Server Setting

***This is a 3.5 server. 4.0 never happened. The spellplague and all of the things Wizards of the Coast published in 4e and 5e never happened.***

In this continuity, the silence of lolth in 1372DR was lolth actually being killed. Below is some information about what actually happened. Bear in mind that the server is set 30 years after the silence of lolth began. No one is required to know all of what happened, and indeed, it is a chaotic time period and your characters can totally have a different recollection of events, but the below is what happened.(edited)

Much of the upheaval from the silence still happened, but in different ways:

### Chaulssin

City of wyrmshadows, the loss of Vhaeraun leaves the Jeazred Chaulssin in total disarray. The half-dragon/drow female Nurvureem, who was kept as a slave concubine in the city prior to being kidnapped from Chaullsin 1241 by Clan Malaug and subsequently escaped their clutches, returns to the city in dragon form to exact her vengeance. Accompanied by the male shadow dragon Furlinastis, Nurvureem lays waste to the city, wiping out every member of the Jeazred Chaulssin they can find, effectively decaptitating the organization. Nurvureem takes great pains to ensure that no survivors escape the city, before she departs for the surface, leaving the hoard of wealth as payment to Furlinastis, who takes up residence in the ruins permanently.

### Menzobarranzan

The slave revolt that rocked the city in late 1372 lasting into 1373 still happens, but the sudden arrival of Rildriina the webspinner announcing her ascension in 1373 restores the [previously] lolthite forces, quelling the revolt early. A rogue faction of Zinzerenites(remnants from the Jeazred Chaullsin) still collaborate with Glakslaugh to attack the city, but the city is not in such dire straits as it is in the canon continuity, and the seige quickly fails.

### Mearimydra

In Mearimydra, Lolth's silence still results in the city being attacked by the city's Archmage Duneth Wharreil and Kurgoth Hellspawn(and his horde of minions). Vesz'zt Auvryana, the leader of the local Jeazred Chaulssin, converts to worship of Kiaransalee and his forces merge with the local cult of the revenancer, assisting Irae T'sarran in seizing castle Maerimydra and killing Duneth. As in canon, she then summons the undying temple to the prime material plane and raises every corpse in the city as a horde of undead under her command. Hamadh the unseen and his resistance forces fail their assassination attempt of Irae T'sarran due her forces being stronger than expected, and the city survives the conflict, albeit mostly destroyed. It is now a kiaran stronghold in permanent alliance with V'eldrinnsharr, the kiaran holy city.

House Morcane, in Szith Morcane, converts to the worship of Kiaransalee and pledges fealty to house T'sarran after an army of Kiarans arrive on their doorstep chasing Rildriinar refugees. Szith Morcane thus remains part of Maerimydra's holdings.

### Eryndlyn

In Eryndlyn, the Lolthite and Vhaerunite plateaus of the city panic as their clergy suddenly lose their power. The city is uneasy, and in late 1372, the ghaunadaurites from the south plateau begin attacking the smaller northeastern plateau, which previously was vhaerunite. They are met by disorganized resistance from a loose coalition of merchant houses bent on maintaining the status quo and fielding a large number of mercenaries. The offensive fails due to a successful last moment defense martialed by the local cult of Aunyrr, and the Ghaunadaurites withdraw to lick their wounds and reorganize.

In 1373 Rildriina announces her ascension and the previously lolthite western plateau converts in whole to the new spider queen. Less than a month later, Rildriinar forces and Ghaunadaurite forces launch near simultaneous attacks on the northeastern plateau, destroying the fledgeling Aunyrra cult and the merchant houses supporting it; These forces then immediately turn on eachother. Total chaos ensues, with both sides taking heavy losses and the entire northeastern plateau being left in ruins. Neither side can claim a victory, and the plateau becomes a permanent a no-man's-land, with neither religion allowing the other a foothold for resettling it. Exiles from each plateau eke out a bare survival among the ruins for as long as they can, and there is minor bandit activity harrassing merchant caravans that use the bridges and road to travel between the rival plateaus.

