Shaar

Shaar and the Eastern Shaar is a fictional region in the fantasy setting of the Forgotten Realms. The vast savannah-like landscape that forms Shaar is modeled after African savannah and veldt. It is populated by an endemic race of elephant-like humanoids known as loxos, as well as by the insectoid thri-kreens and the tauric wemics.

“Thousands of miles of grass, as far as the eye can see, sloping from east to west but with a cliff in the middle, the Landrise, where west drops down to east. The Eastern Shaar is more dry, but both bake by day and freeze by night. Fierce horse nomads herd rothé, wemics and centaurs, and there must be something worth trading for out there, hidden in all that open space. They give us slaves and trinkets and a little ivory, but would rather raid the Border Kingdoms and everywhere else they can reach. Magnificent horses, but they seem to sicken if taken away in trade.” source


 * Capital city: none, but Shaarmid is the most important agglomeration

Official Material

 * Shining South
 * The Great Runes portal
 * The Great Swamp portals
 * Wemic Camp

Personalities

 * Dauphal, the Dangerous Bull

Specific prestige classes

 * Shaaryan Hunter (image)

Regional feats

 * Ankheg Tribe Ambush
 * Cheetah Tribe Sprint
 * Lion Tribe Warrior