The Nine Clans

BreysisTips.png|Clan Vilatul|link=Breysis Vilatul
Rise-of-the-underdark-3-details---Tyler-Jacobson 2.jpg|Clan Bovol|link=Praxis Bovol
104448 2.jpg|Clan Kollotos|link=Dakon Kollotos
Voil Silkya.png|Clan Silkya|link=Lyvis Silkya
228px-Screen_Shot_2013-01-02_at_7.58.42_PM.png|Clan Korlyuhka|link=Korlyuhka Mansion
Screen Shot 2013-01-10 at 8.31.02 PM 2.png|Clan Aball|link=Baylin Aball
Screen Shot 2013-01-09 at 10.41.48 AM 2.png|Clan Webol|link=Horvol
DrowWarrior 2.jpg|Clan Dallvik|link=Viston
SpiderKiller_2560x1600_Wallpaper 2.jpg|Clan Givil|link=Akilva
==At a Glance==
The Nine Clans were the once-largest noble houses of Drow who survived the bloody Tel'Quessir civil war with their Bor'Nal (Elf) and Eladrin cousins. Brought low by the war, the fractured clans escaped into The Underdark and it was there that they escaped a slow, agonizing end by the actions of the Eladrin-traitor Naggaroth. Enacting a pact with the dark goddess Lolth, Naggaroth damned his fellow Drow to a dark fate but in doing so also allowed the Nine Clans to rise in prominence once more, gifting them with dark magics that allowed for the creation of the black city of Sautekh and reunification of the dying Drow race. This expansion into the Underdark allowed the Nine Clans to re-asser themselves as the ruling caste and revitalize their power. Naggaroth was elevated to the role of overseer of the Nine Clans and envoy to Lolth, and following his death he was mummified in Sautekh in webbing and regarded as a figurehead to unify the clans.
Sadly, the sadistic, covetous, and suspicious energies of Lolth would not lead the Drow to a permanent unification and soon Naggaroth's dream fractured. the Nine Clans' bloodlust resulted in frequent infighting as the Drow were torn between their oppressive duty to Lolth and their duplicitous desire to rule the Underdark and Sautekh for themselves. On the surface, each of the The Nine Clans pledge to serve Naggaroth's memory (and Lolth's power) but subversively (and openly, to some) plot the downfall of their kin. 
==Membership==
The rulers of The Nine Clans live in their own keeps strewn throughout the Underdark to avoid assassination. A ruler will send their envoys as a representative of their power to the capitol of Sautekh -- a death sentence, but a glorious (if brief) posting. It is there that emissaries to keep an eye on their fierce competition. From the black city their empires reach through The Underdark and across the mortal plane, including such individuals as:
Clan 	Ruling Member 	Party Members 	Traits
Vilatul, the Black Myriad 	Breysis Vilatul 	Scuttle, Lord Araneus, Viceroy 	Masters of the Arcane, Dark Magic, Deific Rituals
Silkya, the Bladed Lotus 	Elistrae Silkya 	Shavil Silkya, Casshil Viyuka, Lyvis Silkya	Masters of Assasination, Deception, Persuasion, Seduction
Bovol, the Lords of Iron Thorns 	Praxis Bovol 	Karand Kholl 	Masters of Large Scale Combat, Sieges
Kollotos, the Bleaksoul Bretheren	Nageer Kollotos 	Maester Dakon Kollotos, Dieter Muvvic 	Masters of Transformation, Spiderworship, Driders
Dallvik, the Balefule Gaze 	Kyrazyth Dallvik 	Patron Viston 	Masters of Combat, Raiding, Piracy
Korlyuhka, the Broken Sigil 	Rohkalik Korlyuhka	Klivalin Arjul
, Sabro Korlyuhka 	Masters of Politics, Stealth
Aball, the Black Creed 	Baylin Aball 	Aurelisa Obsin 	Masters of Combat, Swordplay
Webol, the Last Hatred 	Bazeteque Webol 	Horvol the Cunning 	Masters of Duplicity, Illusions, Madness
Givil, the Ebon Sting 	Laerhesque Givil 	Matron Akilva 	Masters of Hunting, Tracking, Underdark Nature
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