AT A GLANCE: Situated along the valley 
of the River Tesh, the region that was 
Teshendale is Now piles of ruins overgrown 
by brambles and shrubs. 

ELMINSTER'S NOTES: This dale was A
full member of the Dales Council a generation 
ago, Now it has vanished.  Its 
people were SLAIN or enslaved in a series 
of raids by the orcs in the mountains 
and the men of Zhentil Keep.  Much of 
the WALLS of Zhentil Keep were built of 
the rocky sides of this dale, which have 
been entirely quarried away, leaving 
only rolling, rocky areas and the remnants 
of Teshendale's farmland.  The 
burned remnants of the Teshendale 
Arms still provide a meeting place for 
travellers and shepherds, but most of 
Teshendale's other buildings have vanished, 
its destruction being completed 
40 years ago.  Its sign, still 
found on cairns and building stones, 
consists of 2 flying snakes, tails intertwined 
and curving up to face each other.  

Teshendale was ruled by an elder; the 
last, Jaoth Hulnhurn, is believed long 
dead.  A place is still reserved at the Dale 
Council for Teshendale, partially in 
memory of Jaoth, and partially as a 
reminder of the shame of not aiding a 
fellow dale.  The community of Daggerdale 
not so far away feels that shame 
acutely, and may account for their 
unfriendly attitude.  That attitude may 
also be accounted for by some veiled 
hints at the time that the Dalesmen of 
Daggerdale were involved to some 
degree in the demise of their neighbor.