AT A GLANCE: The Sword Coast is the
western shore of Faerun, running from
Candlekeep and the Cloak Wood in the
South, to Luskan in the north.

ELMINSTER'S NOTES: The Sword
Coast is a rough, brawling area dominated
by the City of Splendors, Waterdeep.
The coast itself is treacherous,
filled with undersea reefs, rock outcroppings,
and soft, mucky bottoms
that extend out for miles. True ports are
few and far between on the Coast,
which is the reason that the best harbor
capable of handling sea vessels, Waterdeep,
has grown into one of the most
important cities of the North.

Scholars and sources disagree on the
effective length of the Sword Coast, and
some extend it further south, into the
lands of Amn, Tethyr, and Calimshan, to
Calimport. The southern kingdoms
resent this categorization, for they consider
the lands of the Sword Coast dangerous
wilderlands, and its people little
better than barbarians.