Ilythiir

Ilythiir was a realm of the dark elves during the Dawn Agesand First Flowering (founded roughly -27000 DR) before being destroyed after the Descent of the Drow following the Fourth Crown War.

Geography
Ilythiir covered the part of Southern Faerûn where the areas later known as the Shaar and Forest of Amtar lay.

History
One tribe of elves (known as the Ilythiiri), brought to Toril by the Fey, negotiated with dragons to create an elf realm in the south circa -27000 DR. By -23200 DR Ilythiiri settlements had spread into the areas later known as the Shaar and the Forest of Amtar. Its capital at Atorrnash stood for centuries before being destroyed during the Sundering.

In -18000 DR some Ilythiiri houses began to venerate Ghaunadaur and in the following years other houses began worshipping Lloth in order to gain power. In the following centuries Ilythiir skirmished with Orishaar and incited the War of Three Leaves with its other neighbors.

In -11700 DR Illythiir began the Second Crown War supposedly in retaliation for Aryvandaar's attack on Miyeritar. They attacked the bordering elvish nations, striking quickly at Orishaar conquering it swiftly.


 * -10100 DR : The Ilythiir destroy Shantel Othreier.

Notable Locations
After the dark elves were banished from the sunlit realms after the Crown Wars, most of the remnants of the empire were razed by elves hoping to eradicate any presence of their evil cousins. The ruins of Ilythiir were the most sparse of all the ancient elf empires to survive into later ages. Circa 1373 DR two were known to exist, Athamault and the Citadel of Slime.