> [!infobox|right] > #### Faerûn > ![[5E_FAERUN.png]] > > ##### Location Information > | | | > |---|---| > |![[ICON - bookmark-etch-solid-full.svg]] **Type**: | Region,<br>Continent | > |![[ICON - chess-rook-piece-sharp-solid-full.svg]] **Location**: | [[Artimis]],<br>Western Hemisphere | > |![[ICON - question-solid-full.svg]] **Status**: | Active,<br>Ever-Changing | > |![[ICON - hourglass-duotone-solid-full.svg]] **Aliases**: | The Great Island | > |![[ICON - hourglass-duotone-solid-full.svg]] **Age**: | Ancient,<br>Timeless | > > #### Governance > | | | > |---|---| > |![[ICON - eclipse-solid-full.svg]] **Leadership**: | Countless Nations,<br>Fragmented | > |![[ICON - sparkle-solid-full.svg]] **Realm**: | City-States & Kingdoms,<br>Divided | > |![[ICON - sparkles-solid-full.svg]] **Forces**: | Armies, Magic, & Faith,<br>Dominant | > |![[ICON - person-limbs-wide-solid-full.svg]] **Population**: | Vast,<br>Diverse | [[Faerûn]] stands as the central continent of [[Artimis]], a vast and ancient land where the histories of mortals, gods, kingdoms, and forgotten empires continuously collide beneath ever-changing skies. The continent stretches across climates and landscapes so varied that frozen tundras, endless deserts, dense jungles, sprawling coastlines, and towering mountain ranges exist within the same world yet feel entirely separate in culture and spirit. At the heart of the continent lies the [[Sea of Fallen Stars]], whose waters bind distant nations together through trade, warfare, religion, and ambition, acting as the lifeblood of countless civilizations that rise and fall along its shores. Unlike more unified realms, Faerûn has never remained stable for long; kingdoms fracture, empires collapse, gods intervene directly in mortal affairs, and ancient magic continues to reshape the world across generations.