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<blockquote data-quote="Irennan" data-source="post: 6867415" data-attributes="member: 6778119">Not really. The drow aren't in part demon. When, back during the 2nd Crown War, Lolth sent Wendonai to seduce the noble houses of Ilythiir, many of them took the bait, and consorted with him. This gave their heirs a demon taint (not even close to tiefling levels tho, as we can see), which--once the dark elves were cursed and exiled--spread (and diluted, over 10k years, among all the drow. To the point where they are all free to choose, like tieflings do: the vast majority of Eilistraee's followers are ''tainted''--yes, this is true even in the current era, when new drow are following her after her return--and Drizzt himself is). However, those nobles were ''tainted'' even before becoming drow and acquiring the innate drow magic, meaning that those powers don't come from their taint.Besides, If their powers were granted by the demon taint or by Lolth, then 1)the pure blooded Miyeritari drow shouldn't have them (which isn't the case) 2)drow who changed faith should have their powers withdrawn 3)they would keep them on the surface, which wasn't the case before Liriel imbued the Faerzress magic in her rune in the Yggdrasil.It is also explicitly stated in earlier sources (the Liriel novels among them) that drow magic is Faerzress-powered.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Irennan, post: 6867415, member: 6778119"] Not really. The drow aren't in part demon. When, back during the 2nd Crown War, Lolth sent Wendonai to seduce the noble houses of Ilythiir, many of them took the bait, and consorted with him. This gave their heirs a demon taint (not even close to tiefling levels tho, as we can see), which--once the dark elves were cursed and exiled--spread (and diluted, over 10k years, among all the drow. To the point where they are all free to choose, like tieflings do: the vast majority of Eilistraee's followers are ''tainted''--yes, this is true even in the current era, when new drow are following her after her return--and Drizzt himself is). However, those nobles were ''tainted'' even before becoming drow and acquiring the innate drow magic, meaning that those powers don't come from their taint. Besides, If their powers were granted by the demon taint or by Lolth, then 1)the pure blooded Miyeritari drow shouldn't have them (which isn't the case) 2)drow who changed faith should have their powers withdrawn 3)they would keep them on the surface, which wasn't the case before Liriel imbued the Faerzress magic in her rune in the Yggdrasil. It is also explicitly stated in earlier sources (the Liriel novels among them) that drow magic is Faerzress-powered. [/QUOTE]

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