This is the present-day name for the
strip of uninhabitable land west of
Anauroch, stretching between "the Far
Forests" (now overrun by evil things
out of Hellgate Keep) and Weathercote
Wood. This was once a part of the realm
of Netheril, a kingdom of mages who
fled when they could not stem the
expansion of the Great Desert. The
Fallen Lands are now home only to
monsters, though rumors persist of
great mages inhabiting its southern
reaches, hurling back the fiends of
Hellgate Keep with their art. Adventurers
have seen a beholder of awesome
size here, directing hobgoblin servants
to capture monstrous beasts.

At the eastern edge of the Fallen
Lands, shifting desert sands have
uncovered a ring of nine gigantic
statues who are apparently peering
down into a wide hole of unknown purpose.
 

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This is the present-day name for the strip
of habitable land west of Anauroch, stretching
between "the Far Forests" (now overrun
by evil things out of Hellgate Keep) and
Weathercote Wood. The Fallen Lands are
now home only to monsters, it seems,
although rumors persist of powerful mages
inhabiting the southern end, and hurling
back the evil creatures of Hellgate Keep
with their art. This was once part of the
realm of Netheril, a kingdom of mages who
could not stem the expansion of the Great
Desert; some sages say that many of them
set out south across the Realms to find a
new home, and founded the present-day
realm of Halruaa. Reports from the adventurers
Vanthorm and Haladan indicate that
when they visited The Fallen Lands some
five winters ago, they observed a beholder
of awesome size directing hobgoblin servants
to capture monstrous beasts and conduct
a strange bestial breeding program.