The Darklands

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At a Glance

A zone (major region) of the Underdark.

Source

  • Underdark [88581] page 123

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The Buried Realms

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At a Glance

A zone (major region) of the Underdark.

Sources

  • Underdark [88581] page 122
  • Drizzt Do’Urden’s Guide to the Underdark [11509] pages 73-74

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The Seadark

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At a Glance

An underdark sea under the Altumbel peninsula… at least according to legend. Anguiliians and aquatic beholderkin are said to dwell there.

Source

  • Drizzt Do’Urden’s Guide to the Underdark [11509] page 10

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The Lowerdark

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At a Glance

The deepest reaches of the Underdark. Creatures typically found in the Lowerdark include aboleths, avolakias, beholders, cloakers, deepspawn, derro, desmodu, destrachans, elementals and other extraplanar creatures, psurlons, tomb tappers, and various undead.

Source

  • Underdark [88581] page 122

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The Middledark

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At a Glance

The portion of the Underdark between the Upperdark and the Lowerdark. Creatures typically found in the Middledark include drow, duergar, fomorians, grells, grimlocks, hook horrors, kuo-toa, maurs, mind flayers, orogs, and umber hulks.

Source

  • Underdark [88581] pages 118-120

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The Upperdark

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At a Glance

The portion of the Underdark nearest to the surface lands. Creatures typically found in the Upperdark include chitines, dwarves, goblins, quaggoths, minotaurs, orcs, svirfneblin, stone giants, and troglodytes.

Communities

Source

  • Underdark [88581] pages 117-118

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Zones of the Underdark

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At a Glance

The Underdark, which underlies all of Faerûn (and presumably other parts of the world), is divided into several discrete areas. Officially, these areas are called domains, but that word is also used for cleric spell domains, so I’m calling them zones.


Source

  • Underdark [88581] — domains are listed on pages 122-126 and mapped on pages 124-125

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Menzoberranzan

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At a Glance

Menzoberranzan is an independent drow city.

The cavern in which the city stands is known to the dwarves as Araurilcaurak (“Great Pillar Cavern”).


Civilization

What You See
Districts
Locations

Politics

Who Rules

The matron mothers of the eight most prominent Houses convene in a Ruling Council which makes major decisions regarding the city.

Who Really Rules

Matron Baenre, Matron Mother of House Baenre.


Culture and Society

Menzoberranzan is comparatively small as far as drow cities go, with only about 20,000 citizens. Most drow cities boast 35,000 or more citizens.

Demographics
The Houses

Player Characters

PCs from Menzoberranzan may choose the Menzoberranzan region.


Sources

Primary Sources
Passing Reference
  • Villains’ Lorebook [9552] page 109
  • Drow of the Underdark [FOR2/9326] page 98 — this is simply a list of drow city names, with no accompanying description
  • Drow Cities
  • Underdark Locations
Maps
Other Resources

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Blingdenstone

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At a Glance

An independent city of about 12,000 svirfneblin, found in the Underdark beneath Ironstar Mountain. Also called Blindingstone or the City of Speaking Stones.

Blingdenstone was founded in -690 DR. It’s pillaged by drow around 1370 DR, after the gnomes helped to defend Mithral Hall against the drow.

Notable Individuals

Sources

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Araumycos

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At a Glance

Araumycos is an enormous fungal organism of unknown origin and intent, located in the Underdark beneath the High Forest.


Sources

Primary Sources
Passing Mention
Maps
Other Resources

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