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<blockquote data-quote="Immortal Sun" data-source="post: 7559032">I would then suggest looking more towards the fae courts.&nbsp; These parallel many of the same elements that people find appealing and frightening about classic vampires.&nbsp; There's an air of nobility that acts as justification for the cruel behaviour the fae oh-so-often perpetrate.&nbsp; Where there's a very real danger that the fae may up and kill you for simply not knowing the proper greeting, or turn you into a frog for a decade because you made a joke about not being able to dance.&nbsp; Depending on your lore, the fae are often (like many vampires) vain beyond belief and minor physical imperfections (like a zit) can be seen as horrific disfigurement and cause for death.&nbsp; In D&amp;D terms, the Drow are quite possibly the most fae of all the &quot;mortal&quot; elves and look at the sort of society they have.&nbsp; Aside from being tied to the seasons instead of Lolth and matriarchy not being a requirement, much of the fae courts looks like a blue/orange &quot;chotic evil&quot; society.I think it's interesting that you mention mind flayers as a &quot;simple suck-your-brains-out threat&quot;, since they too like the fae have a sort of blue/orange &quot;chaotic evil&quot; system.&nbsp; They're literal aliens.&nbsp; Their organizational structure, much less their motivations, are difficult to pin down making them feel &quot;chaotic&quot; when it's really more that we mere humans have difficulty comprehending their thought process.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Immortal Sun, post: 7559032"] I would then suggest looking more towards the fae courts. These parallel many of the same elements that people find appealing and frightening about classic vampires. There's an air of nobility that acts as justification for the cruel behaviour the fae oh-so-often perpetrate. Where there's a very real danger that the fae may up and kill you for simply not knowing the proper greeting, or turn you into a frog for a decade because you made a joke about not being able to dance. Depending on your lore, the fae are often (like many vampires) vain beyond belief and minor physical imperfections (like a zit) can be seen as horrific disfigurement and cause for death. In D&D terms, the Drow are quite possibly the most fae of all the "mortal" elves and look at the sort of society they have. Aside from being tied to the seasons instead of Lolth and matriarchy not being a requirement, much of the fae courts looks like a blue/orange "chotic evil" society. I think it's interesting that you mention mind flayers as a "simple suck-your-brains-out threat", since they too like the fae have a sort of blue/orange "chaotic evil" system. They're literal aliens. Their organizational structure, much less their motivations, are difficult to pin down making them feel "chaotic" when it's really more that we mere humans have difficulty comprehending their thought process. [/QUOTE]

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