Djerad Thymar/Catacombs

The Catacombs were a district of the dragonborn city of Djerad Thymar.

Description
The lowest level of the city, the Catacombs were located in a tunnel network under the granite foundation of the city. Unlike the rest of Djerad Thymar, the tunnels weren't created by the dragonborn. The tunnel network had existed in the region before the Spellplague. The djerad fell above them in wake of the Spellplague, and the dragonborn remodeled the tunnels to suit their needs when they constructed Djerad Thymar.

The most transited sections of the tunnel network had various chambers and rooms that served as a storage area for military equipment and siege supplies, or to fulfill many other mundane purposes as well. The dragonborn also used a section of the network the serve as the graveyard of the city. The graveyard was composed by a series of burial chambers with sepulchers for dead dragonborn and murals known as the "Roll of the Lost", dedicated to dragonborn ancestors who died in Abeir or weren't transported to Toril during the Spellplague.

Not all the tunnels under Djerad Thymar were used for those functions, however. In the desolate sections of the tunnel network, the poor, as well as outcasts and criminals, had their homes and lairs. Those sections were ill-reputed due to rumors of illegal activity or undead haunting them, and many of the desolate tunnels weren't patrolled by thymari authorities.

Like the Market Floor and the City-Bastion, the Catacombs's walls were embedded with magical glowing balls that provided sources of illumination. However, the abandoned sections of the Catacombs were left in disrepair and most of the magical lights had faded out, either because of time and neglect or because someone had extinguish them.

Notable locations

 * Platinum Cadre headquarters : The Platinum Cadre had their headquarters in one of the abandoned sections of the Catacombs.