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Rock at 15:03, 14 October 2025

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	- [[Grandoch Khardoon]], ''[[Vomited Up From the Bowels of The Earth]]'', unfinished, anonymous manuscript		- [[Grandoch Khardoon]], ''[[Vomited Up From the Bowels of The Earth]]'', unfinished, anonymous manuscript

	"We did not lack for speed. The [[Loathsome Consort]] had seen to that by limiting our baggage to little more than what his strange, bipedal porting creatures could manage. They were tireless, strong, frightful. A great secret indeed had been stolen from Her for with them we could push deep and seize greater knowledge still. But only in returning did we understand their full value. For the dead that they had left behind, slain by the [[spores]] that they exuded, and transformed into rich beds of mushrooms, alone kept us alive, as the Loathsome Consort had intended."		"We did not lack for speed. The [[Loathsome Consort]] had seen to that by limiting our baggage to little more than what his strange, bipedal porting creatures could manage. They were tireless, strong, frightful. A great secret indeed had been stolen from Her, for with them we could push deep and seize greater knowledge still. But only in returning did we understand their full value. For the dead that they had left behind - slain by the [[spores]] that they exuded, and transformed into rich beds of mushrooms - alone kept us alive, as the Loathsome Consort had intended."

	- Unknown, ''[[Vomited Up From the Bowels of The Earth]]'', unfinished, anonymous manuscript<ref>Descriptive text contributed by '''[[USER:Cure \| cure]]''' to [[John W. Mangrum \| John W. Mangrum's]] [[Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror]] project (posted on the [[Cafe de Nuit\|Fraternity of Shadows message board]]).</ref>		- Unknown, ''[[Vomited Up From the Bowels of The Earth]]'', unfinished, anonymous manuscript<ref>Descriptive text contributed by '''[[USER:Cure \| cure]]''' to [[John W. Mangrum \| John W. Mangrum's]] [[Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror]] project (posted on the [[Cafe de Nuit\|Fraternity of Shadows message board]]).</ref>

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	==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue==		==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue==

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			{{Homebrew}}
	“Oh yea of little knowing. Unrivaled is [[Hated Mother\|Her]] power. And great are our dark resources. Yet you fear imprisonment between walls of stone. From the deep I shall call a creature of fire, earth, and whistling bone. And if you so much as flinch before it, I shall add your soul to those already forever bitten by its flames.”		“Oh yea of little knowing. Unrivaled is [[Hated Mother\|Her]] power. And great are our dark resources. Yet you fear imprisonment between walls of stone. From the deep I shall call a creature of fire, earth, and whistling bone. And if you so much as flinch before it, I shall add your soul to those already forever bitten by its flames.”

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	==Description==		==Description==
			{{canon}}
	[[The Dark Delvers]] are accomplished [[caver\|cavers]] and pioneering [[Speleologist\|speleologists]] from across the [[The Core\|Core]]. [[Aberration lore]], [[ooze lore]] and [[aberrant biology]], far from being obscure trivia, constitute vital [[survival]] [[knowledge]] for members of this [[secret society]]. The Dark Delvers are united by the belief that the [[secrets]] to great [[power]] lie hidden deep beneath the surface. They aim, in particular, to steal this knowledge from an entity known as the [[Hated Mother]]. The group is led by the [[Loathsome Consort]].		[[The Dark Delvers]] are accomplished [[caver\|cavers]] and pioneering [[Speleologist\|speleologists]] from across the [[The Core\|Core]]. [[Aberration lore]], [[ooze lore]] and [[aberrant biology]], far from being obscure trivia, constitute vital [[survival]] [[knowledge]] for members of this [[secret society]]. The Dark Delvers are united by the belief that the [[secrets]] to great [[power]] lie hidden deep beneath the surface. They aim, in particular, to steal this knowledge from an entity known as the [[Hated Mother]]. The group is led by the [[Loathsome Consort]].

Gonzoron at 14:57, 25 October 2012

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	"We did not lack for speed. The [[Loathsome Consort]] had seen to that by limiting our baggage to little more than what his strange, bipedal porting creatures could manage. They were tireless, strong, frightful. A great secret indeed had been stolen from Her for with them we could push deep and seize greater knowledge still. But only in returning did we understand their full value. For the dead that they had left behind, slain by the [[spores]] that they exuded, and transformed into rich beds of mushrooms, alone kept us alive, as the Loathsome Consort had intended."		"We did not lack for speed. The [[Loathsome Consort]] had seen to that by limiting our baggage to little more than what his strange, bipedal porting creatures could manage. They were tireless, strong, frightful. A great secret indeed had been stolen from Her for with them we could push deep and seize greater knowledge still. But only in returning did we understand their full value. For the dead that they had left behind, slain by the [[spores]] that they exuded, and transformed into rich beds of mushrooms, alone kept us alive, as the Loathsome Consort had intended."

