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| <section begin=feature/>What began as a small clan of demon summoners transformed quickly into one of the greatest threats [[Chel'el'Sussoloth|Chel'el'sussoloth]] had ever faced. The Nidraa'chal are a faction preaching the superiority of their tainted race, bearing the terrible ability to effectively tap their expanded potential. Though small in number they single-handedly plunged the city of [[Chel'el'Sussoloth|Chel'el'sussoloth]] into chaos, tore the traditional laws of clan warfare asunder and forever changed the political and cultural climate of the city.<section end=feature/>
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| ==Recorded History==
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| The Nidraa'chal ascended from unknown origins to the status of a lesser clan roughly around the year 1030. They immediately coined the term “[[Drow#ver'drowendar|ver'drowendar]]” to define their tainted natures as a new, superior race, and nearly immediately set about spreading their influence. For fifty years the Nidraa'chal propagated, finding and assimilating sympathizers among nearly every clan with promises of power and racial ascension.
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| The threat of the Nidraa'chal were not lost on the Vals of [[Chel'el'Sussoloth|Chel'el'sussoloth]]. Various clans took interest in opposing their spread but no single clan could garner cooperation from the others. Even [[Diva'ratrika Val'Sharen]]'s attempt to muster a combined offensive was seen merely as a political ploy. It wasn't until the [[Diva'ratrika_Val'Sharen|Val'Sharess]] formerly called for the arrest of the Nidraa'chal and other tainted figureheads in 1082 that a more unified front was presented to the offending clan. This decision put the Nidraa'chal on the defensive, and the resulting tension spawned conflict in every aspect of society from the commoners all the way to the Val clans.
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| Rallied by their collective opposition the Nidraa'chal had coalesced into a unified front, opening nether gates with reckless abandon and bolstering their armies with the corrupted bodies of unfortunate bystanders. Fortunately they still could not stand up to the power of the Val clans which, though divided, managed to crush the [[Drow#ver'drowendar|ver'drowendar]] in what few numbers they had in most of the territories. The majority of the Nidraa'chal had gathered in the district of the Val'Sharess tower where they were met with the full might of the Sharen army as well as what little remained of the [[Val'Dutan'vir]].
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| The combat between the Nidraa'chal and the [[Vel'Sharen|Sharen]] was a monumental engagement, but by its end the [[Drow#ver'drowendar|ver'drowendar]] lie defeated, though not without dealing heavy losses to their opponents including the eradication of the [[Val'Dutan'vir|Dutan'vir]]. Much of their official history ends at this point, the faction believed to be exterminated.
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| Despite their demise, they left an enormous footprint upon [[Chel'el'Sussoloth|Chel'el'sussoloth]]. Massive swaths of the city were abandoned during the conflict, much of which still lies empty and unclaimed. The previous conventions that once bound clan warfare were blatantly disregarded by the Nidraa'chal as they corrupted neutral parties to channel their demonic minions, proving the laws to be far from infallible. And most notably they revived the old fears of demonic mana and nether beings, bringing them once again to the forefront of attention as very real threats.
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| ==Actual History==
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| The Nidraa'chal were no independent clan of sadistic demon summoners; they were tools, a creation of [[Snadhya'rune Vel'Sharen]] with the knowledge she gained about tainted man through her research beside [[Sha'sana]] and augmented with post-conception input from the [[Vel'Vloz'ress]]. They are the result of her schemes, her secret underlings in the manipulation of the political environment to suit her own ends.
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| Though the Nidraa'chal were supposedly crushed during [[The_Nidraa'chal_Conspiracy|their uprising]], their mission was in fact completed marvelously. By placing heavy priority upon influencing members of the [[Val'Dutan'vir]] in the midst of already turbulent inner-clan politics they set the very stage for the clan to tear itself apart when [[Diva'ratrika Val'Sharen|Diva'ratrika]] made her decree of opposition. The final nail was placed in the clan's coffin with the assassination of Ill'haress [[Sannindi'ligr Val'Dutan'vir]] in the midst of the conflict. The second function of the Nidraa'chal during the uprising was to draw away the forces of the [[Vel'Sharen|Val'Sharen]] from the tower of the Val'Sharess, minimizing the witnesses to [[Diva'ratrika_Val'Sharen|Diva'ratrika's]] attempted murder, a task carried out by Snadhya'rune and her conspiring sisters [[Zala'ess Vel'Sharen|Zala'ess]] and [[Sarv'swati Vel'Sharen|Sarv'swati]] in person.
