RC: Drow

Drow

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Description: Drow, mistakenly called "dark elves", are a group you'd hate to compare to their forest counterparts. Drow live in matriarchal societies and their women are definitely the more forceful gender. Their time underground has left them shorter than elves, but they are the stronger and more muscularly built of the two. They are notable for their cunning and a degree of arrogance that makes forest elves look servile. Many of them are also pranksters, though their brand of humor isn't one everyone can appreciate.

Culture: Drow are a subterranean species that carved settlements deep underground and all but disappeared after the war's end. Recently they've begun to reappear on Noverra's surface, hooded and cloaked against the sun.

Their time in a harsh subterranean has left them with a darwinistic mentality of survival of the fittest. They are merciless of weakness in others or any kind of failure, and possess a fiercely determined and ruthless mindset. This is accompanied by a hefty dose of cunning and resourcefulness to help them along.

Drow are the species most naturally skilled at dark magic and they produce more dark magicians than any other species in Noverra. Whether this has to do with their rumored origins is anyone's guess. While many see them as evil, this is mistaken; they'd rather serve themselves than any diabolical cause.

Origin: Drow first started appearing after the advent of the Demigod, during the war. Some believe that they are the results of a distant colony of elves that fell prey to mental and magical corruption, a suggestion that insults both drow and their elven forebears.

Avg. Lifespan: They live up to 500 years. At 150 they are young, at 250 they are middle-aged and at 400 they are old.

Avg. Height: 5'8" (165 cm) - 7'2" (218 cm)