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Kryose
Acolyte
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 Posted - 24 Jun 2016 : 03:09:09
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Good evening & Well met!
In my journey to find out all that is,was or could have been about the Drow city Eryndlyn, I have come upon the same answer to a lot of my questions; and that would be to make them up. Maps of the city do not exist & very little is written across 4.5 editions. The one place I haven't looked are the books written by R A Salvatore concerning the Silence of Lolth. So the question I am wondering about is this; When does the Lolth plateau of Eryndlyn get sacked by the clergies of Vhaeraun & Ghaunadaur? The reason being, I am running a Drow campaign & trying to piece together a timeline of the fall of Ched Nasad & Eryndlyn.
Heck any additional info on Eryndlyn would be great, but alas I fear I have searched most sites, blogs & forums came up with very little.
TY in advance.
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Edited by - Kryose on 24 Jun 2016 03:12:19
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hashimashadoo
Master of Realmslore
United Kingdom
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Posted - 24 Jun 2016 : 06:39:44
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| The Plateau had already collapsed but the remains were still a warzone by the end of Marpenoth 1372 DR (60 days after the Silence started on 28 Eleasias), with the city's Lolth faction practically all dead and the Vhaeraunites and Ghaunadans turning against each other. At roughly the same time, Menzoberranzan had just finished putting down its slave rebellion featured in Dissolution. |
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Hoondatha
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 24 Jun 2016 : 06:40:58
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It happens during the Silence of Lloth, sometime in the second half of 1372 DR. And "fall" is not really the right word. The city is still there. It's more like the conclusion of a civil war. The city had been divided into three factions for centuries. The Silence just gave the followers of Vhaeraun and Ghaunadaur the edge they needed to take over the Llothites. And, given the way drow inter-house wars work, I imagine most of the Llothite drow survived and were absorbed into the victorious sides. It would only be the clergy and the nobles that were purposely exterminated.
So, short answer: second half of 1372 DR. Info taken from Grand History of the Realms. |
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hashimashadoo
Master of Realmslore
United Kingdom
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Posted - 24 Jun 2016 : 06:56:00
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| Just pipped you to the post there Hoondatha. |
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Hoondatha
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 24 Jun 2016 : 15:10:49
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Yeah, we were writing at the same time. 
Where are you getting a collapse of the plateau, though? The only thing I've read makes it sound like a standard attack by the other two sides? |
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Kryose
Acolyte
USA
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Posted - 25 Jun 2016 : 20:39:02
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Thank you both for more insight into this. I too would like to know about the plateau collapse.
On a side note, I believe I have found a website about Eryndlyn but alas its in French, well I think its French, not 100% sure. http://eryndlyn.aforumfree.com
I'm in the process of trying to find a translation application, but nothing yet.
There is also a map of the surroundings of Eryndlyn Underdark. Fan made but still interesting. |
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Kryose
Acolyte
USA
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Posted - 25 Jun 2016 : 21:18:11
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| Well upon further review, the French website is a purely fan-based site on Eryndlyn & its surroundings. The actual map of the city , I feel, is inaccurate based on any scant details given in previous books. The nugget of info I found though was a map of the surroundings detailing tunnels,towns,outposts, cities & such. I think I can easily integrate this into my campaign with a few changes & adjustments. |
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hashimashadoo
Master of Realmslore
United Kingdom
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Posted - 29 Jun 2016 : 00:07:25
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Originally posted by Hoondatha
Where are you getting a collapse of the plateau, though? The only thing I've read makes it sound like a standard attack by the other two sides?
It was in the City of the Spider Queen Web Enhancement. |
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Hoondatha
Great Reader
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Posted - 29 Jun 2016 : 06:28:36
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Ah, I see. Thanks for the reference.
I think you're mis-interpreting it, though. The WE says: "The western plateau of the city, once controlled by the Lloth faction, lies in ruins still contested by the other two factions." That, to me, doesn't mean that anything happened to the plateau itself, geologically. It's still there, though probably with a few extra craters. It's the buildings on the plateau that are ruins. The rock itself is still there and can be built upon later. |
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