Elven Catacombs

The Elven Catacombs were a subterranean structures that spread from the sublevels of Castle Cormanthor and housed tombs, shrines, barracks, and after the Weeping War formed a chasm that connected the Catacombs with the Underdark.

Location
The dungeon levels of Castle Cormanthor expanded into the Elven Catacombs past the castle's second subterranean level. The top catacomb levels were used as barracks during the times of war, held countless elven burial chambers and crypts, storage, veering sprawling dungeon tunnels, as well as prisons.

Through the numerous twisting and veering secret passages, the Elven Catacombs connected Cable Cormanthor to numerous locations of the City Heights of Myth Drannor, and led into the chamber of the pool of radiance.

The pool of radiance chamber was hidden behind a secret door and other passages led through the catacombs towards many exits at the Shaundakul's Throne, lrithlium, Tyrimar's Hall, and other location in the ruined city.

Layout
The Elven Catacombs consisted of four major levels: the First Cellar, the Second Cellar, the Lower Keep, and the Prisons. Each level was separated by long stair-filled tunnels that could reach up to a hundred steps. The deeper one descended into the depths of catacombs the stuffier and murkier the air was. In the centuries that followed the Weeping War, the lower levels made its visitors feel unease with their unwholesome atmosphere and almost palpable dread.

Inhabitants

 * Thyaast Ammath: once brilliant elf wizard who transformed herself into a mad spectral lich, dwelt in the deepest level of the Elven Catacombs in her ancient laboratory, across the hall from the charm that led directly to the Underdark.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Pool of Radiance: Attack on Myth Drannor
 * Video Games
 * Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor
 * Novels
 * Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor