Jaezred Chaulssin The Jaezred Chaulssin was a secret patriarchal organization based in Chaulssin primarily consisting of skilled shadow dragon - blooded drow assassin s bent on ending the drow race ’ s slavery to Lolth . Objectives . The Jaezred Chaulssin ’ s objective was to free the drow from Lolth ’ s and her priestesses ’ oppression . Their chosen way of doing so was to violently tearing down the system that allowed the Church of Lolth ' s theocracy to exist . They fully understood that doing this would cause a power vacuum that would make their people suffer weakness and enslavement for a time measured in centuries , but were wiling to risk it for their " salvation " . Their goal was not of altruistic nature . It involved the Jaezred Chaulssin becoming the guiding force in reconstructing a society and then the rulers . Activities . The Jaezred Chaulssin were an assassins ’ guild . They took jobs in the field of spying and assassination . The guild generally tried to be hidden and managed to remain out of sight and mind of Lolth ’ s clergy despite dealing numerous successful attacks against the church . While they caused overt attacks as the destruction of Ched Nasad during the Silence of Lolth , and a carnage on the graduation ceremony of Arach - Trinilith by unleashing demon hordes on the students in 1469 DR , such large scale attacks were rare . Their modus operandi was to first infiltrate minor noble houses , for example the cell in Menzoberranzan is headed by Nimor Imphraezl who posed as Nagyon Nurindyn of House Nurindyn which held the 48th rank , the third from the bottom of nobility , and then actually taking control over them . After securing a foothold , they started boiling up the populace ’ s dissatisfaction of commoners ' , minor nobles ' but in general males ' , whose maltreatment up to sacrifice was Lolth ’ s dogma and thus law in drow cities . They also infiltrated male dominated groups to teach rebellious ideas , in the case of Menzoberranzan , examples of such male dominated groups included Melee - Magthere , Sorcere and even the Council of Spiders , a Lolth - loyalist faction in Sorcere . Spreading rumors and doubts about the society on the streets by disguised agents / agitators was also common . An interesting infiltration was the one employed by the shadar - kai and half - drow members . It involved selling oneself into slavery to a noble house to become a favored servant while simultaneously sowing dissent inside the house and urging the house to ally with the Jaezred Chaulssin - controlled house to give the guild a direct link to their enemy . The ultimate goal was to create a climate of dissatisfaction and anger as well as enough opposition groups in the rulership ’ s belly that would allow violent revolts that led to successfully tearing down Lolth ’ s theocracy . Magic and Skills . All members of the Jaezred Chaulssin had some sorcerous and / or roguish abilities . Generally , they were particularly trained in abilities that required some stealth , like hiding , sneaking , disguising , or lying and seeing through lies or arcane abilities . As an organization dedicated to the destruction of a religious organization ( Lolth ’ s church ) and themselves of a religious bend ( of Vhaeraun ) , some learned deeper knowledge in matters of religion . Most learned the skills of assassination and their unique training made their assassination abilities more dangerous than those outside of their guild . When it came down to magical abilities , they seemed to have favored illusion magic , particularly those with ties to shadow and which wither gave them a direct advantage in physical combat , means to escape or versatility . The Jaezred Chaulssin ' s choice of tools were that of drow , drgonblood or not , and was generally directed at helping their profession as assassins . Concretely it meant it either augmented their stealth skills , their skills at killing or other works like capturing their enemies . One speciality about the Jaezred Chaulssin was their members ' tie to the Plane of Shadows . It allowed them to use or use an item at full power A shadow related speciality about them was that they could tap into the Shadow Weave and use Shadow Weave items despite not being sharrans , in fact being enemies of sharrans like the Shadovar . Base of operations . The Jaezred Chaulssin were " based " in the ruined drow city of Chaulssin , from which they got their name . However , they also infiltrated minor houses in many drow cities , which they used as bases of power , called fosterages , and places to raise their young . These cities were , namely , Ched Nasad , Dusklyngh , Eryndlyn , Jhachalkhyn , Karsoluthiyl , Maerimydra , and Sschindylryn and , as of 1469 DR , Menzoberranzan . Apart from these , they kept six minor bases in settlements like Skullport or Sshamath that were not ( primarily ) ruled by Lolth but allowed drow to walk freely . Their main base in Chaulssin was called the House of Hidden Masters , once the city ’ s temple of Lolth , that served as the lair of the guild master Mauzzkyl Jaezred . They practically controlled the city of Jhachalkhyn and were the strongest individual power in Ched Nasad through controlling the males of the leading house Teh ’ Kinrellz who had power rivaling and / or exceeding the house ' s females ' power . Members . The Jaezred Chaulssin was primarily made up of drow with shadow dragon blood , namely the following types : The zar ' ithra ' rin were a minority in the Jaezred Chaulssin