Andok Sur The Valelands & The Nerath Timeline The current year for our Valelands campaign is set during the year 103AE. Inspired By Gary Gygax

Beyond the storm-shrouded peak of Thunderspire Mountain, hidden beneath the desolate reaches of the Old Hills, the necropolis of Andok Sur rests in eternal slumber. At least, it had been resting until the lich Magroth entered the entombed site and attempted to raise an army of undead. Though Magroth failed, Andok Sur remains active, lending new dangers to the Old Hills and the surrounding areas.

Andok Sur is an ancient necropolis buried under the Old Hills in the northeastern reaches of the Nentir Vale. It was ancient even before the rise of Bael Turoth. The site was dedicated to the demon prince Orcus and warriors of the eastern valley would entomb their enemies there, while thy were still alive. Tombs and mausoleums lined the streets, like houses in a normal city.

Then, centuries ago, the vampire Zarguna turned the city into the capital of a thriving empire of the dead. Much of what would become the Nentir Vale fell into his grasp as the living became slaves and cattle of the undead.

This brought the city to the attention of Bael Turoth, Arkhosia, the dwarven empire of Mithralfast, and even the gods themselves. At the height of the empires power, a mighty earthquake cracked the ground beneath the city and it was swallowed by the earth and buried. There it would lay, forgotten by memory and by time. Or so it was believed.

The coming of the litch Malgrim awoke the city and attempted to resurect the city of the undead. Although Malgrim was defeated by a group of adventurers, they did not destroy all the undead. With the way to Andok Sur open again, undead have begun wandering the Old Hills, posing a new threat to the living. Even more concerning is the rumors that a fiendish black dragon has claimed a portion of the city as it's lair.

Andok Sur was ancient when the empire of Bael Turath was merely a collection of loosely allied city-states. The place was established by the warrior tribes of the Eastern Valley, and dedicated to the demon prince Orcus. ndok Sur began as an aboveground site where warrior tribes interred their still-living enemies.

Tombs and mausoleums filled the necropolis as houses fill a town. Eventually, the vampire lord Zarguna turned the place into a vibrant City of the Dead, and the shadowy hand of Andok Sur commanded almost all of the eastern Vale.

As Orcus’s City of the Dead grew in size and power, it finally garnered the attention of other influential agencies, including the growing empires of Bael Turath and Arkhosia, as well as the nearby dwarven empire of Mithralfast. Even divine powers saw Andok Sur as a threat to the natural world—a threat they could not abide. At the height of the city’s power, a great earthquake rocked the Old Hills. In an instant, the City of the Dead was shattered. It fell into the earth and was buried, to be forgotten by time and history. Until now.

Weeks ago, the vampire lich Magroth opened the way into the buried City of the Dead. There, he attempted to complete a ritual to raise the undead hordes and restore Andok Sur to its former glory. Thanks to the intervention of a group of adventurers and an agent of the Raven Queen, Magroth failed. However, the magic he did unleash awakened some of those interred within the buried necropolis. Those undead now pursue sinister plans of their own.

At the same time, the newly reopened Andok Sur was the site at which the Abyssal plague first entered the world. Along with the awakened undead, the necropolis holds a special significance to those blighted by this demonic infection from another plane of existence.