The Shaar, the vast arid steppe that covers a huge tract of Southern Faerun, with a huge set of cliffs that cut across it. It's home to Thri-Kreen (one subrace), Loxo (anthropomorphic Elephants with two trunks), Wemics (Lion centaurs) and Gnolls. There are a few merc companies that hire monsters, and at the extreme Southeast of the Shaar, there is a monster nation called Veldorn.