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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Graf" data-source="post: 4492653" data-attributes="member: 3087">[sblock=First blush response about drow history]As originally conceived the Imperium has never been a disfunctional evil drow kingdom. It would be an interesting "secret history" but it potentially could have a big impact on a lot of things.(Like ere13's adventure is supposed to touch upon the Imperium's early history; and of course all the Imperium characters would be effected)Both the drow and the shadar-kai are from the same offshoot of the Eladrin; they were matriarchal goddess worshipers who were excessively punished for their beliefs by the patriarchy and eventually exiled.In exile they fell into demon worship; the shadar-kai escaped by pledging themselves to hadeys and became a gift to his wife.I kind of like the idea that the drow weren't always "evil people" but got that way through a combination of bad choices, bad luck and things (demons) who took advenatage of their misfortune.In roleplaying terms I felt like it had more kick.... A drow who's good isn't just a "special aberration" they're reclaiming an older tradition. You have someplae to go besides standing Drizzit like, on the fringes emoting about how tortured and hopeless your beautiful near-immortal self is.[/sblock]Still most people aren't really interested in mariarchy/patriarchy type stuff; and the idea of the "fall of the drow" having been the result of external social pressures instead of they're-naturally-chaotic-evil is a bit of a departure.I haven't fully digested Halfords ideas as ideas yet. I typed the above mostly so I could identify my own existing biases.Whatever people think is best (provided it doesn't throw ere13 off too badly) I think can be incorporated into the setting.I tend to think that having the drow as a minor force within the Shifting Seas makes sense. It helps ammorialate their evil reputation enough to explain the Temple of Night and Day.I think we have some far realm stuff floating around; I may still be in 3.x mode but I always felt like it was supposed to be the "rarest" of the rare. I see some of the worst mystery cults as tapping into it.[d]--[/d]What if the <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/index.php/LEW:The_Twelve_Gods#The_Old_Gods" target="_blank">Old Gods</a> were imprisioned in the far realm? Perhaps it was the only place that could contain Kronos?</blockquote>

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