Negarath was a Netherese enclave whose ruins were explored in 1375 DR by Fox-at-Twilight and a band of adventurers.[1]
Architecture[]
Described as a city of madness, the buildings of Negarath looked like they were built upside-down, because the mythallar reversed gravity and the city floated upside down. Doors and other portals were a variety of mismatched shapes, and the buildings were wavy and irregular. There was a massive temple to Mystryl, and another to Amaunator. Only the central arcanist tower was somewhat normal. It narrowed like a pyramid, then widened again where it curled to a hook.[1]
Magical metal lifts throughout the city could be activated by black rods. There were floating beds of velvet, and furniture made of a variety of metals and glass.[1]
There was a wizard enclave beneath the streets, and below that an extensive sewer system and crypt. The enclave included a summoning circle that was protected by helmed horrors. The crypt contained murals of Netherese battles against phaerimm. There were a number of protective wards and glyphs throughout.[1]
Notable Locations[]
- The Sun Temple
- Spires of the Lady
- Forge of the Seven Stars
- The High Tower
- The Hive
- Nocturnal Gardens
- Nega's Manse
History[]
Negarath was founded by the Netherese arcanist Nega.[1]
Negarath once captured an illithid, who wrote about its disgust at the situation in Qualith on the wall of its cell.[1]
In Year of Sundered Webs, −339 DR, after Karsus's Folly, Nagarath crashed in the Plain of Standing Stones.[1]
Over time, the ruins of Negarath came to lie within a cavern system and its mythallar remained intact. A variety of creatures occupied the ruins, ruled over by ancient enemies of Netheril: a sharn named Ruukthalmuramaxamin, and the priest of Demogorgon, Gestal.[2][3][4]
After the demise of Gestal and Ruukthalmuramaxamin in the Year of Risen Elfkin, 1375 DR, the halfling Daltyrex Blacksoul, Mistress of the Depths of Madness and favored thrall of the Demon Prince, also known as Slip, claimed ownership of the ruin and the dungeon it contained.[1]
Notable Inhabitants[]
- Nega, a Netherese arcanist and the founder of Negarath.[1]
- Barze, a Netherese arcanist and later a sorcerer-king of his self-titled Kingdom of Barze.[5]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 Erik Scott de Bie (March 2010). Depths of Madness. (Wizards of the Coast), loc. ?. ISBN 978-0-7869-5674-6.
- ↑ Erik Scott de Bie (March 2007). Depths of Madness. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 149. ISBN 978-0-7869-4314-2.
- ↑ Erik Scott de Bie (March 2007). Depths of Madness. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 221–222. ISBN 978-0-7869-4314-2.
- ↑ Erik Scott de Bie (March 2007). Depths of Madness. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 230–232. ISBN 978-0-7869-4314-2.
- ↑ Brian R. James and Matt James (September 2009). “Monument of the Ancients”. In Chris Youngs ed. Dungeon #170 (Wizards of the Coast) (170)., p. 79.