Drow City of Hopeholme: From Ruin to Redemption
Once a powerful drow city deep in the Underdark, the fallen stronghold of Holoth now bears a new name: Hopeholme. Yet hope is fragile. The Coalition’s occupation has brought order—but at a cost. The city’s future is uncertain. For those who once ruled Holoth, survival means navigating secret alliances, broken loyalties, and rising conflict.
A Fallen Drow City in Transition
Hopeholme is a drow settlement in flux. Its graceful towers, once carved with magic and ancient pride, now stand fractured. Brutalist Coalition bunkers interrupt what remains of its elegant design. Shrieker fungi alarms and guard patrols replace once-quiet streets.
Despite the Coalition’s control, whispers of resistance stir beneath the surface. Drow loyalists pass coded messages. Noble houses hedge their bets. This drow city stands on the brink of transformation—its future dependent on the actions of those still within.
Coalition Control and the Drow Ruins of Holoth
Coalition officers maintain control through curfews, surveillance, and military oversight. Some genuinely believe they are preventing further bloodshed. Others exploit their power. Regardless of intent, their presence imposes an unnatural order on a once-independent drow society.
This Underdark city, long defined by tradition and secrecy, struggles to adjust. Meanwhile, drow pride festers. Many believe rebellion is inevitable—perhaps even necessary.
Learn more about drow culture or explore the broader setting in Rise of the Drow.
Power Struggles in the Underdark
Hopeholme’s control structure is fractured. Power flows through tangled webs of loyalty, fear, and ambition.
- Drow Resistance Cells: These secretive groups sabotage Coalition infrastructure and incite unrest. Their members remain hidden, but their impact grows.
- Driders: Once shunned as cursed, these spider-twisted beings now form factions of their own, hoping to claim territory in the ruins of the drow city.
- Surviving Noble Houses: Some cooperate with the occupiers. Others maneuver from the shadows, manipulating both sides to gain leverage.
This drow city has no clear ruler other than the Coalition. Every faction believes their vision will define what comes next.
Character Hooks in a Divided City
For adventurers, Hopeholme offers danger and opportunity in equal measure. This ruined drow city invites bold actions, hard choices, and deeply personal quests.
Character Concepts:
- Spymaster – Broker information and loyalty from within resistance networks.
- Enforcer – Support the Coalition’s grip on the city through strength and fear.
- Emissary – Negotiate peace between drow houses and the new regime.
- Shadow Broker – Profit from a city too divided to notice your power growing.
- Rebel Leader – Ignite a new revolution beneath the Underdark’s surface.
A Drow City’s Fate in Your Hands
Hopeholme teeters between its past and an uncertain future. The Coalition holds it for now, but their grip weakens with every day. Resistance grows bolder. The driders circle. Noble ambitions burn.
Will your characters restore this drow city’s legacy, lead a rebellion, or forge something new from its ashes?
In the depths of the Underdark, nothing is given—everything must be claimed.
Rise of the Drow: After the Fall 🕷️
The City Has Fallen — Will You Rebuild, Rebel, or Rule?
The mighty drow city of Holoth lies in ruin, its elegant towers shattered, its streets filled with conflict and opportunity. The Coalition’s brutal occupation tightens its grip, but beneath the watchful eyes of their guards, power shifts in the shadows.
You are drow. Now is your chance to take the power back.