My last Forgotten Realms campaign was set around the Silverymoon, the Raurin Vale, and the High Forest before/during the creation of the Silver Marches. The Illuskan people had a very Skyrim Nords vibe with thane/jarl feudal titles, and while the Tethyrian didn't have the Skyrim Imperials aesthetics, there was a rivalry-going-on-civil-war between the Illuskans and the Tethyrians. Part of the campaign was to take side or avoid the civil war (which they did).
Illuskan houses had central hearths like in Skyrim's Not-Scandinavia, and the whole region was given a more high-medieval treatment overall (with Silverymoon and Alustriel standing out as very magical places/person).
One of the characters was even a variant human barbarian with the Arcane Initiate feat to gain a thunderwave "shout"!