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<blockquote data-quote="DreadPirateMurphy" data-source="post: 4769923" data-attributes="member: 20715"><p><strong>Humans with Rubber Foreheads</strong></p><p></p><p>Eladrins were formed as the Fey reflection of humanity. Reflecting the prejudices of the creator, they were created with a pre-existing “ancient” history and culture. Most see themselves as superior to humanity. Pride is a common trait, though this isn’t always obvious to humans. Most would not deign to brag to a human, lest they imply that humans are in some ways comparable to the eladrin. Instead, they engage in elaborate social competitions in their homes on the Feywild. Many of the adventuring eladrin left to get away from the constant social struggle (because they were tired of it, or because they lost), or are descended from those who did.</p><p></p><p>Eladrin are cousins to elves, or so they have said. The reality is more sinister. At some point in the past, a sizeable number of eladrin engaged with <em>something </em>in a bid for personal power. This turned out to be a bad deal. The involved eladrin soon changed into creatures now called drow, creatures that practically oozed evil and threatened to tear the Feywild apart. In desperation, the remaining eladrin made their own supernatural pact. Of those who became drow, many were changed back – partially. They became what humans call elves. Simultaneously, groups of humans around the globe became more bestial, turning into orcs as some vital essence was stolen from them in order to redeem the drow.</p><p></p><p>This fix was not perfect. Not all of the drow were changed back, and they retreated into exile. Furthermore, the few elite eladrin who know of this history will kill to keep it secret. They have no desire to let humanity know what was stolen and why, nor do they wish to confess their role in unleashing the plague of orcs on the world. The sole clues to this history that are commonly known is the existence of half-orcs and half-elves.</p><p></p><p>While crude tavern jokes hint at vile origins for half-orcs, in truth about one in every hundred orcish births result in a half-orc. These half-orcs bear some semblance to their lost humanity. Most are killed by orcish parents, but enough have survived to form small communities – half-orcs breed true with each other. Most struggle, as humans fear orcs and elves and eladrin have an unreasoning hatred for them rooted in secret history. Nevertheless, half-orcs can become heroes.</p><p></p><p>Half-elves, on the other hand, happen as you might expect – through the union of an elf and a human. The reason that this is possible is because of the element of essence that was stolen from humanity to redeem the drow. In effect, half-elves are possible because of a violation of humanity, but half-orcs are the ones who unjustly bear the suspicion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DreadPirateMurphy, post: 4769923, member: 20715"] [B]Humans with Rubber Foreheads[/B] Eladrins were formed as the Fey reflection of humanity. Reflecting the prejudices of the creator, they were created with a pre-existing “ancient” history and culture. Most see themselves as superior to humanity. Pride is a common trait, though this isn’t always obvious to humans. Most would not deign to brag to a human, lest they imply that humans are in some ways comparable to the eladrin. Instead, they engage in elaborate social competitions in their homes on the Feywild. Many of the adventuring eladrin left to get away from the constant social struggle (because they were tired of it, or because they lost), or are descended from those who did. Eladrin are cousins to elves, or so they have said. The reality is more sinister. At some point in the past, a sizeable number of eladrin engaged with [I]something [/I]in a bid for personal power. This turned out to be a bad deal. The involved eladrin soon changed into creatures now called drow, creatures that practically oozed evil and threatened to tear the Feywild apart. In desperation, the remaining eladrin made their own supernatural pact. Of those who became drow, many were changed back – partially. They became what humans call elves. Simultaneously, groups of humans around the globe became more bestial, turning into orcs as some vital essence was stolen from them in order to redeem the drow. This fix was not perfect. Not all of the drow were changed back, and they retreated into exile. Furthermore, the few elite eladrin who know of this history will kill to keep it secret. They have no desire to let humanity know what was stolen and why, nor do they wish to confess their role in unleashing the plague of orcs on the world. The sole clues to this history that are commonly known is the existence of half-orcs and half-elves. While crude tavern jokes hint at vile origins for half-orcs, in truth about one in every hundred orcish births result in a half-orc. These half-orcs bear some semblance to their lost humanity. Most are killed by orcish parents, but enough have survived to form small communities – half-orcs breed true with each other. Most struggle, as humans fear orcs and elves and eladrin have an unreasoning hatred for them rooted in secret history. Nevertheless, half-orcs can become heroes. Half-elves, on the other hand, happen as you might expect – through the union of an elf and a human. The reason that this is possible is because of the element of essence that was stolen from humanity to redeem the drow. In effect, half-elves are possible because of a violation of humanity, but half-orcs are the ones who unjustly bear the suspicion. [/QUOTE]
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