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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cevalic" data-source="post: 1848" data-attributes="member: 171">Current State of Draligar ForestThe Dz'engriak (Dark elves)The Dz'engriak have carved out a literal underground empire, that stretches beneath all of Draligar forest and goes for almost a hundred miles north into the plains. The sheer numbers of dark elves in this area beneath the surface is thought to be greater than all the other dark elves combined.The history of the Dz'engriak elves stretches back over three thousand years. A few dark elves on an exploration mission for one of the greater dark elf nations in the north, stumbled across an immense cavern, one that could easy fit a city of tens of thousands of elves. Instead of returning with the news and bringing in to the wizard-king, the group kept the information secret when they got back. The group went about, quietly buying supplies and getting like minded elves, ones that wanted a new life, a chance to rise above the status they were given. Most of the group was female. Along the way, the females were approached by a demonic creature that told them of a way they could gain power, of someone who would bring them to glory. And so, they became priestess of Lloth, and the new city was started. It was given the name Quasiet'inal, and gradually more females flocked to the city along with a few males who didn't know what they were getting into.The females were dominant right away, and quickly set up a matriarchal society. Men were the equivalent of servants. The city was built over the course of seven hundred years, progressing faster as more slaves were gained (the drow captured goblins and orcs from nearby underground communities). The city became of bastion of evil, soon housing almost 13,000 dark elves and 3000 slaves. As the first section of the city was finished (they planned on building outward, circle by circle, in the cavern, predicting that 75,000 dark elves could live there when it was finished) the dark elves looked to conquer the nearby areas, to secure the area and gain more slaves. After four hundred years of war the dark elves managed to take control of the plains and were expanding into the section that would be the forest.It was near this time, that the dark elves became aware of a dwarven presence the area. The war is detailed above in one of the first posts on this thread.With the magical spell cast and the resulting explosion, the dark elves retreated to their city, not wishing to lose any more of their kind to the war with the dwarves. Before they knew it though, their own city was under siege. A Doppelganger had posed as a dark elf priestess and made its way into one of the few meeting the matriarchs had. It assassinated three of them before two killed it. At the same time, an army of mindless goblins and orcs led by a group of mindflayers, charged through the tunnels. They entered the cavern, and the war was underway.The echoes of battle rang throughout the enormous cavern for one hundred years, before the tide finally turned. A male dark elf appeared before the five matriarchs (the three had been replaced) and offered them a solution. If he was given one corner of the cavern to set up a fortress, where he ruled he would take care of the invading army. The scoffed at the idea, but when they found out that the gates were falling, they quickly reconsidered and agreed.The wizard teleported away. He appeared in the center of the gates, before the army in front of him. With one spell, the army's stopped, and came out of their daze. Immediately they turned on the mind flayers. The drow, seeing their chance, attacked without abandon. The wizard cast a spell that restored the gate, then summoned a swarm of fire elementals that cremated anything that moved. By the end of the day, the army was destroyed, and the elven city saved.On the next morning the matriarchs met, to discuss how to kill the powerful wizard before he could build his fortress. They knew he would be a threat to their power. It was then that they heard a voice telling them to look through their window, high in a tower in the center of the city. They did, and immediately knew fear. In the corner of the cavern a fortress had arose, as if overnight, made from what looked to be black crystal. Whoever the wizard was, they knew he was to be taken seriously.In the past thousand years a few things have happened to the Dz'engriak. They completed the city's third ring (it now houses 32000 dark elves in the city, and 15000 slaves). They are working on the forth. For the most part they have stopped their conquests as they rebuild and strengthen their position.The fortress of the wizard still stands in the corner of the cavern, although none have seen the wizard since that day. The few that dare sneak in the tower are never seen again. Most whisper that the wizard is actually a demon in disguise. Others say he has turned into a lich. Whatever the case may be, the matriarchs are looking for ways to find out what the wizard is up to and then dispose of him.Two years ago the matriarchs also sent a party to see what the dwarven empire was like, and found a forest above inhabited by elves. Immediately they decided that the elves had to be taken care of and learned as much as they could. Secretly (they wanted to get the first blow in the war, and knew that the only way to do that was to keep their presence quiet), the dark elves found out the current situation in the land above and began weaving a web to bring down their surface dwelling cousins.The plan is to have the goblins attack the elves in full force, catching them off guard. They think that the gnomes might actually ally with the goblins if given a reason (the dark elves are going to start spreading rumors that elves are torturing the gnome servants, and other propaganda like that. They even plan on using a Doppelganger to become a gnome, battered and beaten, and show up in the gnome village to speak of the atrocities being committed). This will then bring them into the war, and the centaurs owe the gnomes one, so they too will attack the elves. At the same time the dark elves will attack from their caverns, swarming through the capital city of the elves, killing the wizards and prince as they sleep. They plan the conquest to be short. They will then take elves as slaves. They plan on using the goblins to kill the centaurs, while the drow kill the gnomes. Finally the dark elves will turn on the goblins and take as many of them as slaves as possible. They know that the dragon is the wildcard in all this, but they don't think it will care if all this takes place.</blockquote>

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