Moonshae Isles

The Moonshae Isles are a fictional group of islands in the Trackless Sea, in the west of Faerûn. They are modelled after Wales and Scotland. The islands form a roughly circular archipelago with the Sea of Moonshae in the centre. They lie roughly 400 miles (644km) west of the region of Amn and to the southwest of the Sword Coast. The Moonshaes are ruled by the High Queen Alicia Kendrick, who rules from the capital city of Caer Callidyrr on Alaron.

Islands
The islands that make up the Moonshae Isles are as follows:
 * Alaron
 * Gwynneth
 * Korinn Archipelago
 * Mintarn
 * Moray
 * Norland
 * Oman's Isle
 * Snowdown

Societies
The Moonshae Isles are populated mainly by the Ffolk and the Northmen, two human societies, but there are a small number of Llewyrr elves living in isolation on the islands of Alaron and Gwynneth. Dwarves and halflings also populate the Moonshaes although their numbers are far smaller than the human occupants.

Northmen-Ffolk conflict
The Northmen are a violent, Viking-like society with little interest for or tolerance of the Ffolk's monarchical ways. This creates a continuous tension between the two human peoples, with Northmen raids on Ffolk farmsteads a common occurrence. A large majority of the Ffolk worship a druidic goddess the Earthmother, an aspect of the benign goddess of agriculture, Chauntea.

However, in recent years, the conflict between the Northmen and the Ffolk has slowed down due to the hard work of the High King Tristan Kendrick and later through his daughter, High Queen Alicia Kendrick. Through their queen's work for peaceful solutions to arguments between the Northmen and the Ffolk, the Moonshaes have enjoyed several decades of relative peace.

Novels and Modules

 * Moonshae Isles
 * 2E supplement Moonshae
 * Moonshae Trilogy by Douglas Niles
 * Darkwalker on Moonshae (1987)
 * Black Wizards (1988)
 * Darkwell (1989)
 * The Druidhome Trilogy by Douglas Niles
 * Prophet of Moonshae (1992)
 * The Coral Kingdom (1992)
 * The Druid Queen (1993)