The Ancients

In scattered locations throughout the Northlands, there are traces of a race that existed long before the time of the Elder Nations. These people are referred to simply as "the Ancients." Large sites are rare, but smaller ones are fairly common, and are treated with great reverence (and superstition) by the common people, some of whom regard these ancient people as some sort of mythical ancestor race.

Ancient Standing Stones

What little is left of these sites is very different in character from the remnants of the Elder nations (which is not unlike modern construction), and generally takes the form of megalithic stone structures or ruins. Typical types include standing stone formations, monolithic carved stone figures and traces of construction made of very large stone blocks. Such sites have been found throughout the Northlands, but are more common in the areas between the mountains and the eastern coast (Alsberg down through Romney).

Powerful mages who have studied these sites believe that they radiate faint traces of some sort of primal nature magic. It is said that druids are especially protective of these ancient locations, and some sages even go so far as to speculate that druidic magic as it is known in the Realms today might be related in some way to that ancient magic.