Mount Hotenow (pronounced HOE-teh-NOW), known to the ancient dwarves as Glaurimm, is a volcano amid the Crags mountain range, situated to the northeast of the city of Neverwinter on the Sword Coast North, deep in Neverwinter Wood. It is home to a large population of fire elementals, warming the Neverwinter River to the point where it never froze over, even in the heart of winter (hence the city's name). The volcano also has a tendency to attract creatures like fire giants and red dragons to make their homes near it.
For untold generations, this volcanic peak quietly fumed in the depths of Neverwinter Wood. Mount Hotenow once featured in the bedtime stories of Neverwinter’s citizens as the home of fire giants, red dragons, and other blazing beasts. People looked upon the fantastic peak as a thing of beauty—until its wrath was unleashed against Neverwinter in the cataclysm. Now jutting like a broken tooth from the forest, Mount Hotenow still fumes, the land occasionally quaking with the echoes of its fury.