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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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 Posted - 13 Apr 2013 : 06:17:00
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True enough, Aryalome. Lolth and her two children were ALWAYS ebony-skinned, and apparently so were the elves who followed them in the beginning. "Her slender black fingers clenched tightly at her handhold,.... She had borne him children- twin godlings as darkly beautiful as herself... By Corellon's decree, the destiny of the mortal elves who shared her dark beauty was in her keeping."
And to Lord Karsus: You said "We never had a "very definite distinction", which is what allowed Brian and whatever other designers to manipulate the established facts and alter them to the way they were currently, a specific "family" or whatever you want to call them of Green Elves."
Not so. From the very passage above, it is clear that there WAS a clear distinction pre-3rd ed. That passage is from Evermeet: Island of Elves, from the beginning where it describes Arvandore and the events leading to Araushnee's fall. And there are now TWO races of "dark elves"- the drow, who never changed, and are nearly ALL followers of Lolth at this point (save for the few exceptions like Drizzt and Jarlaxle, and Liriel as well), and the "redeemed" dark elves who were turned back into their supposedly "original" race. (Which they apparently never were, from the passage I quoted.)
As for whether the drow are "behlden" to Lolth, that is precisely the case. Without any other deities to follow, there really is no other choice for the vast majority of drow after the LP books. It's Lolth or nothing for all but a fortunate few who managed to learn of other deities. Lolth does NOT allow worship or even MENTION of other deities by her people! She considers speaking of other deities to be heresy, and it's punishable by death- unless they are speaking of them in a negative manner (ie- destroy the pathetic children of that fool Corellon!) but to speak of one favorably is NOT permitted. |
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