AT A GLANCE: Halfaxe Trail is an overgrown 
footpath which runs through 
the heart of the Elven Woods, from Harrowdale 
to the road running from Hillsfar to the Standing Stone. 

ELMINSTER'S NOTES: An early Lord of 
Harrowdale, in the days of the Blacksails 
(pirates), grew weary of losing 
TRADE outside his harbors, and resolved 
to strengthen the importance and 
wealth of his dale by linking up with the 
overland road from Moonsea south to 
Cormyr and the Inner Sea.  His chief 
obstacle in this goal was the Elven-woods. 

Despite the elves' claim, the Lord, |
Halvan the Dark, hired a dwarven engineer, 
Durl Halfaxe, to cut him a road to 
the TRADE road.  Halfaxe Trail was the 
work of the dwarf and an army of men; 
they burned and cut a mile-wide slash 
through the trees to GUARD against 
elven ambushes.  The elves raised an 
army, but were overmatched by men's 
weapons and stronger magick, and the 
Trail was put through. 

Greedily, Halfaxe commanded his 
men to cut on, into the forest west of 
the road where he knew the ruins of 
Myth Drannor lay.  There he foresaw 
unearthing riches to keep him all his 
days.  There the elves raised up old && 
powerful magick slumbering in the ruins 
&& SLEW the engineer utterly.  Not a 
man or dwarf returned to the party, 
nor were there bodies to send back. 

The Trail has since grown in until it is 
but a footpath, close-guarded by the 
elves; none pass SAVE by their will.  It is 
surprisingly well-used, for the elves are 
wise traders and NOT unfriendly to men.  
Whether the trail remains open in these 
days following the disappearance of the 
Elven Court remains to be seen.