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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JDJarvis" data-source="post: 1643749" data-attributes="member: 18640">Dark Elves aren't an invention of D&D but Drow as they exsist in D&D and any Dark elves that look like them and dress like then and live where they do are most certainly derivative and are then a cliche. oh look black skinned elves that means with a reasonable degree of reliability one can say :they split from the other elves in the distant path during a great struggle.they live undergroundthey dress like necromantic leather fetishiststhey are a matriarchical culturethe culture has common contact with forces of the underworldthe culture is dominated by worship to a specific dietythe culure is likely to have something to do with spidersthey don't get out in the sun muchthey plot against thier ancient cousins, the goodie goodie elvesthey are naughty scheme ridden creepsno one had these folks floating about in stories until they were in D&DIt is just like Hobbits: How many stories can you tell about small mellow folk from  simple agricultural socities sheleterd from the big bad world that go largely unnoticed until one of them gets into things way over his head before saving everyone everywhere before it become cliche?</blockquote>