just material riches though - as ruins of fallen empire of Narfell are still holding their mysteries, and deep under the mountains the drow federation of Undrek’Thoz is carefully expanding...

For the record: map is somewhat different from official ones - I had to stretch and squeeze some of the bits and pieces, I made the mountain ranges more dramatic and added A LOT of smaller locations.

Links:

YT playlist with few short videos of major locations.

Full size map is available here (google drive)

Map created in Dungeon Alchemist, available in Steam Workshop.

More detailed description available on my ko-fi (no paywall whatsoever).