The Shades had a dozen powerful wizards, and that's about all we saw for them, other than nameless grunts.
The newer Drizzt novels mention some other powerfull warlocks and indicate a strong shadovar presence in the shadowfell with diffrent conclaves ruled by those warlocks who themselves are ruled by the lords of Netheril. So its very possible that they have something like a nation back in the shadowfell and thus far more resources then only their flying city(ies)
quote:Originally posted by Ayrik
And, uh, Rivalen happens to be both a Chosen of Shar and a demipower exarch in his own right.
After rivalen became a demipower he didn't care much about shades goals anymore though.
In the Realms, deities cannot interfere directly. Who is to say this rule is common to all spheres?
Though I do wonder why Shar would pay attention to anything outside of Realmspace... She was born there, and if she nukes it, she can dwindle away in peace like she wants. Spreading out to other worlds just means more work.