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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Irennan" data-source="post: 6682234" data-attributes="member: 6778119">AFAIK a retcon overwrites some previously established knowledge, making it null or altering it. In-lore, the FR are what Elminster tells us about the world, the knowledge about them is not really reliable or complete. The introduction of Eilistraee is one of the things that were told later (and not that much later, since she was introduced as soon as we received some details on the drow culture, in 1991).Besides, as I said, considering that Ed had already created Eilistraee, Vhaeraun and different drow cultures for the setting, since he meant the race to have variety, I don't really see it as a retcon.What I meant is that Eilistraee is unique as a character. She isn't related to Drizzt, nor are her followers.Oh, yes, that I get. You should have an appropriate story in order for Eilistraeens --or drow, or other ''rare'' races in general-- to actually feel fitting.It's not a minor part of the setting, especially when it's the whole reason why the drow have become what they are now. It's part of the setting continuity and the Crown Wars have still influence on the current era. They remove the black and white drow=wrong and elves=right and introduce a more grey situation where both factions have committed atrocities in said wars, and where no faction is fully in the right. The slaughtering of the dark and green elves of Miyeritar is an example, the fact that many elves perceive Eilistraee as a threat to their doctrine that the drow are to blame for all the bad stuff that happened to both people in the history of the setting; the existence of a whole faction of elves and a god dedicated to the slaughtering of all drow, no matter what is another (IIRC, in a story they kill one of their own because she tried to protect a drow child).Also, c'mon. The misunderstood good aligned drow is just a trope. 1)Eilistraeens are not all good (they can easily be neutral) 2)they are drow who work to build a future for their whole race, in the surface world, and enjoy their life (and make others enjoy it too, when possible) instead of being forced to follow some cookie cutter evil dogma, or live underground eating mushrooms.</blockquote>

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