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History
of Shadowdale
- The Fall of Azmaer, Last Drow Marshall of the Twisted Tower
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The
drow rule of Shadowdale lasted until the early 900s Dale Reckoning, when
the increased human population in the area brought the dark elves into
conflict with their now more numerous neighbors. The humans were the Dalesmen
who a millennium earlier had crossed the Dragon Reach and made peace with
the elves of Myth Drannor, settling at the borders of the great woods
that was the elven home. The drow soon found themselves under continual
attack, and most of those who held overground settlements retreated back
below.
The last powerful drow leader was Azmaer, the marshal of the Twisted Tower
in its last drow-held days. Azmaer oversaw the last retreat of the drow
holdings in the face of a human uprising, and held the citadel against
a year-long siege. With supplies and slaves brought up from the Underdark
directly into the tower, the drow could have conceivably held out forever;
However, a human slave (family histories in the Dales indicate a number
of possible individuals) poisoned the well in the Tower and the citadel
was easily overrun.
Azmaer's body was not found among the dead, leading some to believe that
he escaped back into the depths to rejoin his people. Noting the fact
that he would have had to explain to his matriarch how he lost Shadowdale,
it is much more likely that, should Azmaer have survived, he went into
voluntary exile, hiding from both human and drow. Given that this occurred
only 400 years ago, it is certainly possible that Azmaer still lives.
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