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'''House Argith''' was a [[Lolthite]] [[drow]] house of the city of [[Sschindylryn]]. They notably fell afoul of the [[demon lord]] [[Graz'zt]] in [[Tethyamar]] during the 15{{th}} century [[DR]].<ref name="ddo"/>{{DDO-MoTtime}}

==History==
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| text   = Daughter<br/>I am disturbed by your actions. The tone of your last letter was foolish in the extreme. I may tolerate pride in my children, but insolence will result in you being dragged back to the city and flayed.<br/>As for this "gift" that you sent, it appears to be nothing more than a pile of gaudy crystals. Is this another insult, or have you lost your wits? After your recent ravings about these magical "jewels", I am thinking the latter.<br/>Answer me quickly, Daughter. And answer well, or there will be consequences.
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During the late 15{{th}} century DR, the house sent an expedition to the old [[dwarf|dwarven]] ruins of Tethyamar beneath the [[Desertsmouth Mountains]], seeking the lost treasures within. Instead they found the [[jewels of ardor]], a kind of [[crystal]] that had little worth of its own, but had been altered by the [[demon]] Graz'zt to appear impossibly valuable. After finding the gems, Talice contacted the [[Zhentarim]] and had them send an expert down to the [[Underdark]] in order to evaluate the gems. The Black Network sent their man [[Oldin]], who met a dwarven guide and travelled to the drow stronghold, only to be attacked and devoured by [[umber hulk]]s along the way.<ref name="ddo"/>

As Talice's obsession with the gems grew, she became convinced that they had been blessed by [[Lolth]], and she herself was an ascendant champion for finding them. She sent a sample of the jewels back to Sschindylryn with a letter containing all sorts of grand claims, but the time and distance rendered the jewels free of Graz'zt's power and returned them to mere shiny rocks. Faced with a raving child obsessed with worthless rocks, her mother sent a reply that pointedly questioned Talice's loyalty and sanity, which prompted Talice to write a response that was outright threatening and seditious with its grandiosity. Her own on-site wizard [[Ildan Argith]] remained skeptical of her extraordinary claims, and so he secretly studied the gems and prepared a letter to inform the house's [[archmage]] in Sschindylryn that while they were in fact influenced by a demonic power, this indicated Lolth as much as any other [[Abyss]]al lord.<ref name="ddo"/>

Throughout these events, the drow had been ambushing and [[enslaving]] the dwarven expedition at the [[Tethyamar mining outpost]] nearby, who also sought the gems. They caught many miners and set them to work extracting the jewels, alongside other [[human]] slaves brought from Sschindylryn. They also sent a team to [[Ironvale Deep]] led by [[Kir'tan Melarn]] to recover the ''[[Tethyamar Master Manifest]]'', which contained a comprehensive set of logs and [[map]]s describing the mines around the city. While the drow enjoyed predating on the disorganized dwarves for a while, their easy dominance came to an end when [[Gunhild the Watchful]] finally located the hidden drow stronghold and sent a team to destroy it. They may have impersonated the deceased Zhentarim delegate or used force to break in, but ultimately the drow slaves were freed and the high priestess slain in her own temple, ending their efforts in Tethyamar and ruining Graz'zt's fun as one of his pawns was wiped out.<ref name="ddo"/>

==Members==
During their expedition to Tethyamar in the late 15{{th}} century DR, the house included the following notable drow:<ref name="ddo"/>

* [[Talice Argith]], a high priestess.<ref name="ddo"/>
* [[Ildan Argith]], a [[wizard]].<ref name="ddo"/>

The expedition also contained the following members:<ref name="ddo"/>

* [[Kir'tan Melarn]], a wizard.<ref name="ddo"/>
* [[Phy'xzar]], a drider jailor.<ref name="ddo"/>
* [[Phyrsinil]], a priestess.<ref name="ddo"/>
* [[Rauva]], a lieutenant.<ref name="ddo"/>
* [[Uhlsirayn]], a guard captain.<ref name="ddo"/>
* [[Velkas]], a slave master.<ref name="ddo"/>
* [[Zyn]], a captain.<ref name="ddo"/>

==Appendix==
===Notes===
{{Notes}}
===Appearances===
{{Appearances
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===References===
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[[Category:Drow houses]]
[[Category:Lolthite organizations]]
[[Category:Drow organizations]]
[[Category:Houses of Sschindylryn]]
[[Category:Organizations in Sschindylryn]]
[[Category:Organizations in the Underdark]]
[[Category:Organizations in the Middledark]]
[[Category:Organizations in the Deep Wastes]]
[[Category:Organizations on Toril]]
[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:Year of Machinations]]