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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CanadienneBacon" data-source="post: 2819727" data-attributes="member: 11146">Szith Morcane lies in the upper Underdark. Merchants in the former drow outpost of Szith Morcane uneasily gossip that Szith Morcane lies nearly directly beneath an ancient burial ground known to Daggerdale surface dwellers as the Dordrien Crypts. A large chasm forms the basic structure of the outpost of Szith Morcane. Szith Morcane is a sprawling network of caverns and tunnels leading in all directions. The locations known and used by the party members are the Barracks level, the Bazaar level, and the Commoner's level. In addition to these three well-used primary areas, those residing among the ever-growing tumult of Szith Morcane have also heard recurring rumors of an inverted tower, and the last reminant of a stronghold long held by the drow House of Morcane. The inverted tower, however, is strongly and visibly guarded at all times. The word among those who traverse the Bazaar is that the Council uses the tower for its meetings, arriving in its halls either via magical transport or using hidden tunnels. House Morcane, however, is left largely alone due to persistent rumors of an undead priestess ghost of Lolth who favours the stronghold's halls as she keens in thirst for the souls of the living. The busiest sections of Szith Morcane lie across a chasm that yawns 30 feet wide, its unplumbed depths a sheer drop met by darkness and a bracing wind. By crossing the chasm, it is said that one may access the surface world via the Dordrien Crypts above. The Szith Morcane Council, however, keeps nearly as tight a hold on access to the Crypts as they do on their annexed inverted tower. Guards stand watch on both sides of the chasm, ready to slay any who dare to cross without leave, regardless of whether they be surface dwellers or creatures of the Underdark. Myriad tunnels lead from the southeast side of the chasm wall into the caverns that house the outpost.Szith Morcane is swelling in ranks as the days pass and the Barracks are rapidly becoming untenable due to the stench and heat shed by too many in too close quarters. As you pass Laduergar's Lap, one of the more palatable drinking holes in the Bazaar level of Szith Morcane, a notice written on vellum is being tacked up to the Lap's outer wall by a dark-skinned dwarf wearing a meat-smeared apron. The lettering on the vellum is printed in thick black script in Undercommon and reads, "MAERIMYDRA HAS FALLEN!To accord a scouting partyfor the purpose of gatheringinformation on the Great City'sdemise, the Council will hold an open quorum in Desydra'sPlayhouse. Those who hunger for riches or revenge welcome.Time: Spider's Rest.Date: 1374 DR, 3rd Chitine of the month of Chalice"Lower on the vellum the announcement is reprinted in coarsely scribed Common.This version of the Underdark uses a distorted DR calendar. Since we are in the Underdark, I haven taken the priviledge of creating a special drow-based system of months and days. There are 16 months. Each month has 24 days, divided into 3 weeks of 8 days each. More on this to come in the OOC thread. Please continue to check the OOC thread regularly.</blockquote>

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