Qrow

## Overview

The masked drow known only as Qrow is the faceless king of the Southern Seas, feared and respected by all who sail it's waters. Qrow is mysterious, merciless, and rules the seas by fear, but is ultimately a benevolent shadow with an incorruptible sense of justice. It is well known that the Drow is an enemy of Lord Chyziss the Magnificent, and legends say that the dragon king drove him from Glaun Encaru not out of wrath, but out of fear of revolution. These rumors have only magnified Qrow's sinister reputation on the seas, earning him the dread and reverence of even the grittiest pirate captains.

## Known History

Known only by his last name, Qrow was believed by many to be the elder brother of Luvon Qrow, a drow adventurer of great renown and controversy in Spauria. Unlike his brother, Qrow kept his true name and face unknown as he rose to power in the shadows, using loyal cohorts and spies to interact with the world indirectly. Similarly to Luvon, Qrow despised Lord Chyziss and his hold over the empire, and thus focused on hiding, protecting, and smuggling innocent Spaurians who had fallen on the wrong side of the dragon king's wrath. Qrow's Creed never took the fight directly to Chyziss, but focused on undermining his supremacy by saving the innocent, aiding rebels, and stirring up propaganda, all while gathering increasing allies in secret.

Even amongst those of the Creed, no personal details about the dark lord himself ever attained public knowledge, besides whispered rumors, and to this day no living creature attests to having ever seen his face. Drow heritage was one of the only public details ever known about Qrow, and even this was met with skepticism. The size and exact nature of Qrow's following was unknown, and what allies the Creed may have made in both high and low places is questionable.

## Reception & Impact

It didn't take long for Qrow's secret rebellion and propaganda against Chyziss the Magnificent to creep from the shadows of Spauria, and into public awareness. The whispered rumors of a faceless dark lord standing up for the people and challenging the authority of the Dragon King sparked a quiet revolution in some, and furious controversy in others.

The concept of rebellion against Chyziss was a forgotten concept to the Spaurian people, and this idea sparked patriotic hope and righteous anger in the public. Spaurian's were once again encouraged to think for themselves, and question the supremacy of their emperor without fear. Some revolted against Chyziss in the form of violence and outright defiance, often leading to execution or imprisonment. Simultaneously, many began an anonymous revolution in the form of written propaganda. Anonymous authors and underground publishers released books such as *The Bridge*, as well as posters and thesis's encouraging Spauria's rebellion against their corrupt emperor, and depicting the dragon king as vain, obese, unintelligent, and unfit to rule. Such writings were made illegal and burned in mass bonfires by the Blue Knights, but this could do little to quench Qrow's flame of revolution.

While these movements inspired what could be considered positive cultural change in Spauria, the dark Qrow was the source of heated controversy across the empire. Rumors of a Drow existing within Spauria was enough to conjure fear, mistrust, and demoniac superstition in many, who knew the dark-elves only as deep-dwelling worshippers of blackness. This racial distrust, coupled with the Creed's secretive revolution against Lord Chyziss, earned them little favor in the eyes of many. As the movement continued, it became apparent that the greatest threat to the revolution wasn't Chyziss, but their fellow Spaurian subjects, many of whom betrayed or helped abolish the rebels in hopes to appease the dragon king, and spare their country from punishment.

## Banishment

In IIA 147, rumors began to spread that Qrow had vanished. As the months passed and more information was gathered, it was surmised that Qrow had been betrayed, and that the forces of Chyziss had closed in on the drow in an attempt to kill him. Somehow the dark lord had escaped from his nest in Dislar, and smuggled himself away out of the Blue Knight's reach. A bounty on Qrow's life was declared by Lord Chyziss almost immediately, but was met with little enthusiasm or readiness from the Spaurian public, and the drow was never found. Years later, it would be discovered that Qrow had amassed a following off-land, establishing himself once more as the faceless dark lord of the Southern Seas.

After the disappearance of their leader, the Creed and the revolution begun by Qrow lived on for a short time, before doubled enforcement and brutality from Chyziss's knights quenched the rebellion, and forced even the most resolute of insurgents into silence. Though the emperor does his best to blot the Qrow Movement from the history books, Spauria remembers the short-lived era of cultural revolution, which, though stamped out, reignited the hope that perhaps the reign of Lord Chyziss the Magnificent is not meant to last.

## Trivia

* In a conversation between Daskrin and Paladin Adran, the high-elf revealed that he had secretly aided Qrow in his escape to the Southern Seas after a long standing alliance between the two.
* During his escape, Qrow was sold out by one of his former associates, and had a deadly encounter with the Blue Knights just south of Mistwood. There he received a nearly fatal greatsword slash to the throat, and still bears the scar to this day.