They were by-and-large bastions of enlightenment, peace and ingenuity, giving the mages of Netheril sanctuaries from which they could continue their arcane research, safe from the distractions and dangers of the surface world. High Netheril ĭuring the height of the Netheril Empire, 54 floating cities soared over the skies of Faerûn. They spoke Netherese in the cities of Low Netheril. The demesnes and outlying colonies of Low Netheril were home to Netheril's middle and commoner classes, and were greatly influenced by the clerics of the Netherese pantheon. The enclaves of High Netheril were home to the realm's nobility with the shared language of Loross, which was written in the same script as draconic. It allowed for them to develop the spells necessary to create their floating enclaves, and craft quasi-magical items that were powered by the mythallars themselves, rather than the Weave. These magical enchantments were powered by the Weave itself, and gave the wizards tremendous powers. The root of this segregation was tied to the discovery and development of mythallars by Netherese arcanists. Netheril was a divided empire in both geographic and cultural terms, into the "haves" of High Netheril, and the "have-nots" of Low Netheril. The ancient empire of Netheril was governed by the magocratic council, the High Mages of Netheril, which was comprised of the leading wizards of High and Low Netheril. While they sought to fuse the Weave with the Shadowfell, the Shade Enclave was brought crashing down over the renewed realm of Myth Drannor. Upon their return to Toril in the late 14 th century DR, the shadow-plagued Netherese people, known as the Shadovar, revived the Empire and enthralled the people of north Faerûn for over a hundred years. The enclave of Thultanthar was transported to the Shadowfell, where it remained for 1,700 years. High Netheril was ruined in a matter of hours, while Low Netheril experienced a long, agonizing decline by the aberrant Phaerimm. In the resulting maelstrom, the Faerûnian pantheon was altered and most of the flying cities of Netheril came crashing to the earth. The arrogance of Netheril grew to the point where they attempted to attain the divinity of magic, and wound up destroying the Weave. Over the next thousand years they discovered the long lost Nether Scrolls, developed the creation and use of mythallars and created the first of their flying cities, Xinlenal. Although they had humble roots as mere fishermen and farmers, the Netherese were introduced to the Art by the elves of Eaerlann, and came to harness this arcane power in ways that would shape Toril for generations. The empire was the pinnacle of human civilization during the first half of the Age of Humanity. During its glory years before Dale Reckoning, the Empire of Magic would spread across a great stretch of Faerûn. The Netherese people lived in a strict hierarchy for hundreds of years, split into the nobles of High Netheril, living in flying enclaves miles above Toril, and the commoners of Low Netheril settled in demesnes on the coast of the Narrow Sea. Netheril was an ancient, magocratic human empire of Faerûn, whose influence was felt across the Realms for thousands of years. High Mages of Netheril in −3830 DR Telamont Tanthul in 1479 DR Inhabitants of Netheril Locations in Netheril Organizations in Netheril Settlements in Netheril Roads in Netheril Mountains in Netheril Bodies of water in Netheril Forests in Netheril Events in Netheril Food and drink from Netheril Items from Netheril