Seven Days Rebellion

The war that ended the reign of the Spider Queen Lolth in the Drow Empire, the Seven Days Rebellion swept across an empire slightly smaller than Europe, leaving upheaval and chaos in its wake before the survivors picked themselves up from the relative bloodless war and rebuilt, creating the Midnight Kingdom.

The Conflict

Prelude

THe Seven Days Rebellion was preceded by massive crackdowns against civil disobedience and a general unrest. the call to arms began for the resistance when Erandul the Moonsworn gave the signal on a Lintar to fight.

Deployment

The Resistance quickly took strategic military and political positions, removing the leadership of the Drow Empire before an effective response could be organized. The Drow Empire was relatively quick to respond, but suffered from its disrupted chain of command, which crippled the empire for the entirety of the Seven Days Rebellion.

Battlefield

While minor skirmishes and the occasional standing fight was fought across the Drow Empire, the majority of the fighting took place in Nalar.

Conditions

The Seven Days Rebellion took place entirely underground, and the crammed tunnels and winding alleys of the underground cities that served as the battlegrounds of the rebellion.

The Engagement

Resistance operatives and infiltrators were able to quickly seize defensive locations, and set up asymmetrical warfare against the Drow Empire, which found itself on the back foot for the entirety of the engagement. The exception was in Nalar, where resistance infiltrators failed to penetrate the Temple of Lolth, leading to a five-day seige before Erandul Moonsworn broke down the main gate and stormed the temple, aided by a group of nine close friends.

Outcome

A near-total societal breakdown occurred after the Seven Days Rebellion, though many in the newly-christened Midnight Kingdom welcomed the change. Regardless, a thousand and one different customs, traditions, and ways of life had to be changed to remove Lolth's taint. Chief among these changes was the adoption of a Dwarvish script for the language that would become Undertongue.

Aftermath

The Church of Lolth survived the Seven Days Rebellion and regrouped in the farthest reaches of the Trenfold Caverns, swearing vengeance. They remain a thorn in the Midnight Kingdom's side to this day.

Historical Significance

Legacy

In the Midnight Kingdom, the Seven Days Rebellion is viewed in a purely positive light, and generally regarded with fondness and revered as a triumph of free will over blind obedience, and courage over fear.

In Literature

As of the current day, only a handful of texts attempt to capture the Seven Days Rebellion, the most prominent among them being the revered text Memories of the Rebellion, a manuscript by Dural Moonshadow.

Conflict Type

War

Battlefield Type

Land

Start Date

5/10/3854 AL

Ending Date

12/10/3854 AL

Conflict Result

The Resistance managed to overthrow the Drow Empire and establish a provisional government.

Location

Trenfold Caverns

Belligerents

Resistance

Led by

• Erandul the Moonsworn

Drow Empire

Strength

twenty thousand members, one million accomplices and sympathizers

500,000 soldiers, 2,000 priests of Lolth

Casualties

1,476 dead, 2,125 wounded, 532 MIA
50,000 total dead or wounded sympathizers

67,000 soldiers and 632 priests wounded, 154,730 soldiers and 1,243 priests killed. 3,021 soldiers and 127 priests MIA.

Objectives

overthrow the Church of Umbra and establish a new government

Maintain control over the Drow Empire