Current Clack
Don't blow your top.
- We looted a song dragon's hoard and brought a wealth of lore to the wiki, hopefully before the dragons get payback.
- Zeromaru X rode an Ishen-Charac horse with the Tymanther dragonborn and learned of dragonsight and heard the "Elegy for the First World".
- Regis87 discovered dragon magic, documenting such spells as dragoncall, dragonblood spell-pact, gem tracer, icy claw, the light of Xymor, and more.
- Guided by the copper dragon Galadaeros, Arodp88 adventured with the ladies of the Galadran Company in search of an orb of draconic influence. But what they found was a ghost dragon guardian and a draconic shard, the psionic remnant of a gem dragon. Better to let dead dragons lie, it seems.
- Speaking of, BadCatMan got to know the multifaceted gem dragons, documenting amethyst, crystal, emerald, and topaz dragons. In particular, he got to grips with the amethyst Eldenser, the Worm Who Hides in Blades and seeker of Ossavitor's Way, an obscure method of draconic immortality.
- We welcome Chickadoozle, who learned of the more-or-less greatwyrms.
- Meanwhile, Artemaz mapped the Moonshae Isles, visiting the kingdom of Norheim and the capital Rogarsheim and meeting Jarl Rault the Wise, among many other places. But a trip through Callidyrr down High King's Road to Kythyss saw an unfortunate run-in with the murderous mercenary Ghelvan the Buzzard.
- Meanwhile, Look-a-troopa got the dirt on cockroaches of the Realms (wiki research is such a glamorous affair), Lhynard woke from a dose of alchemical sleep gas, and Hashimashadoo detailed the whole history of Amn.
- In Legacy of the Green Regent: Waylaid Before Twilight, our heroes are hot on the trail of goblin bandits, but first had to perform for a grig prince to get directions. It turns out the Delimbiyr Vale's got talent after all. Now, do they go down the pit or down the river?
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As former slaves of the mind flayers, the gith were experimented on and manipulated, developing powerful psionic abilities as a result. United under their leader Gith, they eventually rebelled against their masters, finally winning their freedom and bringing the mind flayers to the brink of extinction. Differences over how to conduct their society led to a schism and a violent civil war, which ended with the pacifist githzerai fleeing to Limbo and the warlike githyanki moving to the Astral.
Always on the lookout for signs of mind flayer activity and constantly hunting their hated githzerai kin, the githyanki conducted frequent raids on the Material Plane, riding their red dragon allies and aboard their plane-shifting spelljammers. In Realmspace, they maintained a base in Stardock, an asteroid of the Tears of Selûne in orbit around Toril.
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This latest issue focuses on a Dungeons & Dragons holiday gift guide, and contains an interview with the author of Dungeon Academy: No Humans Allowed. Maps and art from Candlekeep Mysteries and Fizban's Treasury of Dragons are provided.
Knowing she'll never be accepted, Zelli's parents disguise her as a minotaur in hopes she’ll blend with the academy’s monstrous surroundings. Zelli does her work, keeps to herself, and becomes "invisible" to everyone.
While in History of Horrible Humans class, Zelli learns of the great human adventurer, Allidora Steelstrike, who oddly resembles her. Could Zelli also be a Steelstrike? Seeking answers to her true lineage, Zelli embarks on a dangerous adventure.
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The game begins with the player controlling two heroes in a small village, which comes under attack by evil drow. They follow them into the Underdark to the mighty drow city of Menzoberranzan. Along the way, they encounter companions of varying races, and fight off foes from gnolls to yochlols and assemble the powerful Helm of Spiders. Notably, it is the first video game to star Drizzt Do'Urden.
Today in the Realms...
...it is 7 Nightal, or the 7th of the Drawing Down. Selûne is in the third quarter 
. On this day:
- In 1369 DR, Fzoul Chembryl arrived in Mintar and is lauded by the Banites. He quickly converts ruler Teldorn Darkhope to the church of the Baneson by magically branding his face with the mark of Xvim.
Realmslore
- Arandron was a continent on Toril located far to the southwest of Faerûn, home to humans, stone giants, steel dragons, and presumably other varieties of life.
- Halaster's Heirs was a school of wizardry for those daring students of magic who, for some reason or other, thought it a good idea to attend classes in Undermountain.
- The bandits who raided the town of Dauntshield were said to have stolen such a hoard of gems that they were able to swim in them, "as if through a bathing-pool".
- The High House of Stars was a major temple to Selûne in Waterdeep until it was razed by Vanrak Moonstar and his Sharran Dark Army of the Night.
- The illusionist Twisp was pursued by a revenant through Daggerdale. Although locals were sympathetic to his plight initially, the collateral damage he wrought quickly ate up any good will.
- A kiss from the pahari sea mage Salana, who lived in the Great Sea of Zakhara, was said to grant the recipient the ability to breathe underwater for a full day.
- Sergeant Thrinn of the Cult of the Absolute was notably pragmatic—for a cultist—and was concerned that recent recruits to the cult would object to not getting paid.
- Cobalt dragons were considered so nasty and cruel that other ferrous dragons gave them a wide berth, while green dragons flatly refused to even live near them.
And, from the archives:
- Heavy magic was a type of magic given physical form discovered by the Netherese arcanist Karsus. Heavy magic formed the basis for the casting of Karsus's avatar, which precipitated the fall of ancient Netheril.
- Tomb spiders were monstrous arachnids whose bodies were suffused with negative energy. They laid their eggs in the corpses of humanoids, causing the corpses to reanimate as web mummies, a type of undead.
- Abalajar Ocerat became a mage-killer to avenge the murder of his parents at the hands of the Red Wizards of Thay. He felt that Faerûn became a slightly better place for each wizard he killed.
- Neh-thalggu, or brain collectors, were a race of nefarious aberrations found on the Astral Plane. They possessed a completely alien psychology and did not regard humanoids as people.
- The Long Reach (also known as the Centaur Trail) in the Vast connected the towns of King's Reach, Sendrin, and Bambryn, passing close by the once-dangerous Trollcrag Mountains in the process.
- The Temple of the Delicate Chaos was a secret temple of Cyric hidden beneath the city of Innarlith. From here, the Cyricist cleric Wenefir directed various criminal enterprises and meddled in the city's political scene.
- Hadarog was the chieftain of the orcish Spleen Eaters tribe in the Stonelands. When the Eye of Gruumsh was stolen from his tribe, he personally led a party to hunt down the thieves.
- A lajatang was a type of martial arts weapon common in the Kara-Turan empire of Shou Lung, comprising a long staff with a crescent-shaped blade at each end.
- A chest of preserving prevented its contents from ever decaying, even perishable items like food and drink. The wizard Muiral kept one on the Muiral's Gauntlet level of Undermountain.
- The Crypt of Orbakh was built to inter Orbakh, a famed necromancer of Myth Drannor, but was taken over by the deepspawn Beautiful Flower, who filled the tomb with foul clones of various other monsters.
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Left: deep gnome; right: rock gnome; fighting kobolds.
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