What is "shadowdale"

Shadowdale is the name of a fictional town and its surrounding areas in the Forgotten Realms line of Dungeons & Dragons products. It may refer to both

• the town of Shadowdale
• the novel Shadowdale, in the The Avatar Series
• Shadowdale (module), a game adventure taking place in the town
• Shadowdale: The Scouring of the Land, a game book about the town

Shadowdale is an adventure module published in 1989 for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.