Underdark
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The underdark is the realm that lies beneath the surface world, reached through tunnels; dark elves are among those who dwell there.12
The imperial conquest
In 151 AVD Emperor Conrad II, who would later be called the Conqueror, decided to lead his legions into the underdark through known tunnels wide enough to take them, in what became known as the Dauntless Crusade. Imperial forces struck swiftly at the drow cities closest to the surface, and the Empire set out to hold the underground by building permanent outposts on the tunnels and roads that led to the ruined cities. After these great successes the realm enjoyed a period of peace.1
House Salvador greatly supported the church and the Empire during the First Underdark Conquest, and its heir was killed during the conquest, which doomed the house.3 Legion garrisons are stationed in the underdark. The drow of House Saveer, enslaved during Conrad's crusade, won their freedom after twenty years by helping to establish safe supply routes for these garrisons.4
Peoples and dangers
The underdark is treacherous. After a month of pursuing the killers of his friend Cassius Fillius, Zardrak Throneguard recognised that chasing dark elves into it was futile.2 Not all of its people are dark elves: the gnome Ozzigus left his home in the underdark in search of adventure.5
The dark elf Neanoth Jeal’tlous, who will not take contracts involving the world above, is willing to undertake missions in the underdark if Lady Morr'vain approves them.6
Expeditions below
The dwarven Grimbolt Cripplers search for a mythical weapon, the Lost Axe of Glodein, that fell into the hands of dark elves. To look for it, or for news of where it lies, they favour contracts that take them into the underdark, offer considerable discounts on such missions, and even call in reinforcements free of charge when a mission unexpectedly brings them up against dark elves.7
The encounter that changed the life of Hemlock Twinhammers, who now leads the company, took place during an expedition into the depths of the underdark.8 Underdark expeditions are the favourite work of Eleanor Ponytail, and Sazz’rast Saveer is especially skilled at pathfinding and concealment there.9
Notlar
- ↑KitapLands of Exile: Starter Setting Guide, p. 15
- ↑KitapMercenary Compendium, p. 154
- ↑KitapMercenary Compendium, p. 104
- ↑KitapMercenary Compendium, p. 126
- ↑KitapMercenary Compendium, p. 114
- ↑KitapMercenary Compendium, p. 112
- ↑KitapMercenary Compendium, p. 161
- ↑KitapMercenary Compendium, pp. 74, 161
- ↑KitapMercenary Compendium, pp. 51, 127
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ÖrgütGrimbolt CripplersA dwarven mercenary company of about 1,600 warriors, founded in the city of Westreach by dwarves cast out of their homeland, who seek the Lost Axe of Glodein to redeem their honour. It is led by Hemlock Twinhammers from Fort Drake’s End.
KarakterHemlock TwinhammersThe captain of the Grimbolt Cripplers, a son of the weaponsmith House Twinhammers who took up the company's leadership after Duffrein Grimbolt fell against the red dragon Coralax.KarakterNeanoth Jeal’tlousThe first son of the dark elf House Jeal'tlous of Marthen'terrain, who left his house after a fall he helped bring about and now serves the Morenar as its representative to the House of Grezzit Baeren.
KarakterOzzigusA gnome inventor from the Underdark, fondly known as Ozzie, who escaped his creditor's headhunters into the Brine Blades and now serves as the company's ship master.ÖrgütHouse SaveerA drow house of logisticians and accountants that won its freedom by aiding the Empire's legions in the underdark and settled in the Marble City.
BölgeThe EmpireThe human realm at the heart of the Lands of Exile, an absolute monarchy heavily shaped by faith, ruled from Marble City by the unbroken line of the Red Eagle and divided into five provinces under their Sovereigns.BölgeCaligranThe eastern of the two great continents of Teneris, mostly desert since the Desolation, whose habitable north holds the Lands of Exile, the refuge of the surviving races.BölgeCanarqueThe western of the two great continents of Teneris, a collection of fragmented lands discovered by an imperial expedition that returned in 289 AVD, and known to most imperial subjects as the New World.BölgeDa’fat FederationThe elven federation south of the Calinor-dal, founded in the Second Age by elven tribes who fled north after the Desolation; every surviving elven people lives there, and Lady Nemarin is its spiritual leader.BölgeFrazaThe harsh northern realm beyond the Empire's mountain passes, a land of monsters and relentless winter whose clans live free, honour strength and deed above blood, and esteem their seers and witches.