The largest settlement along the North Road between King's Reach and Tsurlagol is the village of Dragon Falls, named for a spring that cascades down a bluff beside the road and runs down to the Fire River. Of old, it was the lair of a fearsome red dragon named Halarglautha Firewings. Some say that the Fire River's name comes from the devastation this great wyrm wrought on orc, dwarven, and human encampments and settlements up and down the river, until a human adventuring band finally slew it. Rather than tart off its hoard of treasure, the survivors founded a stronghold on the sire; their headquarters eventually became the fortified Inn of the Dragon and the center of a growing village populated largely by their descendants. Dragon Falls stands where the North Road and the Hlintar Ride meet, just north of the Fire River.

The village stands on a crag overlooking the only large cataract on the Fire River. The original dragon's lair and much of its treasure were destroyed by the adventurers who slew the wyrm with their spells, but a vast pile of coins remained to be divvied up by the dragon-slayers. Each share was then divided again and again among their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Some say the last coins were spent long ago, but persistent rumor would have it that a lot of the old hoard still lies buried in small caches under the cottages and gardens of the village (adventurers who show up with shovels won't be welcomed). There's also an old local belief that the dragon made its lair here (rather than on a taller, more easily defended peak in the nearby Troll Mountains) because it knew of dwarven storage-caverns full of gold under the crag and hoped to eventually trick, bribe, or bully smaller creatures to dig down to the riches and bring them up to it.

The largest settlement between King's Reach and Tsurlagol, this is a small village situated above the thundering falls of the Fire River. A ferry operates a thousand yards above the village for merchant caravans. It is pulled across the river by ropes.

The village itself is dominated by a fortified inn, the Inn of the Dragon, made of fir wood and stone. The falls were originally said to be the home of powerful red dragon that terrorized the Vast south of the River Vesper. A band of human adventurers dispatched the dragon and built the inn. While the inn has passed into other hands since then, one of the original adventurers, a priest of Silvanus named Keldar of the Forest (N hm P13) makes his home there. Keldar is important mainly because he is the only permanent priest in town, and tends (well, ignores) a shrine at the head of the falls.

This village is built on a crag overlooking the only large waterfall on the Fire River. The site was once the lair of a powerful red dragon, Halarginutha "Firewings." The adventurers who slew Halarglautha destroyed the lair with their spells and dug up most of the dragon's large hoard of mixed riches. But there are persistent rumors that they missed much and that wealth still lies buried under the cottages and gardens of the village. (Adventurers who show up with shovels won't be welcomed.) There is also an old local belief that the dragon made its lair here rather than on a taller, more easily defended peak in the nearby Troll Mountains. It knew that dwarven storage-caverns full of gold were under the crag, and it hoped to trick, bribe, or otherwise persuade smaller creatures to dig down to the riches and bring them up.

The largest settlement along The North Road between King's Reach and Tsurlagol is the village of Dragon Falls, named for a spring-fed stream that cascades down a bluff beside the road, then runs down to the Fire River. Of old, it was the lair of a fearsome red dragon. Some say that the Fire River's name comes from the devastation this great wyrm wrought on orc, dwarf, and human settlements up and down the river through the years. A human adventuring band finally slew it. The band built a stronghold that became the fortified Inn of the Dragon, and the center of a growing village. The Hlintar Ride joins the North Road at Dragon Falls.