	- Unknown, ''[[Vomited Up From the Bowels of The Earth]]'', unfinished, anonymous manuscript		- Unknown, ''[[Vomited Up From the Bowels of The Earth]]'', unfinished, anonymous manuscript<ref>Descriptive text contributed by '''[[USER:Cure \| cure]]''' to [[John W. Mangrum \| John W. Mangrum's]] [[Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror]] project (posted on the [[Cafe de Nuit\|Fraternity of Shadows message board]]).</ref>


	Descriptive text contributed by '''[[USER:Cure \| cure]]''' to [[John W. Mangrum \| John W. Mangrum's]] [[Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror]] project (posted on the [[Cafe de Nuit\|Fraternity of Shadows message board]]).

	==Description==		==Description==

	~~'''~~The Dark Delvers~~'''~~ are accomplished [[caver\|cavers]] and pioneering [[Speleologist\|speleologists]] from across the [[The Core\|Core]]. [[Aberration lore]], [[ooze lore]] and [[aberrant biology]], far from being obscure trivia, constitute vital [[survival]] [[knowledge]] for members of this [[secret society]]. The Dark Delvers are united by the belief that the [[secrets]] to great [[power]] lie hidden deep beneath the surface. They aim, in particular, to steal this knowledge from an entity known as the [[Hated Mother]]. The group is led by the [[Loathsome Consort]].		[[The Dark Delvers]] are accomplished [[caver\|cavers]] and pioneering [[Speleologist\|speleologists]] from across the [[The Core\|Core]]. [[Aberration lore]], [[ooze lore]] and [[aberrant biology]], far from being obscure trivia, constitute vital [[survival]] [[knowledge]] for members of this [[secret society]]. The Dark Delvers are united by the belief that the [[secrets]] to great [[power]] lie hidden deep beneath the surface. They aim, in particular, to steal this knowledge from an entity known as the [[Hated Mother]]. The group is led by the [[Loathsome Consort]].

	The [[Abyss of the Hated Mother]] is the headquarters of the Dark Delvers. It is a cave hidden beneath the northern flank of [[Mount Nirka]]. Currently, the site lies squarely within [[Darkon]], whereas it once nearly abutted the frontier of [[Arak]]. It was, and perhaps still is, ideally situated to study [[Temporal Distortion \| temporal fugues]] and alterations of [[time]] generally. Were this not dangerous enough, its passages run deep and might well breach those of the [[Niurin Scaa \| hidden kingdom]] of the [[shadow fey]], at least if anything remains of that realm in the wake of the [[Great Upheaval]] of [[740 BC]].		The [[Abyss of the Hated Mother]] is the headquarters of the Dark Delvers. It is a cave hidden beneath the northern flank of [[Mount Nirka]]. Currently, the site lies squarely within [[Darkon]], whereas it once nearly abutted the frontier of [[Arak]]. It was, and perhaps still is, ideally situated to study [[Temporal Distortion \| temporal fugues]] and alterations of [[time]] generally. Were this not dangerous enough, its passages run deep and might well breach those of the [[Niurin Scaa \| hidden kingdom]] of the [[shadow fey]], at least if anything remains of that realm in the wake of the [[Great Upheaval]] of [[740 BC]].
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	Subsequent to the [[Great Upheaval]], [[Mount Nyid]] has become a favourite haunt of the Dark Delvers. The organisation has even managed to negotiate a constructive relationship with [[Ebb]], the [[shadow dragon]] who now lairs there and whom they mistook briefly for their [[Hated Mother]]. Perhaps she finds them amusing. Or perhaps they are as children to her and she is feeling motherly.		Subsequent to the [[Great Upheaval]], [[Mount Nyid]] has become a favourite haunt of the Dark Delvers. The organisation has even managed to negotiate a constructive relationship with [[Ebb]], the [[shadow dragon]] who now lairs there and whom they mistook briefly for their [[Hated Mother]]. Perhaps she finds them amusing. Or perhaps they are as children to her and she is feeling motherly.

