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"The Fall of Tollidor"

The story of Tollidor is one of sadness and tragedy, though there are few that would lament it today. The tale is old, and the town older still. Finding someone with lineage ties to Tollidor is nearly impossible.

Tollidor was an ancient town, built even before the rural village of Wharftown, built even before the bustling metropolis of Cordor.

It's inhabitants were hardy craftsmen, men of simple ways and means. These denizens were woefully unaware of what lay thousands of feet below them, however.

Estimated at over 400 years before the building of Cordor, the town of Tollidor was brutally assaulted by Mind Flayers and their warrior-slaves. The Flayers were able to rupture the earth below the town using Umber Hulks to weaken the ground, bringing the town and all of it's inhabitants crashing into the Underdark.

Most died during the cataclysm. Those that didn't were quickly enslaved by the Illithid and brought to the lowest reaches of the Underdark, now known as the Vault.

Over the course of time, the city itself was burried under rock and debris. Forgotten by almost all, save the most studious of sages.

Adventurers have brought back accounts of the place, deserted and barren. Some say they could hear the shrill hauntings of ghosts there. All have recalled reports of Umber Hulks still living in the hollow ruins of the town.

What frightens most mystics, is that the fate of Tollidor could easily be the fate of almost any surface settlement. The workings of the Underdark are strange and unfamiliar to most surface dwellers, and most are quite unaware of the dangers lurking deep in the earth below them.