Deepearth

Deepearth was a city and the surroundings areas in the Underdark under the Galena Mountains in the Bloodstone Lands.

History
Deepearth was settled by deep gnomes. In the surrounding caverns lived some clans of duergars. Sometimes the duergars engaged the gnomes in skirmish in order to gain food, cattle and sometimes slaves but with few successes. At last a great deep gnome army devastated the duergars territories stopping the raids. However one night a solitary duergar infiltrated Deepearth and discovered inside an abandoned gnome mine a pool of mercury (in truth a gate to Abyss). He touched the liquid and was quickly possessed by the demon lord Orcus. With Orcus as their leader the duergar managed to seize Deepearth. In 1357 DR however the Gareth Dragonsbane's party arrived in Deepearth and fought the duergars and te minions of Orcus. In 1359 DR the gnomes had regained the control of the city and worked with the dwarves of Orothiar Clan in oder to exploit The Mines of Bloodstone.