Icewind Dale is the sub-arctic region of the made-up globe of the Forgotten Realms, along the northmost a share of the Sword Coast. These are noted because several cases involving a drow hero, Drizzt Do'Urden, occurred here, chronicled in The Icewind Dale Trilogy, a series of fantasy novels by R. A. Salvatore.

Icewind Dale is an icy tundra & a northmost explored locality of Faerun. Its exclusively lasting settlements come referred to as a Ten Towns, the confederation of a total of minor settlements cooperating by owning every more. A vicinity is primarily populated by fishermen, craftsmen, rangers, dwarves mining a deeps for minerals & precious stones, barbarians, & merchandiser world health organization tolerate a hostile climate within the hope of long term trading in ivory & gems. A "capital" of the vicinity is the town of Bryn Shander.

A second notable feature of Icewind Dale is Kelvin's Cairn, the mountain n of Ten-Towns. It was the cavern on the northern face of this mountain that Drizzt Clean'Urden resided for a select few period as a kinda 'scout' for Ten Towns.

Icewind Dale is too a title of computer role-playing game (CRPG) series by Black Isle Studios. These are according to a illustrious Infinity Engine created by BioWare. A game is placed in the Forgotten Realms Icewind Dale region, however will require place decades prior to a cases described in Salvatore's books which made the area a well-known part of Faerûn. Icewind Dale too spawned deuce expansions, Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter, which was sold around shops, & Icewind Dale: Lawsuits of the Luremaster, which was freed onto a web for download inside response to fan criticism that Heart of Winter was as well short. Heart of Winter was expected to play Lawsuits of the Luremaster. the final game freed by Black Isle Studios was a fully sequel to Icewind Dale - Icewind Dale II - that utilized a Third Edition system of Dungeons & Dragons.