Twisted Tower of Ashaba

The Twisted Tower of Ashaba is the home and seat of power of the lord and lady of Shadowdale. The tower, originally known simply as the Twisted Tower, takes its name from the first human lord of the dale, the water wizard Ashaba.

History
The building of the Twisted Tower by the drow began in -2600 DR, and was completed in -2549 DR. It was retained by the drow, and expanded twice in the decades following -750 DR.

In -331 DR, coronals Connak and Tannivh Irithyl break through the Twisted Tower's defences with their elf armies, and destroy the drow within, although the drow capture the Soldier's Blade in the process. The tower is handed over to good dark elves, and becomes a temple to Eilistraee within a hundred years. This period lasted until 194 DR, when drow, rising from the Underdark, again took the Tower and restored it to a military garrison.

Josidiah Starym, in his quest to reclaim the Soldier's Blade, causes the Tower to fall temporarily in 500 DR.

In 906 DR, the Tower's drow occupants, then led by marshall Azmaer Dhuurniv, are beseiged for a year, have their well poisoned by a human slave, and are forced to flee back to the Underdark. This allows humans to conquer the Tower, and the water wizard Ashaba becomes the first lord of Shadowdale. After Ashaba merges with the river in 940 DR, the Twisted Tower is renamed to the Twisted Tower of Ashaba in his honour.