### Ched Nasad

In Ched Nasad, the city of webs, the city faced upheaval, with mobs arising in the city due to people blaming the priestesses of lolth for angering the spider queen and fearing invasion. The city is additionally flooded by refugees from Menzobarranzan and Maerimydra, as well as Guallidurth. Ssipriina Zauvirr of house Zauvirr uses Zammzt to hire the duergar mercenary band Clan Xornbane to aid her in destroying her rival, House Melarn. Zammzt was a prince of the Jeazred Chaulssin, and due to the loss of contact with Vhaeraun, and the chaos happening in Chaulssin, he chooses to direct the mercenary company normally. House Melarn is destroyed in a well executed attack, and Ched Nasad survives the silence more or less entirely intact. When Rildriina the webspinner announces her ascension, House Nsadra, the ruling house, earns the favor of the goddes by beginning construction of a grand temple to Rildriina in the city of webs, and the newly minted goddess rewards them with a vast supply of food. House Nsadra uses this food as a means of control, given the rampant starvation in the city, and restores order as the city adjusts to having such a vast population. Many of the refugees settle, and the city enters what seems to be a golden age as the city's population more than doubles to 70000 drow and over 200000 slaves.

### Guallidurth

In Guallidurth, the city of shrines, the silence of lolth is met with nervous unrest, followed by chaotic civil war as the city's small cults to Aunyrr and Kiaransalee, emboldened by the silence, emerge from the shadows. Houses publicly convert to Aunyrr, Kiaransalee, Zinzerena, Shar, and Ghaunadaur as an arms race for divine power spurs houses to quickly adopt new deities, and power struggles erupt into outright street fighting as the city of 80000 drow, with its scores of houses, devolves into a free-for-all of religious purges, the only constant is a steady stream of refugees escaping the city.

By the time Rildriina announces her ascension in 1373, half of Guallidurth is in ruins and its population has been cut to 20000. By this time the cult of Aunyrr has begun to dominate the city with over a dozen major houses forming a united front. Some rogue houses convert back to Rildriina, but they are plagued by infighting and it is not enough to sway the tide. The followers of Aunyrr finish taking the city over completely by 1378. The city is a shadow of its former power, but it is now a stronghold for the Aunyrra faith.

In T'lindhet, The holy city of the church of Aunyrr, the council of ruling houses decides to stop tolerating the presence of its lolthite minority. Conversion by the sword is implemented on a statewide level. Only the small kiaran population is spared this treatment, and in 1375 is instead exiled to prevent holdout Lolthites and Rildriinar from hiding among their number. The alliance between the church of Aunyrr and the church of Kiaransalee breaks down entirely.

### Undrek'Thoz

In Undrek'Thoz, the segmented city, the silence of Lolth was met by uneasy silence for about half a year before the monastic order 'The blackened fist', located in the Brundag 'district' moved to seize power. Two of the ten districts fall to the monestary's control almost immediately. House Phaundal, a lolthite house with heavy arcane power, wipes out a number of rivals, and maintains power in its 'district'. The blackened fist fails to secure the loyalty of the wizards of Mezrylornyl and loses control of the portal network between the cities. Coordinating with the other lolthite houses and in control of the portal network, the lolthites of house Phaundal form a loose coalition and wipe out the blackened fist, crushing its rebellion and destroying the monestary, though some practitioners of the martial art escape. One district, Sshurlynder(located under High Thay), is destroyed because the fighting weakens it enough to allow it to be overrun by orcs and ogres. The city maintains its status quo until Rildriina's ascension and the city escapes the silence relatively intact.

**Things a new immigrant in the area would probably know:**

* In the immediate area, the trade partners for the region are the drow cities of V'eldrinnsharr, Sulasspryn, and Maerimydra.
* House Torath is at war with a duergar city named Glandertharn, located on the coast of the moondeep sea.
* V'eldrinnsharr has closed its borders, and is enforcing this closure with a navy.