	In addition to their many firsts as cavers and speleologists, the ~~Deep~~ Delvers were the [[discoverer\|discoverers]] of the [[Shadow Cloaker\|shadow cloaker]].		In addition to their many firsts as cavers and speleologists, the Dark Delvers were the [[discoverer\|discoverers]] of the [[Shadow Cloaker\|shadow cloaker]].

			{{ref}}
	[[Category:Secret Society]]		[[Category:Secret Society]]
	[[Category:Society]]		[[Category:Society]]

Cure at 07:19, 1 November 2011

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	- Unknown, ''[[Vomited Up From the Bowels of The Earth]]'', unfinished, anonymous manuscript		- Unknown, ''[[Vomited Up From the Bowels of The Earth]]'', unfinished, anonymous manuscript


	Descriptive text contributed by '''[[USER:Cure \| cure]]''' to [[John W. Mangrum \| John W. Mangrum's]] [[Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror]] project (posted on the [[Cafe de Nuit\|Fraternity of Shadows message board]]).		Descriptive text contributed by '''[[USER:Cure \| cure]]''' to [[John W. Mangrum \| John W. Mangrum's]] [[Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror]] project (posted on the [[Cafe de Nuit\|Fraternity of Shadows message board]]).

Cure at 06:20, 1 November 2011

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	"We did not lack for speed. The [[Loathsome Consort]] had seen to that by limiting our baggage to little more than what his strange, bipedal porting creatures could manage. They were tireless, strong, frightful. A great secret indeed had been stolen from Her for with them we could push deep and seize greater knowledge still. But only in returning did we understand their full value. For the dead that they had left behind, slain by the [[spores]] that they exuded, and transformed into rich beds of mushrooms, alone kept us alive, as the Loathsome Consort had intended."		"We did not lack for speed. The [[Loathsome Consort]] had seen to that by limiting our baggage to little more than what his strange, bipedal porting creatures could manage. They were tireless, strong, frightful. A great secret indeed had been stolen from Her for with them we could push deep and seize greater knowledge still. But only in returning did we understand their full value. For the dead that they had left behind, slain by the [[spores]] that they exuded, and transformed into rich beds of mushrooms, alone kept us alive, as the Loathsome Consort had intended."

	- Unknown		- Unknown, ''[[Vomited Up From the Bowels of The Earth]]'', unfinished, anonymous manuscript

	Descriptive text contributed by '''[[USER:Cure \| cure]]''' to [[John W. Mangrum \| John W. Mangrum's]] [[Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror]] project (posted on the [[Cafe de Nuit\|Fraternity of Shadows message board]]).		Descriptive text contributed by '''[[USER:Cure \| cure]]''' to [[John W. Mangrum \| John W. Mangrum's]] [[Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror]] project (posted on the [[Cafe de Nuit\|Fraternity of Shadows message board]]).

Cure at 06:19, 1 November 2011

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	“Oh yea of little knowing. Unrivaled is [[Hated Mother\|Her]] power. And great are our dark resources. Yet you fear imprisonment between walls of stone. From the deep I shall call a creature of fire, earth, and whistling bone. And if you so much as flinch before it, I shall add your soul to those already forever bitten by its flames.”		“Oh yea of little knowing. Unrivaled is [[Hated Mother\|Her]] power. And great are our dark resources. Yet you fear imprisonment between walls of stone. From the deep I shall call a creature of fire, earth, and whistling bone. And if you so much as flinch before it, I shall add your soul to those already forever bitten by its flames.”

			- [[Grandoch Khardoon]], ''[[Vomited Up From the Bowels of The Earth]]'', unfinished, anonymous manuscript

	"We did not lack for speed. The [[Loathsome Consort]] had seen to that by limiting our baggage to little more than what his strange, bipedal porting creatures could manage. They were tireless, strong, frightful. A great secret indeed had been stolen from Her for with them we could push deep and seize greater knowledge still. But only in returning did we understand their full value. For the dead that they had left behind, slain by the [[spores]] that they exuded, and transformed into rich beds of mushrooms, alone kept us alive, as the Loathsome Consort had intended."		"We did not lack for speed. The [[Loathsome Consort]] had seen to that by limiting our baggage to little more than what his strange, bipedal porting creatures could manage. They were tireless, strong, frightful. A great secret indeed had been stolen from Her for with them we could push deep and seize greater knowledge still. But only in returning did we understand their full value. For the dead that they had left behind, slain by the [[spores]] that they exuded, and transformed into rich beds of mushrooms, alone kept us alive, as the Loathsome Consort had intended."

