12.15.9 The Mamashi Tunnels
There once lived a Naldareth by the name of Nythanel. Not content with
the structured learning of the Naldareth, he left the Silver Spire and
sought a shortcut to power through the arts of Necromancy. Gathering
together an army of undead warriors, Nythanel led them against the
Mystics of the Misty Isles. He felt he could prove himself to the
Naldareth by destroying their rivals once and for all.
The battle was a bloody one, but Nythanel's forces were destroyed by the
Bahkatu. Those who remained of Nythanel's forces concealed themselves in
a network of underground tunnels to the east of the Isles only to be
caught up in the Grand Artifice and trapped when the tunnels were cut
off from the surface.
Centuries later, the veil around the tunnels is torn open when an
archaeological dig breaches into the tunnels. Though Nythanel's magic
has not preserved him after all this time, the remnants of his followers
still exist, now formed into two distinct communities.
