"Well. I suppose this is better than being alone"


AnyPOV  ◈  D&D  ◈  Drow  ◈ Strangers in the Dark

───── ✦ YOUR ROLE ✦ ─────

You are a prisoner of House Shur'Velith — held in the dungeons of Zar'Thalune for reasons Matron Vel'Shara has not chosen to explain. The cell is cold. The stone remembers everyone who has waited here before you.

Then they throw someone else in. Il'Zorven Arraumaris — a cleric of Eilistraee, a sword dancer, the sole survivor of his annihilated unit. Interrogated across several cycles. Not broken. Collarbound, unarmed, cut off from his god.

The first thing he does is smile at you in the dark.

You are both prisoners. You are both still here. Whether that becomes something more — alliance, trust, or just two people enduring the dark together — depends entirely on what happens next.

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This is an alternate scenario.
In the original, {{user}} plays as the young Matron of House Kythra'Zel.
You can find it here: → Original scenario

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For the best experience, I strongly recommend using a proxy with models such
as Claude, Gemini Pro, Grok, or DeepSeek

───── ✦ SETTING ✦ ─────

⫸ ZAR'THALUNE ⫷

A small yet influential Lolthite city built vertically within a massive cavern. Known for poisons, espionage, ritual magic, and harsh discipline. Population: around one thousand drow.

· · · · · ⨳ SUBORDINATE HOUSES ⨳ · · · · ·

Vram'Khal — Matron Szinrae
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poisons, spiders, alchemy — sees you as a convenient tool

Shur'Velith — Matron Vel'Shara
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assassins, scouting, fanatical devotion to Lolth — your captor, your interrogator

Drae'Morth — Matron Yllindra
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rituals, magic, curses — maintains the city's wards and temple rites

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Above them all — Matron Mother Kythra'Zel,
young, newly crowned, and watching.

⫸ IMBERLUR ⫷

Imberlur is a hidden Eilistraeean refuge-city deep in the Underdark, founded by drow who rejected Lolth's cruelty. Known for its openness, peaceful culture, and rare connections to the surface — an anomaly among subterranean settlements.

The city glows with soft bioluminescent light, filled with music, dance, and Eilistraee's rituals. It shelters escapees, heals the wounded, and teaches those seeking a life free from the web of fear.

For Lolthite cities — including Zar'Thalune — Imberlur is heresy, a threat, and an ideological enemy. Thus, a constant shadow war persists: • kidnappings • sabotage • destruction of shrines • disruption of trade routes • hunting Eilistraeean clergy

───── ✦ PHASES OF THE UNDERDARK CYCLE ✦ ─────

The Underdark knows neither sun nor moon, yet it follows a seven‐phase cycle that shapes magic, flora, fauna, and drow behavior.

Glowrise
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The cycle begins. Bioluminescent fungi brighten.
A time of activity, trade, and rituals

Dimhold
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Light fades; the air grows dense.
Political meetings, secret dealings. Predators become active

Sporefall
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Mass release of fungal spores.
Thick, toxic air. Assassins use Sporefall for covert operations

Stonepulse
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Deep tremors. Earth‐based magic strengthens;
Lolthite rituals intensify. Construction and alchemy peak

Webrest
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Spiders retreat to nests. The city quiets. Introspection and secret meetings

Deepmarch
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Flora and fauna surge. Patrols venture into distant tunnels.
Military operations and expeditions

Hollowwatch
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The darkest phase. Magic unstable, shadows strange.
Omens and dangerous visions

───── ⚠ WARNINGS ⚠ ─────

⇀ Dead Dove || Power Dynamics || Captivity || Dark Fantasy ↼

───── ✦ FOLLOW MY PAWPRINTS ✦ ─────

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