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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wik" data-source="post: 4735642" data-attributes="member: 40177">Well, my court is based in the Feywild (it's 4e).  You have the Eladrin (the Twilight Court) and the Drow (the Dusk Court).  Both are the exact same species, but manifest a different appearance depending on which political side you belong on.  So, it is possible for Eladrin to change into Drow, and vice versa (there is actually a Drow Priestess NPC in my campaign who is slowly becoming Eladrin, and is tryign to hide it).The Eladrin believe in isolation from the material world, relatively peaceful existence with mortals, and following their path of decadent immortality in the Feywild.  They believe in letting humanity lead, as it were, and look back on their past as the original "civilizers" of the world with pride.The Drow, on the other hand, refuse to submit to humanity, and believe that they should never have emigrated to the Feywild.  They believe their species is superior to all others, and the rest of the world needs to recognize this.The eladrin live in several cities in the heart of the feywild (the Feywild in my setting being something of a finite plane), while the Drow live in numerous armed camps on the border.  A pure darkness is on the edge of the Fey realm, and it slowly leeches in, unless the Drow hunters are able to hunt and kill the darker fey creatures.  So, the Drow preserve the fey kingdom, while the Eladrin live in magical cities at the heart.  Neither faction likes the other, and so to keep the court together, each side puts forth one leader - the Eladrin, a King, the Drow, a Queen.  These two usually hate each other, but cannot scheme against one another, as law states that were one to die, the other must abdicate the throne.  And no blood relative can attain the throne of his/her parent.  So, the rulers must rule over numerous noble rivals, and each other, to keep the court in some semblance of order.  In reality, the numerous Eladrin Dukes and Duchesses, as well as the Drow Barons and Baronesses, control the various cities, towns, and armed hunter camps in the feywild.  Also, there are gnomes as a minor faction, as well as Dwarves (those dwarves who followed the Eladrin/Drow in their exile from the material plane) in small numbers.  Fomorians (and those related to the Fomorians) exist in the Feywild as well, in armed camps usually at the edge of the encroaching darkness - they fiercely hate the drow, though it is said by some that they have alliances with various Eladrin Dukes.Elves, by the way, are simply the descendants of Eladrin who refused to enter the Feywild as part of the exile.  They are more attuned to the natural world, and can only sense "echoes" of the feywild when it is particularly strong.  An Eladrin (or Drow) who spends too much time away from the Feywild will begin to turn into an Elf... offspring of an Eladrin or Drow born in the Material plane will almost certainly be an elf (and unable to ever become something else).  All three races (elves, eladrin, and drow) argue about the original form of the Eladrin race, when it once ruled the Material plane, with each proclaiming it's own form as being the "original" form.  Logic would dictate the elves as being the "original" form (as it is what Eladrin and Drow revert to in the material plane), but this is strongly fought by the other two races - the Eladrin claiming they are the original because they are the "highest" form and can best wield the magical energy that was said to be the lifeblood of the ancient empire, while the drow proclaiming the "true" form out of their own views of racial superiority and arrogance.</blockquote>

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