[lonnarin]

Plenty surface dwarves out there still portal through Prantz. Some own property and pay taxes there. I think more dwarves out there should feel what it's like to be worried about being executed on sight. You can ask Skabot or Ketibjorn how utterly difficult it is to try and get Bjornigar anywhere NEAR even Haft Lake... He treats that place like most dark elves should treat Hempstead!

Not too many tackle the deep dwarf guards though. The curse of the purple floaty text... Turns brutal violent racists into Azattan choir boys every time! What Would Varka Do? *salutes his statue* He'd go down fighting or not go at all, that's what. None of this smiling polite to the durn deep dwarf guards, thats for certain! And no going through checkpoints to use the crafthall either.

It's not that THEY should be in fear of us, but we should be afraid of THEM! You can't really blame the dark elves trying to pretend to be likeable, they have +2 intelligence so they are cunning, and +2 charisma so they have a way with words and tend to be convincing liars. We on the other hand who hate the dark elves enough to try to lynch them on sight, should treat every single one of them as dangerous as Darilith or a Dark Elf Mage of the Rift... capable of zapping us with an implosion at any moment. The lack of hatred shown is part of the reason that I RP Gloom as so utterly detestable. I try to clue people in immediately that this guy is not somebody you would want to have stand watch over you sleeping, and any "friendship" he has is purely mercantile. I wholley enjoy the loathing he's had at the hands of Grenna and Chaynce for example! And Barion surely would love to wring his pompous, wretched little neck. Others like Trouble and Filuviel refuse to even be near him because of not racial, but purely moral reasons. Still, he has a 6 charisma.. and the lowest charisma or intelligence a dark elf can start with in game is 10. So I think that might be the biggest difference between say an orc and a dark dwarf, vs. a dark elf. If you're trying to convince a police officer that you're not a shoplifter, do you smile at him and try to blend in, or do you do a quick doubletake and start running, obviously scared? The typical dark elf is both cunning and charismatic, he's going to try to blend in, pretend he's a loveable guy. Don't blame him for trying, yell at him, warn his friends, show some of that racial hate.