Aelinthaldaar was the capital city of Illefarn, an ancient elven civilization in northwest Faerûn. The city was located where Waterdeep would later stand.[1]
History[]
The city was founded circa −8500 DR and stood for some seven thousand years.[1]
However, the elves destroyed their own city in −1100 DR when they retreated to Evermeet. The coronal of Illefarn ordered the whole city razed with elven high magic, leaving very little behind to indicate it had ever been there.[1]
Legacy[]
The elves of Aelinthaldaar created a magical effect, or mythal, known as the Melairshield, which prevented the plateau from collapsing, regardless of activities below the surface. It remained in effect into the 14th century DR.[1][2]
All that physically remained of Aelinthaldaar were crypts below the Pantheon Temple of the Seldarine in Waterdeep.[1]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Eric L. Boyd (June 2005). City of Splendors: Waterdeep. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 6–7. ISBN 0-7869-3693-2.
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd (June 2005). City of Splendors: Waterdeep. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 20. ISBN 0-7869-3693-2.