Drow

> *“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”*
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- Qifaen, Matron of the Myviir House and Senator of the Ever Dark Republic

The Darkborn are one of the most prominent races in magic worlds for their high innate physical and magical ability and capability of expanding in the underground, although these tend to descend into infighting and decadence. The Drow have a fair quantity of Administrators in the universe and they have a constantly on-going war against Elven Administrators for worlds and systems.

## Characteristics

The Drow are a species that favor caves and underground spaces, in this type of habitat Darkvision and excellent hearing is a must-have and Drow are specialists in both. Their eyesight can discern cold objects, shown as grey, and hot objects, according to intensity and color, ranging of light blue to extreme red. The hearing of the Darkborn is among one of the best in the entire universe, they can use it to foresee rocks falling, find running water and hear animals when hunting. Their magic talent is also top notch, a young Drow if properly nurtured can handle gigantic amounts of arcane magic, even more than elves, although the training is hard and even more important, it is very expensive.

The Darkborn have a beautiful, but leathery skin colored dark-blue which cover their tall (but smaller than Elves) and slim body that contrast with their characteristic silvery hair. The Drow, similarly to most common races, have five fingers, although their hands are much more sensitive to the touch. Their face is slim and very sculpted and have pointy ears, similarly to the Elven race.

## Origins and History

The Drow are one of the oldest races in the Market Place, only a very few Administrators remember when the Darkborn were uploaded. Although the Dark Seldarine culture varies over millions of worlds but they have a particular reputation of being a traitorous and reclusive species, in some worlds they can be regarded as a myth as a result of their disappearance of the surface of the world. Drow have shown a tendency to build societies based around a Matriarchy.

### Drows on Ouradia

The Dark Seldarine were the first to develop a government system and the first to achieve unification. The decision making is handled by the Senate, which is composed of Matrons of different Spell-singer Houses, the Leader of the Senate is the Matron with the most territory and military force among senators. The army of the Ever Dark Republic is called Spider Legions and are composed solely by male Drow, including the magical classes, and currently is the only method of male Drow acquiring power in the Republic.

The Drow were the first race to invent large-scale transportation, large-distance communication and to use magic to substitute manual labor, these inventions made the Drow much more powerful than the primitive species of the Underdark and they rapidly conquered the most precious caves. In special the Myviir House under the leadership of Matron Assia, they were the first to attempt unification and suggest the republican system, after obtaining almost monopoly of the trade who came from the surface to this day in consequence of the annihilation of minor houses such as Auyas and Vacios who held entrances to Outside.

The capital of the Ever Dark Republic is Gaeia and it is ruled by the Hunzrin House, the city is known specially because of their giant lizard mounts, wine and the largest clear water lake in the Underdark, it is also known to be the largest cave in the underground. The city was the birth of many cultural inventions as well, such as Sava, a type of game (similar to Chess) that simulated war between two factions and the theater. The city is nicknamed The First City, symbolizing where the first drow descended into the Underdark, although that's not exactly true.

Their style of architecture is based around a vertical style and are layered, with the most important Darkborn and the members of Houses living in the highest layer of the city. Drow particularly favor mushroom gardens, gigantic murals and large statues in ornamentation. The Dark Seldarine mostly use togas and it's color are used to distinguish the status of people. The young Drow start their schooling when they learn to speak and end after showing they have the capability to fight for power in the society. For entertainment and leisure, Darkborn have public baths with natural hot water found in the dark caves, spacious theaters and massive fight rings which the most ferocious creatures of the Underdark captured fight each other.