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[Eoin]

While there were Phaerimm in Myth Drannor they were not a driving factor of its history.

Canonically the Phaerimm were more notorious for the destruction of Netheril by poisoning the weave and thus the life of the land the Netherese relied on. By the time the Netherese found out why their land was growing into a Desert the damage and war being waged against them was well under way. This led eventually to Karsus's Folly.

The phaerimm that dwelt within the ruined Myth Drannor and its Dwarven Dungeons, along with their red dragon dracolich ally, Pelendralaar, were driven out by the agents of the Cult of the Dragon in the Year of the Gauntlet, 1369 DR.

The Primary driver of of Myth Drannor's downfall was racial divide leading to the invasion of Infernal Legions which corrupted the Mythals therein and created multiple gates for them to access the prime material plane with much greater ease.

For hundreds of years after the Weeping War, Myth Drannor languished as fiend-infested ruins. After hundreds of years the city was reclaimed by the elves of Evermeet in the late 14th century DR. It enjoyed a century-long renaissance, before falling to ruin once more.

I suppose I could do some Googling, but since you seem knowledgeable... any notable marilith (or marilith adjacent) also hanging about Myth Drannor or acquainted with Pelendralaar?

 

[DilemmaEnder]

I suppose I could do some Googling, but since you seem knowledgeable... any notable marilith (or marilith adjacent) also hanging about Myth Drannor or acquainted with Pelendralaar?

So the short answer is "I don't know, but I doubt it."

I recently got a hold of all the 2nd Edition Myth Drannor Adventure Modules I could find and am parsing through them. Until I've finished that all I can say is this:

Functionally speaking, the leaders of the Army of Darkness were 3 Greater Nycaloths - which sounds cool but since a Nycaloth is a CR 10 a Greater Nycaloth can be anywhere from CR 11 - 16. Bearing in mind that Marilith's are base CR 17, it is doubtful that one would answer the orders of a "Lesser being". Not to mention that Yugoloths are the Nuetral Evil versions of the Demonic forces, whereas Mariliths are Tanar'ri which comprise the Chaotic Evil version of the Demonic forces. (Ofcourse there are others of each type that do not fall into these general categories but that is another deep dive into Demonic Bio-Diversity.)

All of this is only relevant if they are using the 8th century DR - 13th century DR. It was reclaimed in late 13th century DR by the elves and lasted until 1487 DR, after years of war against Netheril, Thultanthar (a flying city of Shades) fell upon Myth Drannor, destroying both cities and thereby the second Cormanthyr. Survivors fled to Semberholme.

If we are using this, current, time line than we can expect anything from Demons, Undead, Phaerimm, Shades (Shadovar), Drow, Goblins, Orcs, Giants, Human Barbarians & Cut-throats, Mercenaries, Elven reclamationist (the worst of which are Elf-Superiorists who actively engage in "ridding the Elven Land of the cancerous rot that caused its downfall!"), and good old adventurers (treasure seekers included).

So anything the DM wants to throw at us is possible!

 

[GrayJedi AntiProPaladin]

Oh niiiice TIL https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Standing_Stone

Wonder if we'll come across it just south of MD in the forest...

"It was located just south of Myth Drannor within the forest of Cormanthor, at the junction between Rauthauvyr's Road and the Moonsea Ride,[5][6] about halfway [...]

"The Standing Stone was a large, imposing stone obelisk that served as a symbol of unity between the elves of Cormanthyr and the humans of the Dalelands. More specifically, the monument celebrated their alliance that grew out of the agreement known as the Dales Compact. It also marked the beginning of the use of Dale reckoning calendar, which gained widespread use throughout Faerûn.[4] It was located just south of Myth Drannor within the forest of Cormanthor, at the junction between Rauthauvyr's Road and the Moonsea Ride,[5][6] about halfway between Blackfeather Bridge and Hillsfar.[1]

 

[Kritikal]

I wonder if they'll incorporate any Zhentarim into it.