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The Great Alliance is the name still applied to what used to be a
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massive alliance of monstrous tribes and horde lands.
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Past History
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The Great Alliance originally began as a loose alliance of Drowish
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nations in the Underdark, specifically between powerful spellcasters in
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neighboring Drowish cities. Looking to extend their reach beyond their
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own caverns, they looked to devilish alliances. Pulling in dark forces
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as allies, they were able to unite with neighboring cities <20> dominating
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them, and destroying whoever they could not. After a few hundred years of
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their underground empire building, their dark allies began to secretly
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create routes out into the overworld; and when the preparations were
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complete, the underground hordes piled out onto their unsuspecting ground-
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dwelling neighbors. They had no warning. No defense. And quickly, no hope.
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At this time, the alliance was mainly drow and drow-led forces, named
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the Daughters of the Queen, for the five drowish families who led and
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formed the center of the horde. Upon reaching the surface, they contacted
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other existing monstrous populations that had begun to similarly emerge,
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and the Great Alliance soon came to be. The Daughters of the Queen were
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still at the center, but now there were other warlords who gathered around
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their standard <20> and, in time, hundreds of warlords came. The Great
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Alliance was thus formed. And under their heel, they placed the necks of
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all good men across the world.
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Present Day
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Now, the situation is quite different. During the slave rebellions,
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much of the alliance fell to in-fighting, resulting in a loss of any central
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power structure. In one encounter, the Daughters of the Queen were forced to
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return to their underground caverns, at least temporarily. Many of the
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nations, upon seeing the alliance failing, neither took part in the offense
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or the in-fighting, deciding instead to simply return to their former
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existence.
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There is no longer any central power structure, as there used to be with
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the Daughters of the Queen. Now disputes between warlords are settled
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amongst themselves <20> usually with tragically bloody consequences. The
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last few remnants of the original Great Alliance are desperately trying to
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find a way to reunite everyone, to rebuild their massive armies, thus to
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march on Braddock and his rebellious slaves. But unfortunately, that
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glorious day is far away.
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