Szith Morcane

Szith Morcane was an outpost of the drow city of Maerimydra.

Overview
Szith Morcane is ruled primarily from House Morcane, where the Matron mother typically resides. Prior to the Silence of Lolth it was also home to six influential merchant houses. Built into the side of a yawning chasm, Szith Morcane is connected not by streets and caverns but by a vast Spider's web that covers the wall. Spun by an enormous Spider which lairs in the chasm, the drow are careful to only travel on the 'safe' non-sticky strands as they are all to aware that those who get caught in the webbing are prey for the beast.

Areas of Interest
Along with slave caverns, a bazaar area and well-defended barracks, Szith Morcane boasts an small, insular community of wizards known as The Inverted Tower. The tower is so named for it's odd construction of rooms branching off from a single central spire. In addition, House Morcane also houses the Fane of Lolth which served the primary temple to the Spider Queen before its inhabitants were killed by the worshipers of Kiaransalee. Here the former High Priestess, Alisannara Morcane, would lead the priestesses in worship.

Just above Szith Morcane, laired those who had been transformed into Driders and thus outcast from Szith Morcane.

History
Established in 804 DR not far beneath the Dordrien Crypts to serve as a supply station for the dark elves living in Shadowdale, it also functioned as a staging area for raids into Daggerdale.

When the drow were driven out of Shadowdale in 906 DR by Ashaba, the inhabitants of Szith Morcane lost interest in the surface world and sealed themselves off from it.

During the Silence of Lolth, the last of the Lolth-worshippers from Maerimydra fled to Szith Morcane but were tracked down and killed by Dorina and Zedarr T'sarran who then reoccupied the outpost with their troops. However, their newly begun raids on Daggerdale caused Randal Morn to hire a party of adventurers to stop these raids, if possible.