amounting to just aobut 2 % of its membership . The zekylyn were the most numerous members , about 96 % of the Jaezred Chaulssin , inside the guild there was a tendency for those with more dragon blood to hold higher ranks , so they tended to be in middle to high management positions . The draa ’ zekylyn formed the leadership of the Jaezred Chaulssin and were zekyls who have divided their drow and dragon heritage through magic originally from Clan Malaug . They were shadow dragons that were also drows and could take either form . They ruled over the guild through a council system . While shadow dragon - blood - holders were the vast majority of the guild ’ s membership , membership itself was tied to their readiness of bringing down Lolth ’ s rule and ( loose ) adherence to Vhaeraun ’ s faith but not to racial or ethnic affiliation . The initiation was usually a sacrificial ritual , during which of heart of a priestess of Lolth , killed by the initiate , was sacrificed to Vhaeraun They always employed shadar - kai , a race in perpetual danger of losing their soul , in a state of borderline to actual slavery in exchange for aid in keeping them alive . At latest in 1469 DR , shadar - kai comprised a not unimportant part of the membership as did drow with no dragon blood . Half - drows have also become members of the guild by that time . The Jaezred Chaussin were followers of Vhaeraun , but over a few centuries they began emphasizing their faith less and less in order to evade the possibility of open war with Lolth . Still , the death of Vhaeraun in 1375 DR , alongside the Spellplague , was such a heavy setback for them that they were forced to rebuild their strength for an entire century . Their numbers have dropped from about 800 before the Spellplague to about 140 in 1469 DR . Notable members . Leadership . All members of the leadership are drow - dragons who held at least some aptitude for assassination . Organization . The Jaezred Chaulssin were led by a council . The council was headed by the Patron Grandfather Mauzzkyl Jaezred . Including the Patron Grandfather , there were eight Patron Fathers who formed the leadership of the Jaezred Chaulssin . Each of the Patron Fathers was a draa ’ zekyl and also the leader of a major fosterage . Members of the guild were called " Velves " ( " Blades " ) and served the Patron Fathers . They were ranked from First to Eighth Blades and needed permission from their superiors to take on risky jobs such as assassination . The First Blade , " Ust ’ Velves " , counted three members , the next Second Blades , ‚ ‘ " Draat ’ Velves " , counted five and so on until the Seventh Blades ’ fifteen members and the Eighth Blades had no upper limit in accepted numbers . Rising in rank was done by beating a higher ranking member . It wasn ' t clear whether " beating " had to involve killing but it was at least accepted as in the case of Nimor Imphraezl killing his by - that - time - superior Antrysn Barriath to get his position . An exception to this rank system was the " Ortho ' Velve " ( " Anointed Blade " ) . This position was filled with one individual at all time and was only accountable to the Patron Grandfather , in other words he outranked not only the other Blades but also the Patron Fathers save the guildmaster whose will he carried out . Funding . The Jaezred Chaulssin funded itself from three sources . The first source was their own members . As a guild , the Jaezred Chaulssin required an entry fee when entering the guild and a monthly membership fee from its members . The second money source was profit through selling their services , their members were obliged to pay a fifth of their gains to the guild after a job done . The third source was private sponsoring . The Jaezred Chaulssin , were , a very violent form of , opportunity givers to more secular powers like merchants and males in general by eliminating theological power holders , the members of Lolth ' s matriarchy , whose place the aforementioned groups filled . These groups then acted as the guild ' s sponsors . History . Founding . In 734 DR , warned by Vhaeraun , the denizens of Chaulssin , who have overthrown and killed their shadow dragon slavers , escaped to the Plane of Shadow . They fled from the armies of Menzoberranzan who tried to kill them . The reason for the war was religious . After the drow from Chaulssin , who sported many half - dragons among them , freed themselves from slavery without Lolth ’ s help , Menzoberranzan sent emissaries to the Chaulssinyr demanding obedience to Lolth which they rebuffed which resulted in the Spider Queen ’ s decision to punish them . Once their city Chaul ’ mur ’ ssin was established on the Plane of Shadow , the Chaulssinyr had the enmity of other groups , for example the Shadovar but mainly from Clan Malaug . The Chaulssinyr still felt the desire to return to Toril . In 792 DR , the church of Vhaeraun found out that the city ’ s leadership was honeycombed by malaugrym . These infiltrators were found out and killed in one day but at heavy cost , both in the sense of lives but also in the sense of organization for the city ’ s leadership was no more . The void of leadership was filled by the church and in response to the casualties House Jaezred , the forebears of the Jaezred Chaulssin , was founded . At that time , their role was to reveal , locate and kill shapeshifting infiltrators such as the malaugrym . A stalemate followed in the following years , during which the Chaulssinyr studied and learned