Anauria - Survivor State of Netheril

Anauria - Survivor State of Netheril is a Campaign Expansion set in the "Arcane Age" of the Forgotten Realms - detailing one of the three survivor states of fallen Netheril (the other two being Asram and Hlondath).

This product includes details on the history and locations of both Anauria in its time as a Netherese Enclave during the height of ancient Netheril, as well as its time following the Fall of Netheri. It also includes short ideas for running adventures set in Anauria, and one new spell for 5e.

The following references were used and greatly expanded upon to help create this product:

Netheril: Empire of Magic by Slade & Jim Butler
Lost Empires of Faerûn by Richard Baker, Ed Bonny & Travis Stout
How the Mighty are Fallen by Slade
Player's Guide to Faerûn by Richard Baker & James Wyatt
The Grand History of the Realms by Brian R. James
Anauroch: The Empire of Shade by Richard Baker, Bruce R. Cordell, David Noonan, Matthew
Sernett & James Wyatt
Elminster’s Ecologies: The Stonelands and the Goblin Marshes by Rick Swan, Monte Cook, Eric
Haddock & Anthony Pryor
FR13 Anauroch by Ed Greenwood
Drizzt Do’Urden’s Guide to the Underdark by Eric L. Boyd
The Cavern of Death web article by Rich Baker

"The year was 3520 in Netheril Years. By the currently used calendar, it was 339 years prior to the erection of the standing stone, or the year -339 DR. The empire of Netheril was at its peak of power, when suddenly, a disaster of epic proportions occurred as the floating cities and enclaves, high above among the clouds, came crashing down as the magic that was holding them up there simply ceased.

Karsus, the mightiest of all the Arcanists of Netheril, had cast his most powerful spell, stealing the divine essence of Mystryl herself. His folly, however, was costly, as he couldn’t handle the sudden rush of godly power. Unable to control the Weave, all magic ceased to function. Every flying city situated thousands of feet in the air in the empire of Netheril came crashing down from the skies to the land below, annihilating the vast majority of its people.

Three of these floating cities, however, landed safely, for they were so high up in the air that, when Mystryl reincarnated herself as Mystra following the theft of her divinity, she had time to use her powers to land them safely with minimal casualties.

One of these was not only saved due to its latitude, but also, because of the respect its resident Arcanists and ruling Archwizards had for the weave; this being the floating enclave of Anauria."