#tethyr

Galathil enjoying spring

Because I’ve read the books again this year, I have an headcanon where LOTR books also exists in the Forgotten Realms (with few differences, like the hobbits are called Halfling but the places remain the same) and Galathil is a fan of it.

Tethyr

Tethyr is a very temperate country.

Summers see temperatures in the 90s regularly, with occasional spells over 100. Many entire winters go by without a hard freeze, although one is not unheard of. There is some rain in the Forest of Tethir, especially out on the Tethyr Peninsula, which is very wet as the peninsula intercepts all the storms blowing in from the northwest. The open lands to the south of the Starspire Mountains are quite dry, though there is enough rain and other water to support dry-weather crops. The eastern half of the country is warm and dry.

Calimshan

The climate of Calimshan can be summed up in one word: hot. The winters are brief and provide little relief, and the summers are both long and dif. ficult. Highs throughout the five- to six-month period Calishites refer to as summer stay above 90, with temperatures nearer 100 (and occasionally higher) in the hottest two months. The night is little comfort in a Calimshan summer, as the temperatures rarely drop below 80, even near dawn. The only exception is in the Calim Desert, where the night temperatures are a more reasonable 60 to 70 degrees. Of course, the daytime temperature on the desert floor rises to 120, so travelers must take the bad with the good.

What little rain Calimshan gets comes in the winter and early spring. There is no "wet season" here, just a time of year where showers are more likely. Violent thunderstorms are not uncommon on the Calim Desert, but the rain they produce falls too fast and is over too soon to do much good. Even more common on the desert are windstorms (some magically created or aided by the many air elementals and related creatures in the desert). There is always wind on the desert, obscuring tracks just minutes after they are made, blowing sand into the eyes of pack animals, and stinging the unprotected flesh of travelers, but the windstorms are particularly dan-gerous, because of their great power and how quickly and unpredictably they can come up.

"So here’s a thing about the Forgotten Realms that’s bugged me off-and-on for thirty years: You see that gap in the Trade Way?

It shouldn’t exist.

My chaotic good Queen of my DnD characters homelands. Aka Mommy ⊹ ࣪ ˖