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Ched Nasad
Ched Nasad is a drow city.
The City of Shimmering Webs, Ched Nasad, was constructed in a cavern shaped like a cone with the tip pointing downwards. The various levels and the more influential buildings in the city are made out of extra thick spiderweb strands, thus giving the city its name. It was not featured prominently in the Realms until the War of the Spider Queen series, where duergar mercenaries in the employ of the Vhaeraunite group Jaezred Chaulssin, inadverdantly destroyed it through copious use of stonefire bombs, which were much more effective on the webs that held it together than on stone. Out of the 30,000 drow who made up the city's population, around 3,000 survived the disaster.
Eryndlyn
Eryndlyn is a drow city of more than sixty thousand. It lies in hidden caves beneath the High Moor in the Upper Underdark. Founded by drow war bands seeking to reclaim legacies of the ancient elven realm of Miyeritar, Eryndlyn dominates the northern Undermoor tunnels. (The southern Undermoor is the domain of derro and illithids, both holding vast cities in the Lower Underdark.)
Eryndlyn's far-ranging merchants periodically emerge under darkness to trade with unscrupulous merchants along the Sword Coast.
The cavern of the city is dome shaped, more than two miles in diameter. A shallow lake lies in the center of the cavern fed by two freshwater rivers and drained by a third leaving three sprawling plateaus.
Initially the city was ruled by merchant houses but three major religious factions soon came to dominate the city. The largest plateau, in the city's western periphery, is dominated by the clergy of Lloth. The northeastern plateau is controlled by Vhaeraun's followers. The oft flooded southeastern area is controlled by Ghaunadaur's cultists. Although open warfare diminished long ago, hostilities threaten to tear Eryndlyn apart.
The Jaezred Chaulssin established a hidden fosterage in the city.[1] During the War of the Spider Queen the members of Jaezred Chaulssin brought the worshippers of Vhaeraun and Ghaunadaur together and helped to unite them against the weakening worshippers of Lolth. They decimated the followers of the Spider Queen drastically.
Dolblunde
Dolblunde was founded in 232 DR by several rock gnome and deep gnome clans led by Olbrent Handstone. It was located in the Upper Northdark under the hills northeast of what was to become Waterdeep.
Dolblunde joined the kingdom of Phalorm when it was formed in 523 DR but was sacked and pillaged by the Everhorde in 614 DR. The survivors allied themselves with Delimbiyran the following year. In 698 DR the city was attacked yet again by priests and worshipers of Urdlen[1], their human allies would not come to their aid since they were too busy fighting a civil war and repelling orc raiders. With no help forthcoming, the remaining gnomes abandoned the city and the Northlands for a safer home[1]. In 1253 DR the city became the lair of the dracolich Daurgothoth and remains that way to the times of ROT.
edited by bbloom on 9/9/2010
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Brian S. Bloom
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More lore on the content that is forthcoming...
http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Jaezred_Chaulssin
The Jaezred Chaulssin is a secret, patriarchal organisation consisting of skilled assassins. Their goal is to rid the drow of the tyrannical rule of Lolth and her priestesses. They are "based" in the ruined drow city of Chaulssin, from which they got their name. They began as House Jaelre, a former house of Menzoberranzan, which was driven away for heresy. In 792 DR The Church of Vhaeraun reveals that the ranks of the Chaulssinyr leadership have been heavily infiltrated by malaugrym. The Masked Lord’s followers assume power and found "House Jaezred", an elite brotherhood of assassins trained to ferret out and kill shapeshifting interlopers.[1] In truth, they only visit Chaulssin to hold highly secret meetings. They are actually spread throughout the Underdark in each major drow city.
The Jaezred Chaulssin are not particularly numerous, but their power belies this fact. They are, in fact, half drow and half shadow dragon. This gives them an innate resistance to magic, the ability to "breathe" poisonous fumes, and small wings enabling them to fly.
The Jaezred Chaulssin's desire to establish a patriarchal society in drow cities in the place of the current matriarchal society is shared by Vhaeraun and his followers. The extent of their links, however, is unclear.
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Brian S. Bloom
Realms of Trinity Executive Producer
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Area Developer & Scripter
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