The Shard of Night was a mysterious tower floating amid the air in the River District of Neverwinter.
This bleak tower of black stone was floating above a cluster of apartments in the River District. It seemed to have been sheared off at its base when it was torn from its original location.
The Shard of Night had the ability to "eat" shadows and darkness, and creatures that walked under the tower in daylight had their shadows temporarily absorbed by the tower. At night, the tower cast its ominous shadow over the River District if there was moonlight. Neverwintans avoided the place for this reason.
Inside the tower there was located a teleportation circle, originally connected to a Netherese camp near Xinlenal. To enter the tower from the outside, a keyword spoken out loud at night could create stairs of solidified shadows.
After the tower was purified by Selûne, in 1479 DR, it was returned to its original appearance of alabaster stone, and the stairs conjured by the keyword were of solidified moonlight instead.