Underdark
"The abscence of light results in darkness. And the abscence of good...well, in both those respects, the Underdark has an abundance." - Sorceress NocriThe Underdark is a vast network of tunnels and caverns that span the entire underground of Arkos. A dark and hostile place, the Underdark is almost a world unto itself, with civilizations, monsters, politics, economies, and threats that may interact only sporadically or indirectly with the surface world. It also seems to have loose connections to The Beyond, as many abberations make their homes in the deepest recesses of the network. As a subterranean environment, the terrain of the Underdark is composed primarily of earth, stone, water (both still and running), and magma. Passages navigable by humanoids range from narrow tunnels to expansive caverns. Natural cavern formations like stalagmites and stalactites abound; some predators camouflage themselves among them to ambush unsuspecting creatures. Without sunlight, the Underdark exists in a perpetual night with the exception of the light from such sources as fire, bioluminescence, Arcane Crystals, and magma. Many scholars believe that the Fallen Ancient Lokess created much of the Underdark after her fall onto Arkos during The Cataclysm. Some also contend that, after the Cataclysm, several great cities were constructed by the abberations taking shelter in the newly formed tunnels, though these would have been brought to ruin in the Second Age during the emergence of the Primordials.
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Underground / Subterranean
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