from their enemies . They finally managed to steal the game changer . The secret to divide their drow and dragon heritage and thus gained the full abilities of their dragon parents but also the ability to change into an individual drow form . The credit was House Jaezred ’ s assassins ’ and the power and prestige they gained through it threatened to throw their city into internal strife between them and the church of Vhaeraun . To avoid this and to distance themselves from the church , the assassins decided to fulfill the Chaulssinyrs ’ dream of going back to Toril and to use their powers to undermine Lolth ’ s rule over the drow . Plane shifted House Jaezred set up their main base in their former home of Chaulssin , in 1136 DR , and established the House of the Hidden Masters and came to be known as the assassins ’ guild Jaezred Chaulssin from this point onwards . The Jaezred Chaulssin tried to infiltrate a total of seven drow cities namely Ched Nasad , Eryndlyn , Jhachalkhyn , Karsoluthiyl , Maerimydra , Sschindylryn and Menzoberranzan and created fosterages there through posing as minor nobility . Menzoberranzan was the only one that resisted infiltration which is why Dusklyngh was chosen instead . In addition , six minor fosterages were formed in cities like Skullport or Sshamath that were not ( primarily ) ruled by Lolth but allowed drow to walk freely . In 1241 DR , Clan Malaug kidnapped the pregnant mate of the Patron Grandfather . The Jaezred Chaulssin were able to kill the kidnappers but the female drow - dragon vanished . The missing offspring was discovered in 1358 DR north of Amphail under the name Nurvureem but the Jaezred Chaulssin opted to just watch and wait to see if she became a threat . The Silence of Lolth . Between the years 1372 DR and 1373 DR , Lolth stopped granting spells to her priestesses . The time is known as the Silence of Lolth . The priestesses , who were unprepared for the sudden loss of spells but whose power and rule was dependent on Lolth favoring them and intimidating the others into servitude , were put into disarray . The Jaezred Chaulssin chose to strike and implement their plans to take down a number of Lolthite cities , namely Ched Nasad , Dusklyngh , Eryndlyn , Jhachalkhyn , Karsoluthiyl , Maerimydra , and Menzoberranzan . Through a series of smaller strikes in the cities Dusklyngh , Jhachalkhyn and Karsoluthiyl , the Jaezred Chaulssin created a power vacuum that mainly male merchants filled who then funneled money back to their " opportunity givers " . In Eryndlyn , they urged the Vhaeraun followers and the Ghaunadaur followers , who were already working together after Selvetarm ’ s avatar ’ s rampage during the Time of Troubles , to throw away their reluctance , due to their combined number being the equivalent of their enemy ’ s , to bring the Lolth followers down and caused a civil war that ended in the death of almost every priestess of Lolth . In Ched Nasad , they provided the stonefire bombs that led to the city ' s destruction by incinerating the calcified webbing on which the city was suspended resulting in the destruction of the entire city . Their work in Maerimydra and Menzoberranzan was a failure , though . The former was surprisingly taken by followers of Kiaransalee led by Irae T ' sarran . In the latter the Anointed Blade , Nimor Imphraezl , brought together a number of allies , including Crown Prince Horgar Steelshadow ' s duergar army of Gracklstugh , the Scourged Legion of Kaanyr Vhok , and the drow House Agrach Dyrr led by the Lichdrow Dyrr . He secretly led them in a siege on Menzoberranzan . Although his forces succeeded in defeating the city ' s Army of the Black Spider , the siege ultimately failed when Lolth returned and the Silence of Lolth ended , allowing the city ' s priestesses to turn back the invaders . Post - Spellplague . The Spellplague and the death of Vhaeraun in 1375 DR was a setback for the guild that forced them to rebuild their strength over a century . Their numbers have dropped from about 800 before the Spellplague to about 140 in 1469 DR . Ched Nasad ’ s ruling council was obliged to make concessions to the Jaezred Chaulssin . Said ruling council itself was considered an abomination by the one of Menzoberranzan because the males of the leading House Teh ' Kinrellz , controlled by the Jaezred Chaulssin , had power rivaling and / or exceeding the females ' power . The Jaezred Chaulssin managed to finally infiltrate Menzoberranzan . Under the leadership of Nimor Imphraezl , they set their eye on Tier Breche , the city ’ s educational institution , or more precisely on the death of Arach - Trinilith ’ s priestesses who led entire Tier Breche . Apart from one open attack that consisted of unleashing demon hordes on the graduation ceremony and causing casualties and damage to the temple in 1469 DR , their primary modus operandi was to form opposition groups in the male dominated Sorcere , the mage - school , Melee - Magthere , the warrior school , as well as teaching Menzoberranzan ’ s males , commoners and minor nobility the idea of rebellion against the oppressive priestesses and their matriarchy . Their ultimate goal was to incite a violent rebellion on a scale that would destroy the city ’ s rulership . At latest in 1479 DR , the Jaezred Chaulssin took assassination jobs from their former enemies , the Netherese . While they were considered allies , the assassins ’ guild was apparently in danger of being subsumed by them . War of the Spider Queen series :