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<blockquote data-quote="painandgreed" data-source="post: 1805257" data-attributes="member: 24969"><p>I have the obligatory Drow with what is a pretty vanilla backstory.</p><p></p><p>After the Elves had defeated the Yaun-Ti, Saguagin, and Kobolds, they had a hard time maintaining their role as war leaders without a war. The first race to reject their rule were the giants and they were the first to fall. one by one, all the other races were brought under submission. As this happened and it was clear that the elves should rule all, the question became "Who should rule the elves." In fighting lasted for centuries but it finally came down to the followers of two elvish gods, twins with the domains of day and night. (This is all pretty hazy because I havn't formally wrote up all of it yet. Both gods could be considered LN.) At a moment where it looked like there might be a compromise and peace, the god of the day used a loophole in the agreement (founding the tradition of elves breaking the spirit of agreements while technically obeying them) and slew his brother. The elves, now with one clear race as winner, were sent out to eradicate all the Night elves form the face of the world. Only a few survived and they followed the daughter of the fallen god into the earth. The daughter would become Lolth and the Night elves would become the Drow. The Day elves would become the Grey elves.</p><p></p><p>Except for the Drow, all elves have the same racial traits with cosmetic variations similar to what is found between human races.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="painandgreed, post: 1805257, member: 24969"] I have the obligatory Drow with what is a pretty vanilla backstory. After the Elves had defeated the Yaun-Ti, Saguagin, and Kobolds, they had a hard time maintaining their role as war leaders without a war. The first race to reject their rule were the giants and they were the first to fall. one by one, all the other races were brought under submission. As this happened and it was clear that the elves should rule all, the question became "Who should rule the elves." In fighting lasted for centuries but it finally came down to the followers of two elvish gods, twins with the domains of day and night. (This is all pretty hazy because I havn't formally wrote up all of it yet. Both gods could be considered LN.) At a moment where it looked like there might be a compromise and peace, the god of the day used a loophole in the agreement (founding the tradition of elves breaking the spirit of agreements while technically obeying them) and slew his brother. The elves, now with one clear race as winner, were sent out to eradicate all the Night elves form the face of the world. Only a few survived and they followed the daughter of the fallen god into the earth. The daughter would become Lolth and the Night elves would become the Drow. The Day elves would become the Grey elves. Except for the Drow, all elves have the same racial traits with cosmetic variations similar to what is found between human races. [/QUOTE]
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