Drowshade

Levels 75–80

Built by Bree, Kextra

Since the sundering of the elves, when the Drow kindred split from their forest dwelling cousins to follow the spider goddess Lloth, most Drow settlements have been located deep underground. Located comparatively close to the great dwarven city of Stone forge, not to mention the secretive wild elves of Blackwater Canyon, Drowshade was always considered a miner Drow outpost. Only a few galleries, mostly abandoned dwarf mines, serving as homes to a small number of Drow with neither the numbers nor resources to become a real threat, and even miner mischief such as highway robbery comparatively rare. Some years ago however, everything changed. The Drow started a massive expansion project, constructing a strong walled town on the surface, its walls patrolled by well-armed, and well trained soldiers. Several nomadic groups of Drow who'd previously scraped by as wanderers settled permanently in Drowshade, massively expanding its population. Shops and stalls opened selling exotic wears from far across the realms, though only the most unscrupulous would be allowed inside the city to buy them. Nobody is sure where this influx of wealth comes from, but its certain that Drowshade is growing from an insignificant, isolated group of Drow, to a true danger, a place of vice and viciousness almost as infamous as the UnderDark. Several noble knights and bold adventurers have already disappeared in its narrow, blood soaked streets, and its likely that unless something changes, many more are soon to follow.