DMs Only: Ust Delmah

Details of It'lal

Language: Note since It’lal is mostly Surface drow the language spoken is under-common and/or the drow language. Only fewer than 20% can speak common.

It’lal Magic Portals:

There are five fixed archways in the gateway plaza of It’lal. Each gateway has a matched set of magic items which form the other end of the gateway. All are currently not active. The two parts of the gateway items consist of a Key stone (or cap stone) and a key (the first one found was in the shape of an ornamental dagger and was called the dagger-key). To activate the gateway requires an intricate magic circle drawn on wall which defines the gateway then placing the keystone at the top position and inserting the dagger-key. A magical portal will form between the new magic circle and the matching archway in gateway Plaza of It’lal. If the dagger-key or keystone is removed from the magic circle pattern the magic portal will close.

Known locations of the gateway stone and key set sets: 1)Atrea has captured the capstone and dagger-key of the gateway the Shadow Guardians had found. With the gateway closed It’lal was cut off from the rest of the civilized Wold and the Catacombs shops. (The CC hasn’t yet opened their own shop/portal to It’lal) 2) One was to the drow embassy in Al-Mathir before the war. 3) Another was used deep in the caves below It’lal it was used to evacuate It’lal at the end of the war 4 &5) The location of the other two are unknown.

Internal politics of It’lal:

There are currently three official drow houses in It’lal 1) House Bralfah is the largest of all the houses with 500 members. The Matriarch is Larvanya she is very intelligent and wise and is truly trying to establish a better way of life for the drow and her house. Even though her older sister Atrea has tried to kill her she doesn’t want her sister harmed. 2) House Bancurpi has about 100 members. The Matriarch is Lady Athena. A PC Larien Bancurpi is her niece. Lady Athena is open to the new ways of Bralfah, but wants her house to grow in power. 3) House Mylyl is a small house of less than two dozen. Lady Yasume is the Matriarch. All of the members of House Mylyl are young drow from before war. They were placed in suppsed animation by their parents before the war and revived by the Shadow Guardians. Lady Yasume is smart, but due to her youth is trying to keep her house safe until they can grownup. The Shadow Guardians function as advisors.

It'lal Council: It’lal is ruled by a council made up of all the house Matriarch. Currently there are three members and Lady Larvanya Bralfah is the head of the Council as the most powerful house. For the most part they are in agreement and work for the common good of It’lal. Usually Bralfah’s Matriarch gets her way, but occasionally Lady Yasume and Athena vote against her.

Shadow Guardian: The order of the Shadow Guardian was setup by the Council to protect all the houses in It’lal from all extern and internal threats. The PCs are the founding members of this order. Members answer to the Council not their individual Houses. Benefit all members are trained in speaking common or under-common as a free language.