	- ~~[[Grandoch Khardoon]], ''[[Vomited Up From the Bowels of The Earth]]'', unfinished, anonymous manuscript~~		- Unknown


	Descriptive text contributed by '''[[USER:Cure \| cure]]''' to [[John W. Mangrum \| John W. Mangrum's]] [[Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror]] project (posted on the [[Cafe de Nuit\|Fraternity of Shadows message board]]).		Descriptive text contributed by '''[[USER:Cure \| cure]]''' to [[John W. Mangrum \| John W. Mangrum's]] [[Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror]] project (posted on the [[Cafe de Nuit\|Fraternity of Shadows message board]]).

Cure at 07:03, 31 October 2011

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	==Description==		==Description==

	'''The Dark Delvers''' are accomplished [[caver\|cavers]] and pioneering [[Speleologist\|~~Speleologists~~]] from across the [[The Core\|Core]]. [[Aberration lore]], [[ooze lore]] and [[aberrant biology]], far from being obscure trivia, constitute vital [[survival]] [[knowledge]] for members of this [[secret society]]. The Dark Delvers are united by the belief that the [[secrets]] to great [[power]] lie hidden deep beneath the surface. They aim, in particular, to steal this knowledge from an entity ~~know only~~ as the [[Hated Mother]]. The group is led by the [[Loathsome Consort]].		'''The Dark Delvers''' are accomplished [[caver\|cavers]] and pioneering [[Speleologist\|speleologists]] from across the [[The Core\|Core]]. [[Aberration lore]], [[ooze lore]] and [[aberrant biology]], far from being obscure trivia, constitute vital [[survival]] [[knowledge]] for members of this [[secret society]]. The Dark Delvers are united by the belief that the [[secrets]] to great [[power]] lie hidden deep beneath the surface. They aim, in particular, to steal this knowledge from an entity known as the [[Hated Mother]]. The group is led by the [[Loathsome Consort]].

	The [[Abyss of the Hated Mother]] is the headquarters of the Dark Delvers. It is a cave hidden beneath the northern flank of [[Mount Nirka]]. Currently, the site lies squarely within [[Darkon]], whereas it once nearly abutted the frontier of [[Arak]]. It was, and perhaps still is, ideally situated to study [[Temporal Distortion \| temporal fugues]] and alterations of [[time]] generally. Were this not dangerous enough, its passages run deep and might well breach those of the [[Niurin Scaa \| hidden kingdom]] of the [[shadow fey]], at least if anything remains of that realm in the wake of the [[Great Upheaval]] of [[740 BC]].		The [[Abyss of the Hated Mother]] is the headquarters of the Dark Delvers. It is a cave hidden beneath the northern flank of [[Mount Nirka]]. Currently, the site lies squarely within [[Darkon]], whereas it once nearly abutted the frontier of [[Arak]]. It was, and perhaps still is, ideally situated to study [[Temporal Distortion \| temporal fugues]] and alterations of [[time]] generally. Were this not dangerous enough, its passages run deep and might well breach those of the [[Niurin Scaa \| hidden kingdom]] of the [[shadow fey]], at least if anything remains of that realm in the wake of the [[Great Upheaval]] of [[740 BC]].

Cure at 07:00, 31 October 2011

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	“Oh yea of little knowing. Unrivaled is [[Her]] power. And great are our dark resources. Yet you fear imprisonment between walls of stone. From the deep I shall call a creature of fire, earth, and whistling bone. And if you so much as flinch before it, I shall add your soul to those already forever bitten by its flames.”		“Oh yea of little knowing. Unrivaled is [[Hated Mother\|Her]] power. And great are our dark resources. Yet you fear imprisonment between walls of stone. From the deep I shall call a creature of fire, earth, and whistling bone. And if you so much as flinch before it, I shall add your soul to those already forever bitten by its flames.”

