Aerie of the Snow Eagles

== History==

Pre-Spellplague
Before the First Flowering, the avariel, who had left Faerie before many of the rest of their Eladrin kin, found themselves the frequent victims of dragon attacks. The dragons, who favoured avariel flesh, eventually drove the avariel to the brink of extinction, forcing the survivors to live squalid lives as destitute nomads, unable to take flight for fear of being eaten. They slowly travelled east, hoping that their draconic foes would not find them.

Millennia passed and eventually a group of avariel braved the climb up a remote and sheer mountain on the eastern fringe of Pelvuria. Curiously, the peak of the mountain was gone and instead they found a plateau. Assuming that the plateau was made by a Netherese arcanist to create one of their enclaves, the avariel decided to settle. Thankfully for the elves, the family of white dragons that had lived in the range had all been killed by a clan of dwarves not long previous. Safe from their ancient foes and isolated from those far below them on the ground, the winged elves managed to prosper.

In fact, so isolated were they that when the Retreat came in 1344 DR the Snow Eagle avariel failed to hear it. After a couple of decades though, Queen Amlaruil Moonflower heard of them and decided to send emissaries to the aerie, hoping to inform her winged cousins of their potential new home.

Post-Spellplague
Suspicions arose of the possibility of Netherese construction of the plateau when an emissary from Netheril arrived at the Aerie claiming that the Empire of Netheril could protect their people from dragons and the undead horrors of Thay by providing additional fortifications and buildings. The elders of the tribe welcomed the protection despite some being skeptical of the offer. Taegan Nightwind was one of those that opposed Shadovar involvement and stated that they gave too much for too little in return for protection. He begged the elders to reconsider their position, but they would not listen. Years later, their tribe was assimilated under the Empire of Netheril in which they retained their customs and laws but under Netherese banners. The people as a whole regard the Netherese as protectors, but some hope to sow seeds of rebellion in secret to free their people. Taegan Nightwind leads the resistance currently, but with frequent Thayan attacks gathering support is difficult while the resistance is small and weak.