[Forgotten Realms] Nomads in the Plains of Purple Dust?

[Enforcer]

Beyond the short blurb on p. 184 of the FRCS, do we know anything else about the nomads who inhabit the western edge of the Plains of Purple Dust?

 

[Eremite]

I think that's the only mention; certainly in 3.xE terms it is. The Plains of Purple Dust are mentioned in Lost Empires of Faerun but the nomads are not mentioned.

Edit: It seems that the reference in the FRCS dates back to the 1E product, Old Empires, written by Scott Bennie (he posts on these boards as MulhorandSage). In OE it states:

Very few creatures are native to the plains. Purple worms can be found burrowing
through its surface, though other burrowing creatures, such as brown dragons, dislike its composition and avoid it.

A nomadic tribe of sludar (mongrelmen) wanders the deep wastes and barely survives in these inhospitable lands. Human nomads stay close to the western border.

There are two oases in the plains: the Grinning Skull, where a large pool of water is shielded by the skull of a dead great wyrm, and the Lonely Lake, which lies to the east of the Sword
Mountains. The Grinning Skull is usually frequented by mongrelmen, while the Lonely Lake is held by a family of wizards descended from the great Mulhorand mage Nezram, who disappeared mysteriously centuries ago.

The Nezramites, as they are called, are suspicious of strangers, especially adventuring companies; their only friends are the human nomads that live in the western section of the plains.

 

[Enforcer]

I guess that makes it free for me to develop the nomads there as the wandering Dervish type then. Thanks!

 

[Davelozzi]

Yep, plus dervish type nomads abound in the old Desert of Desolation series, the supermodule version of which is set in Raurin. According to map scales in that module and the old Horde boxed set, the Desert of Desolation would stretch well into the Plains of Purple Dust, though it wouldn't necesarily be the western edge of it.