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passageway then a few minutes later, with a barely-audible
sigh, turn and drift in the other direction, as though some
great beast was breathing in and out.
By now, hopes of ever returning to the surface had begun to
seem like a fool’s dream and faith in the Allfather, so strong
among the Pol’Tah only a few years earlier, had begun to
fray under the constant trials and troubles afflicting the
Pol’Tah. By the thinnest of margins, the Pol’Tah chose
to remain here in these caverns, rather than brave their
way past the shangu and thousands of other dangers in yet
another fruitless drive towards the surface. The strange,
breath-like pulse of the air led them to name the area Drez
Khelim, or Earth Heart.
Of course, it was not the drow’s depth beneath the earth
that caused the voices of the Allfather and other elven gods
to grow faint to their ears then vanish entirely. Rather,
it was the drow’s unwitting descent into evil that caused
their old gods to turn away, and other beings to take notice.
Though all but forgotten by the other drow, the Pol’Tah
had not been forgotten at all by the new gods of the drow.
As the last of the Pol’Tah faithful offered up prayers to the
Allfather, Kez’Skul the Trickster responded in the aspect
of a bright flame that spread life-giving warmth and light