The Neverwinter Wood, previously called Llewyrrwood by the ancient elves of Illefarn, was dense forest located in the North. It possessed a sense of magic within it.
After the Spellplague of 1385 DR, Neverwinter Wood experienced a mass migration of fey from the Feywild. Elves and eladrin were also drawn to the woods in large numbers and they attempted to re-found Iliyanbruen near the ruins of Sharandar. Though they had to defeat a force of dark fey to reclaim their ancestral home, they quickly went about establishing the military outpost of New Sharandar, around the Fey Crossing connected to the greater settlement of the same name in Feywild.