	"We did not lack for speed. The [[Loathsome Consort]] had seen to that by limiting our baggage to little more than what his strange, bipedal porting creatures could manage. They were tireless, strong, frightful. A great secret indeed had been stolen from Her for with them we could push deep and seize greater knowledge still. But only in returning did we understand their full value. For the dead that they had left behind, slain by the [[spores]] that they exuded, and transformed into rich beds of mushrooms, alone kept us alive, as the Loathsome Consort had intended."		"We did not lack for speed. The [[Loathsome Consort]] had seen to that by limiting our baggage to little more than what his strange, bipedal porting creatures could manage. They were tireless, strong, frightful. A great secret indeed had been stolen from Her for with them we could push deep and seize greater knowledge still. But only in returning did we understand their full value. For the dead that they had left behind, slain by the [[spores]] that they exuded, and transformed into rich beds of mushrooms, alone kept us alive, as the Loathsome Consort had intended."
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	==Description==		==Description==

	'''The Dark Delvers''' are accomplished [[caver\|cavers]] and pioneering [[Speleologist\|Speleologists]] from across the [[The ~~core~~\|Core]]. [[Aberration lore]], [[ooze lore]] and [[aberrant biology]], far from being obscure trivia, constitute vital [[survival]] [[knowledge]] for members of this [[secret society]]. The Dark Delvers are united by the belief that the [[secrets]] to great [[power]] lie hidden deep beneath the surface. They aim, in particular, to steal this knowledge from an entity know only as the [[Hated Mother]]. The group is led by the [[Loathsome Consort]].		'''The Dark Delvers''' are accomplished [[caver\|cavers]] and pioneering [[Speleologist\|Speleologists]] from across the [[The Core\|Core]]. [[Aberration lore]], [[ooze lore]] and [[aberrant biology]], far from being obscure trivia, constitute vital [[survival]] [[knowledge]] for members of this [[secret society]]. The Dark Delvers are united by the belief that the [[secrets]] to great [[power]] lie hidden deep beneath the surface. They aim, in particular, to steal this knowledge from an entity know only as the [[Hated Mother]]. The group is led by the [[Loathsome Consort]].

	The [[Abyss of the Hated Mother]] is the headquarters of the Dark Delvers. It is a cave hidden beneath the northern flank of [[Mount Nirka]]. Currently, the site lies squarely within [[Darkon]], whereas it once nearly abutted the frontier of [[Arak]]. It was, and perhaps still is, ideally situated to study [[Temporal Distortion \| temporal fugues]] and alterations of [[time]] generally. Were this not dangerous enough, its passages run deep and might well breach those of the [[Niurin Scaa \| hidden kingdom]] of the [[shadow fey]], at least if anything remains of that realm in the wake of the [[Great Upheaval]] of [[740 BC]].		The [[Abyss of the Hated Mother]] is the headquarters of the Dark Delvers. It is a cave hidden beneath the northern flank of [[Mount Nirka]]. Currently, the site lies squarely within [[Darkon]], whereas it once nearly abutted the frontier of [[Arak]]. It was, and perhaps still is, ideally situated to study [[Temporal Distortion \| temporal fugues]] and alterations of [[time]] generally. Were this not dangerous enough, its passages run deep and might well breach those of the [[Niurin Scaa \| hidden kingdom]] of the [[shadow fey]], at least if anything remains of that realm in the wake of the [[Great Upheaval]] of [[740 BC]].

Cure at 06:57, 31 October 2011

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	“Oh yea of little knowing. Unrivaled is [[~~HER~~]] power. And great are our dark resources. Yet you fear imprisonment between walls of stone. From the deep I shall call a creature of fire, earth, and whistling bone. And if you so much as flinch before it, I shall add your soul to those already forever bitten by its flames.”		“Oh yea of little knowing. Unrivaled is [[Her]] power. And great are our dark resources. Yet you fear imprisonment between walls of stone. From the deep I shall call a creature of fire, earth, and whistling bone. And if you so much as flinch before it, I shall add your soul to those already forever bitten by its flames.”

	"We did not lack for speed. The [[Loathsome Consort]] had seen to that by limiting our baggage to little more than what his strange, bipedal porting creatures could manage. They were tireless, strong, frightful. A great secret indeed had been stolen from ~~HER~~ for with them we could push deep and seize greater knowledge still. But only in returning did we understand their full value. For the dead that they had left behind, slain by the [[spores]] that they exuded, and transformed into rich beds of mushrooms, alone kept us alive, as the Loathsome Consort had intended."		"We did not lack for speed. The [[Loathsome Consort]] had seen to that by limiting our baggage to little more than what his strange, bipedal porting creatures could manage. They were tireless, strong, frightful. A great secret indeed had been stolen from Her for with them we could push deep and seize greater knowledge still. But only in returning did we understand their full value. For the dead that they had left behind, slain by the [[spores]] that they exuded, and transformed into rich beds of mushrooms, alone kept us alive, as the Loathsome Consort had intended."

