where do giants, trolls, orcs, and other humanoid races stand with the common people? What about kobolds and goblins?
I just needed to know how a typical Llane would think of people who protect dark elves
Righto. Thanks. I just needed to know how a typical Llane would think of people who protect dark elves and the like as well as the races themselves. Muchos appreciated!
Every time my characters act with hostility towards dark elves they get shunned or told how wrong it is to think badly of dark elves. Sion is only proving her right, not changing her opinion.
The "average Hlintian" considers them evil.QuoteDark Elves are known to be evil, this is not speculation, this is a fact:The Dark Elves have a millennia spanning history of War and Destruction. Bear in mind that there was a great Betrayal around -2311 which led the elves to separate (see the timeline). Agreed, this is almost 3700 years ago, but since elves can live to about 700 years, this is hardly long ago from an elvish perspective. So throwing the past away because it is long ago and elves and dark elves hating each other is stereotypical, does not really apply if you look at it from this perspective.If we go forward in time, the Dark Elves captured the human city of Westgate in the year -103 (see the timeline), they destroyed the city of Port Hampshire in the year 843 (see the timeline, this is only about 500 years ago). I am sure if you ask several characters in Hlint, they can tell you the towns of Hlint and Haven were also nearly destroyed by the Dark Elves in the not-too-distant past. They also tried to stop all crafting by destroying and blowing up nearly every crafting location in Mistone.Then at the end of last year or so (real-time) they laid siege to Hlint and nearly occupied it.Then more recently, they started capturing people, poisoning them with a poison that will kill them if they oppose the drow. They then proceeded to lay siege to Spellgard, occupy it for a few weeks, then left after getting whatever it was they needed.Therefore, treating them with an amount of distrust or even hostility is judging them on their past which is filled with evil deeds.Claiming your character doesn't know about drow is very hard to justify. Dark Elves have been committing evil acts for millennia. This will have worked their way into local folklore, for example, when your character was a child he was probably told by his parents things like “Do not stray from home too far, else the Dark elves will take you” or something along those lines.So your character has probably heard all his/her life that Dark Elves are greedy, dangerous, treacherous creatures who attack whenever they can and then as an adventurer you have surely been on quests where Dark Elves were involved (as enemies) or heard stories of such adventures.
Dark Elves are known to be evil, this is not speculation, this is a fact:The Dark Elves have a millennia spanning history of War and Destruction. Bear in mind that there was a great Betrayal around -2311 which led the elves to separate (see the timeline). Agreed, this is almost 3700 years ago, but since elves can live to about 700 years, this is hardly long ago from an elvish perspective. So throwing the past away because it is long ago and elves and dark elves hating each other is stereotypical, does not really apply if you look at it from this perspective.If we go forward in time, the Dark Elves captured the human city of Westgate in the year -103 (see the timeline), they destroyed the city of Port Hampshire in the year 843 (see the timeline, this is only about 500 years ago). I am sure if you ask several characters in Hlint, they can tell you the towns of Hlint and Haven were also nearly destroyed by the Dark Elves in the not-too-distant past. They also tried to stop all crafting by destroying and blowing up nearly every crafting location in Mistone.Then at the end of last year or so (real-time) they laid siege to Hlint and nearly occupied it.Then more recently, they started capturing people, poisoning them with a poison that will kill them if they oppose the drow. They then proceeded to lay siege to Spellgard, occupy it for a few weeks, then left after getting whatever it was they needed.Therefore, treating them with an amount of distrust or even hostility is judging them on their past which is filled with evil deeds.Claiming your character doesn't know about drow is very hard to justify. Dark Elves have been committing evil acts for millennia. This will have worked their way into local folklore, for example, when your character was a child he was probably told by his parents things like “Do not stray from home too far, else the Dark elves will take you” or something along those lines.So your character has probably heard all his/her life that Dark Elves are greedy, dangerous, treacherous creatures who attack whenever they can and then as an adventurer you have surely been on quests where Dark Elves were involved (as enemies) or heard stories of such adventures.
Every time my characters act with hostility towards dark elves they get shunned or told how wrong it is to think badly of dark elves. Sion is only proving Daniella right, not changing her opinion.
Too rich that Daniella and Sophia actually agree on something !
Yep too true.Most treat darkelves as a kind of misunderstood black elves suffering from prejudice. Not like a homicidal, evil, enslaving, torturing etc... people wheo has killed and looted their way across the millenia
ya... I'm trying to get Ni'hear in trouble with the toranites now.... *shifty eyes*
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