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Gazetteer
of
DeepEarth:
Locations
of
the
Realms
Underdark
Places of Note
I have placed some of these on a map of the
Realms Underdark
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Undermountain is a deep, expansive dungeon underneath the city of
Waterdeep. It was created by the mad wizard Halister.
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Skull Port is an evil city underneath Waterdeep. It is connected
to Undermountain, and provides fairly easy access to the Underdark. The
Dark
Dagger Order of Vhaeraun operates in Skull Port.
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The Prominate of Eilistraee is a temple complex located near Skull
Port on the third level of Undermountain. It was located near the Pit
of Ghaunadaur, which is now filled in with rubble. Its members include
Qilue Veladorn (High Priestess) and the halfling warrior Arrikett Uruth
("Hand of the Protectors").
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The Chapel of the Sericeous Sargh is a shrine to Selvetarm, located
on the first level of Undermountain (Room #12).
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Vaerndoun is a subterranean cavern complex. It is a network of caves,
many containing lakes, that stretch northeast/southwest for a hundred miles,
with its midpoint below the surface city of Torsch. The Eleave
is an annual trade fair that takes place in Vaerndoun. It takes place during
the first two rides of Alturiak, and is run by the Asglyth. The
price of admission to the fair is that all must bring slaves for the mind
flayers to feast upon. (from Prayers from the Faithful)
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The Asglyth are a nation of mind flayers. Asglyth is also the name
of this group's subterranean realm in the Underdark. It is located
near or in Vaerndoun. (from Prayers from the Faithful)
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The White Kingdom is a swiftly-rising nation of true ghouls. (from
"Kingdom of the Ghouls" in DUNGEON # 70; technically this information was
pertinent to a Greyhawk campaign, but I liked it so much I included it
in my campaign)
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Glimmerfell is a svirfneblin city. (from "Kingdom of the Ghouls"
in DUNGEON # 70; again, technically in the Underdark of Oerth)
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Angrimm is a ruined dwarven city. It is now home to a pair of deep
dragons who maintain an unusual library of sorts. (from "Kingdom of the
Ghouls" in DUNGEON # 70; again, technically in the Underdark of Oerth)
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Cloaker Rift is a subterranean chasm that is home to a nation of
cloakers which is in league with the true ghouls of the White Kingdom.
At one end of this rift is a plateau holding a major city of the ghouls,
Kilenor. (from "Kingdom of the Ghouls" in DUNGEON # 70; again, technically
in the Underdark of Oerth)
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Kilenor is a huge necropolis located in the Cloaker Rift. It is
a city of true ghouls. One of the many buildings in this city is Blackgate
Palace. (from "Kingdom of the Ghouls" in DUNGEON # 70; again, technically
in the Underdark of Oerth)
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Hellgate Keep was a huge complex filled with fiends from
the hells who were recruiting evil beings into their Blood War armies;
now it is a vast ruin, overrun by orc/tanar'ri crossbreeds and other horrors.
It has links, in its lowest levels, to the Underdark. (from the Hellgate
Keep adventure)
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Abstemious is a Mind Flayer community fairly close to Menzoberranzan.
(from The Illithiad; I added its location)
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Grayhold is a duergar city located under the High Forest.
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Muraunos is a city of the High Minotaurs located under the Sword
Coast.
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Shar'zan is a drow city of Shar worshippers, located under the Sword
Coast.
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Underspires is a duergar city located below the Osraun Moutains
of Turmish.
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The Twisted Tower is a small fortress in Shadowdale, known
to have once been a drow outpost. It still has connections to the
Underdark, though they are heavily guarded.
Drow Locations
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Menzoberranzan: best known of the drow cities, lies beneath the
savage frontier (I've placed it under the High Forest). These drow are
Lolth worshippers.
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Eryndlyn: lies beneath the High Moor. These drow are worshippers
of Lolth, Ghaunadaur and Vhaeraun, in a tense rivalry; Selvetarm devotees
ally themselves with the Lolth-worshippers.
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Sshamath: under the Far Hills (south and east of High Moor), they
are mostly Kiarinsalee and Talona worshippers, but mages rule the city.
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Llurth Dreier: under The Shaar, this is a foul city of 400,000 drow
who revere Ghaunadaur; the most devout are a sect called Fanatics of the
Overflowing Pit.
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Bhaerynden: The capital city of the first great drow nation, Telantiwar,
established around -9,000 DR. The cavern that held Bhaerynden was
seized from a conquered nation of dwarves. It was destroyed in a
civil war, and the cavern that housed it collapsed, forming the Great Rift,
which has been reclaimed by the dwarves.
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Golothaer: an ancient city of the Drow; it is one of the oldest
known drow cities -- two separate groups that fled this city went on to
found Ched Nasad and Menzoberranzan.
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Buiyrandyn: once a small drow settlement, not big enough to
be considered a city, it has long since vanished. The high priestess
of the Prominade of Eilistraee, Qilue Veladorn, hailed from Buiyrandyn.
