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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8246179" data-attributes="member: 2209">Maybe it is not as bad as I remember. They are not actively hunting people, just being jerks to non-elves.From the 3.0 Ravenloft book"Outsiders are treated with disdain or even hostility by the Sithican elves, who remain haughty and suspicious toward all other races and lands. Even humans who have dwelled in Sithicus for a generation or more are considered second-class citizens"From When Black Roses Bloom and repeated in Domains of Dread:"Despite these failings, they still look down on other races, and, to a lesser degree, at elves not belonging to the grey elf sub-race. In many subtle ways, they make non-elven characters feel unwelcome in Sithicus. Characters are overcharged for supplies, are told that there is no room at an inn even though there are obvious vacancies, and always get served last at taverns—or may even be told that a tavern is "closed," even though patrons are obviously still drinking and eating there. Everywhere they go, the heroes receive rude stares. Small children throw mud at them, and residents coincidentally choose to empty slop buckets into the street just as they pass by. The rare elf who actually smiles at the heroes or extends them a helping hand seems a godsend beside the rest.This attitude reflects the treatment elves of Sithicus get when they leave their own domain. In most other domains of the Core, It is the demihumans who are treated with contempt."Which is a little different from the original Realms of Terror:"All natives of Sithicus are elves. They welcome other races, but most visitors cannot bear to remain. Soth despises the elves, because it was elves who deceived him and led to his loss of honor on Krynn. Sithicans feel bonded to the land, but they do not understand why. Even the most tormented of them stay in this domain, because they know other lands do not tolerate their race."I had misremembered that bound to the land thing as a later addition instead of original only.</blockquote>

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