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Drow Academy

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    This is the place to find out what in the name are Drow. Here you will find:

    1. An explanation of what drow are
    2. What they're life style is like
    3. What they do for fun
    4. books on Drow (All written by R. A. Salvatore)
    5. and much much more
    Basically this is your Drow for dummies....thread.....instead of book...XD

    Anyway as soon as my accomplice gets here we will take you through the fascinating and awesome world of Drow. Believe me, this is going to be cool! :D

    The best place to start to learn about the drow in they're ways is to read "Homeland" by R. A. Salvatore, this will give you everything you need to know about drow. But I'm here to wrap it all up in a nut shell....which hopefully won't take 327 pages...like the book itself.

    So as soon as The Adamant Dodger gets on here, him and I will take you through the dangerous world of the Drow elves.

    But first to explain what drow are. Drow are dark elves, that live in a place known as the Underdark. As you could probably guess, the underdark...is well....dark. Drow have infored vision to help them sense their way around the darken caves and tunnels that link the cities together. They are also masters of weapons of all sorts and sizes. And they also have a wide understanding of magic, and magical items. They're eyes are very sensitive to light and they light their cities with very dimmed lights, not enough to blind them, yet not enough that the need to use infored vision.

    That's all I can think of to explain what a drow is, you'll have to wait and see if TAD (The Adamant Dodger) can add anything else to what I said.

    And if I have this in the wrong section, I'm sorry I wasn't really sure were a topic like this belonged, so if it doesn't belong here, than please move it.
     
    Well, to continue on what RM said, Drow live in the Underdark, although not by choice. Their cousins, the surface elves forced them below. Obviously, they're kind've pissed about this. Occasionally, they'll conduct raids to the surface, etc. etc. for a bit of revenge. Revenge is an art to the Drow, they live to see it completed and perfected.

    As you might have guessed, Drow aren't one of the kindly races. Thay're vicious, vindictive, arrogant, cruel, chaotic, decietful, traitorous(sp) and in general not nice to be around. The follow the Godess of Chaos, Lloth the Spider Queen, an entity if anything, more vile than themselves. Menzoberranzan, the best known of the Drow cities scattered throughout the Underdark has gone so far as to let spiders run rampant throughout the streets.

    Drow society is strictly matriarchial. Males are considered little more than breeding stock and cannon fodder. A female can kill a male "just because she felt like it" without punishment, but the reverse is far from true. The male would probably be delivered into the oh-so-kindly care of Matron Malice Banrae, the highest ranking Matron in the city. There are no priests of Lloth, just priestesses who are among the nastiest in Drow culture.

    Perhaps it's the environment of the Underdark that causes the Drow to have developed into what they are. First, they must deal with the Illithids, the mind-flayers. These tentacled creatures are masters of psionic energy and can make any creature their ***** (excuse my language) by looking at them. The illithids, though, are not all. Many other creatures roam the cave network that forms the Drow home, creature that make an Orc, Troll, and Frost Giant look like a trio of cuddly kittens. So out of necessity, the Drow are raised in martial arts. The most sucessful among them go to the Academy for a regimen even more brutal then what they recieved at home. Their last year of ten at the Academy is spent learning magical arts from some of the more accomplished Drow mages. I contrast, creatures of the surface take up similar arts, not of necessity, but more of intrest, or perhaps even novelty. All in all, the Drow have more than enough reason in technical ability for their arrogance.

    Here, I suppose is where the RP aspect comes in. After all, the best way to learn is by doing, no? You lot are a batch of new students at the Academy, ready to recieve the kind instruction of you masters (RM and myself).
     
    Yes so in order to learn first hand, what Drows are like, we will teach you...this should be fun!

    All you need to do is register as a drow:

    Name:
    Gender:

    That's all we need and then we can begin your instruction in the way of the drow.

    To add on to what TAD said:

    Drow society is ranked by houses, which is who each drow belong to. Heritage is a very important part of Drow life. And each house will wage wars on each other to gain ranks, the higher a houses rank (Highest rank is 1) the more in favor it is with the spider queen (Usually). Now there is no crime for killing another drow...unless you are caught. Being caught to drows' is killing a drow in the sight of the higher ranking drow in the drows' house that you are tempting to kill. Other houses that are directly involved with the conflict are bystanders and can't seek justice. So the altimate rule in drow society is "Don't get Caught".
     
    <OOC>I must presume that this is a dare, RM. Now, for your first teacher at Melee-Magthere (The fighter's school in the Menzoberranzan Academy).<OOC>

    Name: Andrith
    Gender: Male
     
    OOC: Nope. Shadow Absol is my Username when I'm away. Cause I was stupid enough to forget my password for RM, since I have to remember password button on RM, so....yeah..... I'll be the teacher of Scorcere (TAD please correct my spelling.)

    Name: Andre Do'Urden
    Gender: Male
     
    <OOC>Alright, lesee. It's Sorcere. Now we need someone for Arach-Tinilth. My personal suggestion is Flygon_Trainer. Right gender and the perfect personality.<OOC>
     
    Alright, that'll do. Now I guess the problem is students.
     
    Or maybe invite a couple to get the ball rolling.
     
    I'll join, though I'm not thrilled about being a bad guy... (check out When Worlds Collide, I'm an angel... literally...)

    Name: Anais Matthews
    Gender: Female

    I take it we don't need a phisical description or personality?
     
    Pogiforce-14 said:
    so let me get this straight, shadow Absol is Raichu Master? Is that why it seems like he's neglecting When Worlds Collide?
    i guess I'll join, though I'm not fond of playing a species I would consider badguys. :\

    name:Valdios
    Gender: Male
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    He's neglecting everything -.-; *coughTalesofSymphoniaRpcough*

    Name:Silphyrin (or Silphy for short)
    Gender: Male
     
    Nope, no physical descriptions necessary for now, peeps. And Drow aren't necessairily evil, just...chaotic, with a love for chaos and engendering it.
     
    No I mean engendering chaos, as in causing it,or fanning the flames of what's already there. But yeah, I suppose that's rather evil.
     
    Alright, see 'ya tomorrow, I suppose. And if you have no objections, we begin then as well.
     
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