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The Underdeep

The Underdeep is a deep, dark, mysterious, underground, subterranean, cavernous unknown realm which exists far beneath the surface of the world. It consists of a series of immensely cavernous caves and contains much disparate geography, including underground rivers, underground forests, underground oceans, underground deserts, underground mountains, underground weather and a small underground sun. It is unknown precisely how large the Underdeep is, or exactly what portions of Battal it lies beneath; assessing this information is made difficult by the fact that pretty much every cave system in all of the Underdeep seems to lead straight to the capital city of Great Gandandersanden.

The primary inhabitants of the Underdeep are the Mean Elves, a scantily-clad race that has ruled the great Empire of Dark for lots and lots of years. The Mean Elves are ruled by the immortal Queen-Princess Xanzandrinzel, who, with her bat-mouse familiar on her shoulder and riding a fearsome two-horned Unicorn, has on may occasions lead her people to battle against their many enemies, chiefly the minions of the Slightly Older Ones, who dwell far beneath the underdeep in the nameless land called the Darkunder. Mean Elf society revolves around the Cult of the Crawlies, about which little should be known.

The Underdeep is believed to be where Slimees originated, and where they are most often found, although they have since spread to every other cave system, dungeon and (in many cases) basement rec room in Battal by placing their unique `spore mucus' on the soles of unwitting travellers who step on something disgusting in the darkness, what the hell is that, hand me that stick so I can scrape it off.

The Underdeep is also presumed to be the location where the legendary, mysterious and malodorous Underpants of the Underdeep originated.