Morgoth, War and Matriarchs

With the awakening of the dragon queen, many monsterous creatures beneath the cracked earth of Morgoth woke with her. The necromantic magics that plagued the air of Morgoth grew thicker, more potent. Evil dragons attempted to take Morgoth for themselves as the place still holds vaults secured with ancient elven treasures. The dragons wanted this for themselves, but the drow were not going to give it up so easily. Mutated creatures that rose up were subjegated under the drow and their orcish slaves. Fire breathing war hydras, arachnids with dozens of towering legs, flying creatures formed of shadow and bone, ogres, and all other forms of beast were used to fight against the horde of dragons. A land consumed by war became a land consumed by destruction and devestation. Dragon bones litter the landscape of Morgoth. The bones and scales of the fallen beasts were discolored with acids and burning processes to become like obsidian. Crafted into spiked horrors that now give the signiture morgarothi soldier a terrifying visage.

## Overview

In ages past, Morgoth was separated into two castes. The green-skins and the dark elves, drow. Now the green-skins are completly under the thumb and subjugation of the drow. Raging warchiefs of warbands of orcs, that have survived battles with dragons, hordes of undead and the harsh landscape bow their heads down to a single matriarch of the drow wandering through their camp. The orcs are slaves to the dark elves. Under their beck and call. And now that the northern landscape has collided with the border reaches of Khazanov, war against the realms of men have spread to the north.

***The Matriarchy:*** Morgoth is ruled by the priestesses of lolth and nobles of dark elf royal houses. All exclusivly the females of their race. The males are their bodyguards, solderis and servants. However, all slaves are lesser than that of free elves, regardless of sex or social standing. A paid house maiden has just as much influence over an orc chieftan than the daughter of the Mag'zathi herself. So are the laws written in stone. And by what ever sick and evil powers govern these lans, these laws are followed by punishment worse than death.

***Orc Hordes:*** While the balance of power has drastically shifted in favour of the drow, the warbands and tribes of orcs still are free to raid and plunder across the land. But only in regions that their masters deem. Often commanders and military units of drow are accompanied by several hundred or thousands of orcs when war and battle is waged beyond the ashen land of Morgoth. Excursions into the icy cold north or hot desert sands for human slaves is a regular practice.

## Culture and Climate

Morgoth is brutality incarnate, with simpel rules. You enter. The weak die. The strong survive. The best thrive. The sky still remains black as tar, with its ash clouds blocking out the sun. What sun does peak through is radiated and red. Surges of dark necromantic magics hold a tight grip on the land now more than ever.

***Extinction Storms:*** Common storms of immense magic that slowly widdles away at the life force of all indiscriminately. When one sees such a storm on the horizon, quickly seek shelter. Often poor orcs and drow are caught in these storms to have their blood siphoned from the surface of their skin, having thier skin become loose and flaky. To have your bones be crushed into powder and have your body crumble until you suffocate beneath your own weight. Only to rise a couple days later as an undead shambling mound of flesh. The same kind of caution should be exercised when it begins to rain. For rain in morgoth eats away at flesh and bone alike.

## Politics, Perception and Magic

Few orc tribes have resisted utter domination of the drow. These few tribes are the largest and strongest among the green-skins. Their leaders have left a trail of bodies behind them. But in time, the drow will get their way as all the resources and advances in magic is theirs. While all sounds horrid and grim in Morgoth, the rest of the world world watches with a cautious gaze. But the Morgarothi are hardy and apex predators. Should the line in Khazanov be broken then a clear path to the western realms is wide open for them. As the cold will hold them back, but for how long.

***Demonology:*** Most of the magic powers lies with the dark elves. And they inherit or gain knowledge of such power from demonic sources. Lolth is after all a demon lord. Summoning and siphoning of demonic creatures for magical power is a common rite and tradition of priestesses and house mages. They even study the demonic beasts to bend them to their will. As the tenets of Lolth state all will eventually crumble and bend to her will. The will of the Drow.