![[Pasted image 20251212134441.png]] **Type:** Southern Continent **Location in Faerûn:** Far South **Land Region in Faerûn:** Zakhara **Kingdom or Country (if any):** Dozens of city-states and Emirates **Ruler (if any):** Varies by region; no unified ruler **Note:** Zakhara lies far beyond the warm southern seas of [[Toril]], a continent of sun-scorched deserts, fertile coasts, and glittering metropolises strung like jewels along [[The Golden Gulf]]. Its people call it the Land of Fate, bound together not by kingship but by ancient customs, elemental pacts, and the omnipresent power of destiny. Traders who journey there speak of bustling bazaars overflowing with spices and silk, fire-speaking mystics, genie-haunted ruins, and a code of hospitality as strict as its justice is uncompromising. Though distant from [[The Eastern Heartlands]], Zakhara’s legends drift northward on every trade wind- tales of sandships, forbidden magic, and djinn-lords whose tempers shape the shifting dunes.