Adventures in Dagger Falls
Intro/Background
Daggerdale prospered for a long time as a trading partner to the dwarven realm of Tethyamar. When that kingdom fell, Daggerdale came on hard times. Its bustling trade vanished, and Daggerdale became a rustic backwater, little troubled by events elsewhere in the Dalelands.
That changed in 1336 DR. Two decades after Teshendale fell to the Zhents, Daggerdale met the same fate. Randal Morn, the hereditary ruler of Daggerdale, was driven into exile in the hills. For years, he fought a grim campaign against Zhent forces occupying the dale's biggest town, Dagger Falls.
In 1353 DR, Randal Morn and his friends succeeded in killing Malyk, the puppet ruler the Zhents had installed to give the dale a show of autonomy. This only increased Zhentil Keep's determination to keep the dale beneath its boot. The Zhents installed a series of constables and hired unsavory locals for the constabulary as an auxiliary to the Zhent garriosn. The fight against Randal Morn's guerillas in the hills appeared to go in the Zhents' favor, so the constable made the most of their opportunites to lord it over their fellow Dalesfolk.
Morn's personal war turned into an all-out battle in 1369 DR, when he succeeded in retaking the town of Dagger Falls, killing or driving off all the Zhents. The long battle left mean scars -- the war in Daggerdale was often a civil war, pitting Dalesfolk against Dalesfolk. (1)
Now, in the year 1372 DR, three years after the victory, he gathers his forces again under the guise of a celebration, but dark skies are setting over Daggerdale.
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(1) Excerpt taken from Page 125 of the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
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