Category:The Underdark

"The labyrinthine dimension is a complex network of arteries, tunnels, and mazes. You could cross the world in an instant, or be lost for eternity."

- Baylin Aball

At a Glance
The Underdark (also referred to as The Passway or Underworld) is a subterranean realm hat underlies the mortal plane. Superficially, The Underdark is a home to creatures who have slipped underground (such as Drow, Hobgoblins, and the Skaven). However, those who travel deeper into the realm find that its energies are closely aligned with The Empyrean. Because of this, many will use its latent energies to attempt travel between two points in the physical world. This risky proposition belies the more immediate dangers of The Underdark -- which are not to be taken lightly.

Perils range from the vicious ecosystem of The Shallows, raiders and inhabitants of The Deeps, and the horrifying monsters and Gods who traverse through The Echoes (the deepest and most attuned segment to The Empyrean).

Time itself moves differently in The Underdark than on the mortal plain, and journeys into its dark corridors can cause travellers to lose days or weeks, should they lose their time. Nevertheless, the ability to enter one end of The Underdark and emerge across the globe has proven worth this danger, and the Drow and Skaven have mapped these passageways and make great use of them in times of conflict.