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| The aftermath of these careful plans resulted in the secret usurpation of [[Diva'ratrika Val'Sharen]] with the three conspiring sisters essentially ruling the clan in her name. Yet the schemes of Snadhya'rune go deeper. Nidraa'chal operatives remain in many of the clans of [[Chel'el'Sussoloth|Chel'el'sussoloth]] and recently were seen fanning the flames of rebellion in [[Nuqrah'shareh]], but with the exception of [[The_Nidraa'chal_Conspiracy|the uprising]] their goals as well as Snadhya'rune's remained a hotly-debated mystery, until she revealed her ambitions to all at her party in [[Felde]].
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| ===Notable Event: [[The Vel'Sharen Coup d'État]]===
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| ===Notable Event: [[The Nidraa'chal Conspiracy]]===
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| ===Notable Event: [[Nuqrah'shareh Civil War]]===
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| ===Notable Event: [[The Flower Plague]]===
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| ===Notable Event: [[Felde Gathering]]===
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| ===Notable Event: [[The District War]]===
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| ==Culture and Politics==
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| The supposed philosophy of the Nidraa'chal is a focus on bettering the present and future as opposed to lingering among the traditions of the past. The public image of them is vastly different and much more horrifying though; they were characterized by and far most colorfully by their complete lack of compassion for life, gleefully slaughtering others or worse, using them as unwilling vessels for their demonic minions. The group has no culture but the dogma of "Freedom from the oppressive past through mastery of the taint".
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| Equally as redundant are their political ties. The Nidraa'chal were once and still remain the minions of [[Snadhya'rune Vel'Sharen]], but are recognized now by the majority of the world as an annihilated force that survives only in rumors.
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| ==Clan Fortress and Properties==
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| Though their agents work in various cities and clans, the Nidraa'chal hold no known property directly. Its leader controls the city of Felde and her reach extends beyond the underworld into the surface colony [[Ys]].
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| {{LocationCard|Felde}}
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| {{LocationCard|Ys}}
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| ==Members==
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| ===Commander===
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| {{CharacterList
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| | Snadhya'rune Vel'Sharen
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| }}
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| ===Leadership===
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| {{CharacterList
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| | Adira Vlos'tah
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| | Elham Nidraa'chal
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| | Kalki Nidraa'chal
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| | Kane'ohe
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| | Khaless Vel'Sharen
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| | Sal'bara Val'Chai'tioc
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| | Shodun Val'Illhar'dro
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| | Tanavya Nidraa'chal
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| | Wa'luin Val'Beldrobbaen
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| | Wi'am Val'Jaal'darya
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| }}
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| ===Agents===
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| {{CharacterList
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| | Angry Eyes Lady
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| | Aman'ita Jaal'darya
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| | Amir'lorel Val'Sullisin'rune
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| | Bae'rali Val'Sullisin'rune
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| | Bargrez
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| | Ceshmera Vel'Sharen
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| | Daenar Nidraa'chal
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| | Da'xia Sarghress
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| | Erusa'kel Nal'sarkoth
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| | Felis'nuul Jaal'darya
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| | Femi Val'Jaal'darya
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| | Fia'nova Jaal'darya
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| | Jaharka
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| | Jiaan Vel'Sharen
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| | Mae'rali Val'Sullisin'rune
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| | Mel'arnach Val'Sarghress
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| | Nehleanee Vel'Sharen
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| | Phyr'ssyn Vel'Sharen
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| |"Reaper"
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| | Sad Mask Lady
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| | Sae'rali Val'Sullisin'rune
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| | Sasi'rael Nidraa'chal
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| | Velyndria "Grey" Mysyrn
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| | Verthandi Azaeloth Val'Beldrobbaen
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| | Xen'ophon Tions Sarghress
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| | Xharidil'uit Vel'Sharen
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| | Ynda
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| | Yuh'le}}
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| ===Other Members===
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| {{CharacterList
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| | Aba'della Nal'sarkoth
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| | Ash'mita Val'Sullisin'rune
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| | Cy'ril Illhar'dro
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| | Erel'maeyl Val'Jaal'darya
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| | Eria
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| | Hydean
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| | Kyo'nne Val'Illhar'dro
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| | Niphrendil
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| | Malag'nafein
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| | Minalia Tei'kaliath
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| | Shelaan'rel Vel'Sharen
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| | Suna'madhuri Vel'Sharen
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| }}
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| {{Navbox Nidraa'chal}}
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