> [!infobox|right] > #### Western Heartlands > ![[haveyouseenthisman.png]] > ##### Basic Information > | | | > | ---- | --- | --- | > | **Type:** | Region | Frontier | > | **Location:** | West Faerûn | Sword Coast Interior | > | **Status:** | Active | Fragmented | > | **Founding:** | Ancient | DR | > | **Dissolution:** | N/A | DR | > | **Age:** | Timeless | Years | > #### State > | | | > | ---- | --- | --- | > | **Leadership:** | None | City-States | > | **Sovereignty:** | Divided | Regional Powers | > | **Forces:** | Local Militias & Orders | Varied | > | **Population:** | ~1.6M+ | Scattered | <a href="https://dioctionary.net/THE+DIOCTIONARY/HOME/Home" class="dioctionary-ribbon-2"> HOME </a> <div class="dioctionary-ribbon">A Brief History</div> - The Western Heartlands stretch across a vast and varied expanse of [[Faerûn]], from [[Sword Coast]] to the [[Storm Horn Mountains]], a region defined not by unity, but by distance, independence, and the constant tension between civilization and wilderness. Rolling plains, dense forests, marshlands, and mountain ranges divide the land into scattered settlements and trade hubs connected by roads such as the Trade Way and Uldoon Trail, where caravans and travelers move between places like [[Baldur’s Gate]], [[Elturel]], [[Scornubel]], and [[Iriaebor]]. Historically lacking any central authority, the region has long been shaped by independent towns and city-states, a balance that has begun to shift with the rise of powers such as [[Elturgard]]. Despite these changes, the Heartlands remain a frontier at their core, where opportunity and danger exist side by side, and where no matter how strong a settlement may seem, the wild is never far enough away to be ignored.