Miyeritar

Miyeritar was an ancient dark elven empire in the north western parts of Faerûn.

History
The realm of Miyeritar was founded by green and dark elves around -18000 DR in what is today the High Moor and Misty Forest. The gold elven realm Aryvandaar became their greatest threat. The rulers of this realm began -14700 DR attempts to diplomatically and peacefully annex Miyeritar into their realm. Besides this fruitless troubles with their powerful neighbors the realm of Miyeritar developed in -13900 DR into the center of elven Art and High Magic in Faerûn. But Aryvandaar did not let up and in -13200 DR skirmishing and trade interference started between both realms. It was only a question of time until a real war broke out between them. That happened -12000 DR when the rulers of Aryvandaar lost their patience and started the attack. This was the beginning of the first Crown War.

In -11800 DR the Aryvandaars seemed to have won and militarily occupied and annexed the realm Miyeritar. But a number of Miyeritari clans and strongholds resisted and continued to fight. They got help from the elves of Illefarn who, despite its officially-neutral stance, provided secret safehavens for Miyeritarid refugees.

Despite Miyeritar was conquered at the end of the first Crown war in -10300 DR and the Aryvandaar also conquered other realms, guerilla fighting and rebel mages arose in parts of Miyeritar and the newly conquered territories in -10600 DR. It was that, what let the Aryvandaari to use High Magic and cause a tremendous killing storm. The event became known as The Dark Disaster. It reduced the entire forest and realm of Miyeritar into barren wastelands within three months. Miyeritar was no more.

Ruins of Miyeritar were discovered in modern times. One of them was the mysterious Kraanfhaor's Door wich was the entrance to a school of High Magic. The drow mage Q'arlynd Melarn found a way to open it and got an ancient Selu'Kiira of his Miyeritari ancestors. With the help of that he learned to use High Magic and helped in killing the goddess Kiaransalee. Later he helped to redeem some drow, with them the descendants of ancient Miyeritiiri clans, of the curse which made them drow. They were once more dark elves now and welcomed by the Seldarine.