Dusk Elves

* Mephala, Arachni High Priest
* Arachnei Ambusher
* Arachni Acolyte
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## Description

### Label

Dusk Elves were banished by the crown elves. Dusk elves love misery and suffering. Always brooding or sulking. Feared for their ruthlessness and precision in military tactics.

Dusk Elves were banished by the crown elves. Feared for their ruthlessness and precision in military tactics.

## History

The dusk elves are a people torn by discord and warfare. Driven out from their surface lands of  Olde Magrathea due to a selfish and cruel war effort against Hyrule.

Although when the crown elves grew strong in the magical arts and gained mastery over Aether, they also obtained power necessary to drive the dusk elves not only from their lands but from their own causing the race of dusk elves to take refuge in networks of underground caverns and also within New Magrathea the kingdom of Under.

Centuries passed by and now having rebuilt various gloomy dusk elf footholds beneath the earth, though they still harbor enmity towards the elves of Hyrule and seek revenge against their distant kin who drove them down.

## Attitude

Dusk elf personalities are portrayed as gloomy and rebellious. Crown elves and wood Elves hate the dusk elves which affects their reactions to a dusk elf presence in their party.

## Culture

Dusk elf society is fragmented into opposing noble houses and families, and they base their rigid class system on the belief that the dusk elves should rule over the lands of Quazra these houses include House Sydal, House Elros, House Nyrilas, House Marrus. Female dusk elves tend to fill many positions of great importance, with priests of the Widowed Weaver holding a very high place in society. Dusk elven fighters are required to go through rigorous training in their youth. Drow use giant spiders as mounts, they have been known to make alliances with what they view as lesser races, and have dealings with many of the evil inhabitants of this realm. Dusk elves are also known to keep slaves of all types of species including allies who fail to live up to the dusk elves' expectations.

The followers of the Widowed Weaver prefer life deep beneath the earth, where they chose to remain until the fated uprising.

## Advantages

Dusk elves **move silently and with a graceful quickness**, even when wearing their armor, they **blend into shadows** with ease.

Dusk elves are extraordinarily **dexterous** and **intelligent**, but have the typically light build and are more **fragile**.

Dusk elves are **highly resistant to shadow magic**, while all dusk elf have the ability to use some inherent magical abilities even if they are not strictly spellcasters.

Drow are difficult to surprise as they are able to **see very well in the dark**, have an intuitive sense about their underground world similar to that of dwarves, and **can detect hidden or secret doors**.

## Disadvantages

The **major disadvantage** to being a dusk elf is being a dusk elf. Few trust will trust them.

Due to prolonged existence without sunlight the dusk elves have developed an **aversion to sunlight** and other forms of bright light as it hampers their abilities by plaguing them with severe migraines.

## Innate

### House Nyrilas

**Shadowmeld.** This unit can camouflage itself in dark areas, blending in to the shadows to increase its **STEALTH** by.

**Stealth Adept.** Due to a life on the run and the racial ability to *Shadowmeld*, this unit is adept at **STEALTH** which increases its STEALTH score by.

### House Sydal

**Dark Magics Resistance.** This unit takes 1/2 damage from spells that inflict **malevolent** damage.

**Dark Magic Adept.** This unit is adept at **malevolent** spell-casting. Spells cast by this unit inflicting malevolent magic damage gain additional damage equal to 1/2 the spells total.

**Umbrakinesis.** This unit can manipulate the dark or shadowy areas around it to construct illusions and form cover for ambushes or concealment.

### House Marrus

**Blessing of the Interwoven.** This unit can invoke a symbiotic pact that will influence an arachnid unit to aid it.
The dusk elven-arachnid relationship can be attributed to an ancient pact that resulted in a symbiosis between the two species that endures to this day. Arachnids act as the dusk elves scouts, guardians, and hunting aides. While the dusk-elves of House Marrus provided with sacrificial food offerings and security for their hatchery. Both species taking care not to harm the other, and harshly punishing those of their kin who dare to break that trust. Arachnids dwell freely among the House of Marrus.

### All Dusk Elves

**Superior Dark-vision.** This unit's subterranean lifestyle has granted it impressive dark vision.

## Dusk Elf Names

* Corellon

* Larethian