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Elder Orb of Ooze: a remotely located temple to Ghaunadaur,
in the Underdark beneath the Forest of Mir. Its creators were destroyed
or driven off shortly after it was founded, and it is said to be teeming
with oozes, slimes, ropers and other foul creatures. It once housed
an artifact of great power known as the Living Gem.
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V'elddrinnsshar -- a ruin of a drow city, it now holds undead Kiaransalee
worshippers; contains the Acropolis of Thanatos; located on an island in
the middle of a subterranean lake beneath Galena Mountains of Vassa, in
a huge cavern called the Vault of the Gnashing Teeth. The
Acropolis of Thanatos serves as the base of operations for an order of
unholy warriors dedicated to Kiaransalee, the Legion of Vengeful Banshees.
More Drow City Names (from Drow of the Underdark):
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Abaethaggar
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Abburth
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Baereghel
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Chaulssin
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Charrvhel'raugaust
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Ched Nasad -- Lolth worshippers
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Cheth Rrhinn
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Erelhei-Cinlu
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Fanaedar
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Gaullidurth -- Located beneath the deserts of Calimshan, Lolth worshippers,
contains hundreds or thousands of temples and shrines to Lolth.
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Haundrauth
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Ithilaughym
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Luihaulen'tar
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Maerimydra
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Orlytlar
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Rilauven
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Sshanntynlan
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Szithlin
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T'lindhet
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Uluitur
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Undraeth
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Waethe Hlammachar
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Yuethindrynn
Dwarven Locations:
The Great Rift: Once, a mighty Drow city lay in a cavern
beneath the lands of the Shaar. That cavern collapsed in ancient times,
forming the Great Rift. Several important dwarven cities lie in this region:
Eartheart, Glitterdelve, Daunting, Underhome, Kholtar, and Rimmator are
but a few.
Lost Kingdoms:
Ammarindar: centered in the Greypeak Mountains; included a city
near the Shining Falls, Splendarrmornn.
Besilmer: only remnants today include the Stone Bridge
(spans the River Dessarin), the Halls of the Hunting Axe (a ruin
near the Hall of Four Ghosts), and the Hall of Four Ghosts (a haunted
ruin that has an entrance to the Underdark in it).
Delzoun: it lay between Sundabar and the ruins of Ascore; Citadel
Adbar is still held by dwarves (and led by King Harbromm); Felbarr
(or "Citadel of Many Arrows"), in the west, is now held by orcs.
Fallen Kingdom: this region of land is directly to the east of
Waterdeep. It was once ruled by three kings -- an elf, a dwarf and a human.
One ruin, the House of Stone (east of Ardeep Forest), is an ancient
dwarven ruin with many secret areas, sliding rooms, and so forth -- with
connections to the Underdark through treacherous ways. An abandoned dwarven
mine at Illefarn Mountain also provides Underdark access.
Gharraghaur: an abandoned dwarven kingdom that lay where Mirabar
now stands, its many mines are now orc-holds. Two surface ruins, Orglaunt
(where Blackraven joins Mirabar), and Halanaskarr (south of the
Lurkwood near the Shining Creek headwaters), may provide Underdark access.
Haunghdannar: a dwarven nation centered on the mountains east
of Leilon. Three abandoned, lost keeps of this nation are Alogh,
Mnerim
and Olphrintar. The most important remnant of the kingdom is Southkrypt,
a subterranean hold that is now home to monsters and could link to the
Underdark.
Ironstar: this realm lay under the mountains north of the River
Surbrin. The ruins of Mithril Hall are in this region as well, and
certainly provide access to the Underdark.
Oghrann: in the plains and mountains north of Evereska. Notable
locations include the Hill of Lost Souls, and the Far Hills (under which
include the relatively small modern-day dwarven cities of Thelarn's
Fist, Sabrishon, Iritasker, Uestingpool and Tunthryn; these
cities' caverns are shaped like giant inverted cones and are more like
wells than caves; the mushrooms grown in these cities are especially delicious
and are often sold to the people of the surface town of Easting).
Other Dwarven Locales:
Dungeon of Death: Located east of Miribar, it is an abandoned
gem mine later populated by trolls, reclaimed by dwarves, then lost again.
Who or what now lives there is unknown.
Settlestone: The ruins of this city, in the mountains near the
head of the River Surbrin, mark the way to Mithril Hall.
Aecaurak Splendarrsonn: Also known as the Guilded Hall of Glittering
Gems, this vast natural cavern deep in the heart of Mirabar's mines serves
as a temple of Dumathoin.
List of other Northern Clan Names:
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Arnskull
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Battlehammer
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Blackbanner
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Blackhammer
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Brimstone*
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Buclebar
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Darkfell
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Deepaxe
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Deepdelve
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Eaglecleft
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Foehammer
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Gallowglar
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Hillsafar
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Horn
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Ironthorne*
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Jundeth
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Narlagh
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Orothiar
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Quarrymaster
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Rockfist
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Stoneshoulder
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Stoneshield
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Trueforger
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Watchever
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Worldthrone
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Wyrmslayer
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Yund
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