The Dyrr Family

## **The Second Age**

###### Dark Reach

During the Second Age, the Dyrr family wielded significant influence and wealth by controlling The Underdark. As global warfare ravaged the land following the downfall of the Gods, the Dyrr family's power increased. They supplied valuable and rare metals from their subterranean territories, and they raised formidable armies to establish the Underdark Kingdom of Darkreach, a vast cavernous realm subdued by their military might. Although other powers existed beneath the surface of Duskhallow, the Dyrr family sought to maintain relationships with the world above. They were a highly active political family whose alliances were strengthened by their longevity as Dark Elves. Despite the majority of their military efforts being focused underground in the taming and defense of Darkreach, the Dyrr family occasionally demonstrated their power and ambitions on the surface world.

###### The Black Wyrm Returns

In the latter part of the Second Age, the Dyrr family experienced a decline in their political influence under the leadership of Ghuhyr Dyrr, a young and newly-crowned heir to the Darkreach throne. Ghuhyr was swayed by external forces and pledged allegiance to Achlenkehl, the legendary wyrm of the First Age, whom a cult had been venerating since her disappearance in that era. Under the influence of the cult, Ghuhyr instigated a war against the surface world in the name of the Great Wyrm, which became apparent during the Siege of the Free City of Jurst.

###### The Seige Of Jurst

The Siege of Jurst had devastating consequences, including the destruction of the city and the demise of the Great Wyrm whose remains still rest amidst the ruins. Ghuhyr, also known as the Dark Tyrant, was overthrown by his own family due to the shameful betrayal and allegiance to Achlenkehl, the deity who vanquished the gods. This event caused the Dyrr family to recede into obscurity, ruling Darkreach with diminished influence throughout the remainder of the Second Age. They faced relentless attacks in the Underdark, causing their realm to shrink progressively. Nonetheless, their kingdom still persists to this day.

###### A Second Chance

At the advent of the Third Age, during the period of peace known as the The Tranquility, the Dyrr family emerged from obscurity to reclaim their position in society. Thanks to the efforts of those who had ousted the Dark Tyrant in the previous era, the Kingdom of Darkreach was cautiously accepted back into the public sphere of the surface world. The Dyrr family resumed their previous role from the early Second Age, engaging in the trade and commerce of valuable resources found in the Underdark. However, due to the absence of military requirements, they never regained their former strength.

## **The Third Age**

###### The Revival

The Dyrr family's military might and weaponry had lain dormant until the The Disappearance, when the sudden transformation of Ero'den, caused by the seclusion of The Strangers, instilled a sense of paranoia throughout the realms. Over the ten-year period of The Disappearance, the Dyrr family's prosperity surged, leading to a significant expansion of Darkreach once again.

###### The Sealed Gate

However, the outbreak of the Damnation shattered all the plans and aspirations that had enriched the Dyrr family. With the surface world descending into Undeath, the Dyrrs sealed the gates of Darkreach and waited out what they believed would be a cataclysmic event with an eventual end. As the initial chaos of the Damnation subsided, the Dyrr family opened the gates of Darkreach for the first time in five hundred years, only to find a drastically altered and wounded surface world.

Leveraging their age-old riches and substantial stockpiles of resources, the Dyrr family, now under the guidance of the Matriach known as The Scarlet Queen, once again forged new alliances, this time in a fractured and decaying world.