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Darani is a [[Shadowfell domain]] from the [[4th Edition]] era novel [[the Mark of Nerath]]. As such it is a part of the [[Shadowfell]]<ref>[[The Mark of Nerath]] Kindle Location 434-435</ref> and has no direct connection to the [[Demiplane of Dread]] [[Ravenloft]] setting of [[2nd Edition]] and [[3rd Edition]] [[canon]]. Once the [[capital]] of the Empire of [[Nerath]], Daranai is now the domain of [[Magroth the Mad]].

==Description<ref>354-365</ref>==
Having been taken from the [[Material Plane]] five centuries ago before the events of ''the Mark of Nerath'', Darani is a shadow of its former self. Much like [[Necropolis]] or [[Marbh-Cathair]], the entire population is [[undead]]. Most of the city's denizens "live" as pale reflections of their former selves.

Darani is but a single [[city]], albeit one that was the capital of a cosmopolitan [[empire]]. Although Nerath was dominated by [[human]], several different [[race]]s lived in it. As such, the city's [[architecture]] features designs inspired by and taken from styles favored by [[dwarves]], [[dragonborn]], [[tiefling]]s, and [[elves]], all blending together in such a fashion that reflects [[human]] oversight. The atmosphere reflects the era gone by, and for some of the denizens, they might not even realize it.

Darani is a domain of stagnation, because its eternally closed [[border]]s means nobody gets in or out, save for perhaps the intervention of Orcus. Unlike Shadowfell domains shown in game [[source]]s, other circumstances for entering or exiting Darani were never given.

==History==
During the time of [[Emperor Magroth]], Darani was a thriving city in a seeming utopia. Yet there was a dark underside to this, for Magroth ensured Nerath's prosperity and his power through regular pacts with and [[sacrifices]] to the [[demon lord]] [[Orcus]].<ref>4685-4704</ref>

Magroth's depravities did not go uncontested, for there were political dissidents working against him in the capital. Magroth the Mad decided to punish all for the actions of a tiny handful. Magroth called for no less than the [[killing]] of the first born child of every [[family]] in Darani. Yet on the day of the proclamation, he was [[assassinated]] by one of his [[Imperial Guard]], a man named [[Krondor]]. [[Kalaban]], Krondor's brother and the knight-commander of the Guard, [[killed]] his brother, but not in enough time to save Magroth. However, Magroth rose again as one of the [[undead]]. Indeed, the entire population of Darani was killed and [[reanimated]] as the city slipped in the Shadowfell.<ref>368-434</ref>

Five centuries later, the undead Magroth struck a deal with Orcus in order for his freedom. However, Magroth's plan failed, he was struck down once again, and [[the Mists]] enveloped him, presumably dragging him back to Darani.
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