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=== Our Interview with Karnifax ===
We had the opportunity to meet with Karnifax and ask him a few questions. We only had 30 minutes with him, it looks like many have been questioning him. He doesn't really know much, he's actually a houseless commoner in Menzobarenzan, trying to curry favor with House Melarn in the hopes of joining the house. When we finally had our chance to talk to him, he looked exhausted and annoyed. 

We had prepared ahead of time, so I took the lead asking the questions. Knowing that this Karnifax would be our emissary back to the Underdark, I wanted to be as professional as possible. 

I've included short notes from our conversation below:
* Karnifax knew the proper password "Hune's Head on a Spike"
* We asked about the Forsaken. He informed us that they are also known as the [[Shadar-Kai]], were elves forsaken by the [[Underdark]] and the elves of our plane. The Shadar-Kai keep the [[Drow]] in the Underdark, and the Wood Elves keep the Shadar-Kai in the [[The Nightshade Kingdom|Shadowfell]].
* The current leader of [[Menzoberranzan]] is [[Drow Houses|House Baenre]], lead by Yvonnel. Gromph, is the Archmage of Menzoberranzan and is said to have the real power. It's best to think about it as Yvonnel is the queen, and Gromph is the prime minister.
* There are a total of 8 ruling houses, with House Baenre being the highest house and House Melarn being the lowest. Danifae's house, House Yauntyrr is not part of the ruling council.
* We asked about Lord [[Dyrr]]. He's considered the second most powerful Wizard, after Gromph. He and Gromph are rivals.
* Karnifax then told us about the [[Silence of Lolth]]. That Lolth is currently missing. He wasn't sure why Lolth is missing, or what is being done to find out why; but he felt confident that people are trying to understand what is happening.
* The Drow have attempted to explore the Demonweb (another plan, similar to how the Underdark is below ours, the Demonwebs is under the Underdark), the home of Lolth. They've found it destroyed and without Lolth.
* We then learned about [[Ched Nasad]] another Drow city in the Underdark. [[Danifae]] had attempted to takeover Ched Nasad, with the help of [[Bregan D'aerthe]], but failed. The cavern that Ched Nasad was housed in collapsed and destroyed the city about 9 months ago. Menzoberranzan is now the last city of the Drow in the Underdark.
* Karnifax also warned us about the [[The Chosen|Chosen of Lolth]]. We've run into these half-spider half-humans before in the training dungeon. We wondered who the training dungeon could know about a monster from the Underdark - we made a note to ask about this in our debriefing.
* We asked a number of questions about the [[Illithids]] and the artifact that we know as the training dungeons; he let us know that based on the questions we and others have asked, he believes that the artifact is more than just a training dungeon. However, beyond that he doesn't know much more about either.
* We thanked him for his time and told him we're looking forward to our travels to the Underdark. He told us that we should be prepared for anything. We should bring gifts if we plan to travel through the forest to the Underdark; to be prepared for the Shadar-Kai to change their mind about allowing us to travel through their lands; and to be prepared to be stopped by the other houses of Menzoberranzan.