Szith Morcane

Szith Morcane was an outpost of the drow city of Maerimydra.

History
Established beneath the Dordrien Crypts in 804 DR, Szith Morcane served as a supply station for the dark elves living in Shadowdale, it also functioned as a staging area for raids into Daggerdale. When the drow were driven out of Shadowdale in 906 DR by Ashaba, the inhabitants of Szith Morcane lost interest in the surface world and sealed themselves away from it. During the Silence of Lolth, the last of the Lolth worshippers from Maerimydra fled to Szith Morcane but were tracked down and killed by Dorina and Zedarr T'sarran who then reoccupied the outpost with their troops. However, their newly begun raids on Daggerdale caused Randal Morn to hire a party of adventurers to stop these raids.

Government
Szith Morcane was ruled primarily by House Morcane's matron mother. Prior to the Silence of Lolth, it was also home to six influential merchant houses.

Georgarphy
Built into the side of a yawning chasm, Szith Morcane is connected not by streets and caverns but by a vast spider's web that covers the wall. Spun by an enormous spider which lairs in the chasm, the drow are careful to only travel on the 'safe' non-sticky strands as they are all to aware that those who get caught in the webbing are prey for the beast. Just above the town resides a driders lair, where transformed drow who have been outcast from Szith Morcane live.

Areas of Interest
Along with slave caverns, a bazaar area, and well-defended barracks, Szith Morcane boasts other locations of interest.
 * Inverted Tower: A tower so named for its odd construction of rooms branching off from a single central spire and the small, insular community of wizards who occupy it.
 * Fane of Lolth: Primary temple to the Spider Queen before its inhabitants were killed by the worshipers of Kiaransalee, which was located in House Morcane. Former High Priestess, Alisannara Morcane, used to lead her priestesses in worship here.