	- [[Grandoch Khardoon]], ''[[Vomited Up From the Bowels of The Earth]]'', unfinished, anonymous manuscript		- [[Grandoch Khardoon]], ''[[Vomited Up From the Bowels of The Earth]]'', unfinished, anonymous manuscript
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	==Description==		==Description==

	'''The Dark Delvers''' are accomplished [[caver\|cavers]] and pioneering [[Speleologist\|Speleologists]] from across the [[The core\|Core]]. [[Aberration lore]], [[ooze lore]] and [[aberrant biology]], far from being obscure trivia, ~~constitutes~~ vital [[survival]] [[knowledge]] for members of this [[secret society]]. ~~They~~ are united by the belief that the [[secrets]] to great [[power]] lie hidden deep beneath the surface. They aim, in particular, to steal this knowledge from an entity know only as the [[Hated Mother]]. The [[Loathsome Consort]] ~~leads the group~~.		'''The Dark Delvers''' are accomplished [[caver\|cavers]] and pioneering [[Speleologist\|Speleologists]] from across the [[The core\|Core]]. [[Aberration lore]], [[ooze lore]] and [[aberrant biology]], far from being obscure trivia, constitute vital [[survival]] [[knowledge]] for members of this [[secret society]]. The Dark Delvers are united by the belief that the [[secrets]] to great [[power]] lie hidden deep beneath the surface. They aim, in particular, to steal this knowledge from an entity know only as the [[Hated Mother]]. The group is led by the [[Loathsome Consort]].

	The [[Abyss of the Hated Mother]] is the headquarters of the Dark Delvers. It is a cave hidden beneath the northern flank of [[Mount Nirka]]. Currently, the site lies squarely within [[Darkon]], whereas it once nearly abutted the frontier of [[Arak]]. It was, and perhaps still is, ideally situated to study [[Temporal Distortion \| temporal fugues]] and alterations of [[time]] generally. Were this not dangerous enough, its passages run deep and might well breach those of the [[Niurin Scaa \| hidden kingdom]] of the [[shadow fey]], at least if anything remains of that realm in the wake of the [[Great Upheaval]] of [[740 BC]].		The [[Abyss of the Hated Mother]] is the headquarters of the Dark Delvers. It is a cave hidden beneath the northern flank of [[Mount Nirka]]. Currently, the site lies squarely within [[Darkon]], whereas it once nearly abutted the frontier of [[Arak]]. It was, and perhaps still is, ideally situated to study [[Temporal Distortion \| temporal fugues]] and alterations of [[time]] generally. Were this not dangerous enough, its passages run deep and might well breach those of the [[Niurin Scaa \| hidden kingdom]] of the [[shadow fey]], at least if anything remains of that realm in the wake of the [[Great Upheaval]] of [[740 BC]].

	Subsequent to the [[Great Upheaval]], [[Mount Nyid]] has become a favourite haunt of the Dark Delvers ~~in their quest for [[knowledge]] hidden beneath the earth~~. The organisation has even managed to negotiate a constructive relationship with [[Ebb]], the [[shadow dragon]] who now lairs there and whom they mistook briefly for their [[Hated Mother]]. Perhaps she finds them amusing. Or perhaps they are as children to her and she is feeling motherly.		Subsequent to the [[Great Upheaval]], [[Mount Nyid]] has become a favourite haunt of the Dark Delvers. The organisation has even managed to negotiate a constructive relationship with [[Ebb]], the [[shadow dragon]] who now lairs there and whom they mistook briefly for their [[Hated Mother]]. Perhaps she finds them amusing. Or perhaps they are as children to her and she is feeling motherly.

	In addition to their many firsts as cavers and ~~spelecogists~~, the Deep Delvers were the [[discoverer\|discoverers]] of the [[Shadow Cloaker\|shadow cloaker]].		In addition to their many firsts as cavers and speleologists, the Deep Delvers were the [[discoverer\|discoverers]] of the [[Shadow Cloaker\|shadow cloaker]].

	[[Category:Secret Society]]		[[Category:Secret Society]]