'SUBTERRANEAN SPIRE' (3783)
Worried her ambitions would be discovered and prematurely halted, a naive
dark-elf sorceress from an unremarkable house in Teth-Azeleth lusted for
greater power. She hid that hunger behind a facade of humble apprenticeship
for as long as she could. While traveling with a group of peers towards
academies on the surface, she turned on them in secret, claiming their
belongings and their lives. Seeking a secluded sanctuary where she could
gather knowledge and strength undisturbed, she commanded her new undead
thralls to excavate a hidden spire deep beneath the stone.
Over years of digging, she came to realize she was not the only one, or thing,
tunneling in these depths. Her efforts eventually breached older passages
carved by someone, or something, ancient. The discovery paused the spire's
growth but sparked new possibilities. The dark sorceress redoubled her work,
experimenting with potent undead creatures in preparation for an eventual
return to Teth-Azeleth, to seize the authority she craved.