>>5422726You recall again the recurring nightmare of flashing steel and green armour… Of murals of dead and dying dragons, and the sheen of green steel… You remember the pallid and empty eyes, hanging mouths, and deathless persistence of the zombie bugbears on the path, and the simmering resentment and hatred of their hidden necromancer master, Hapo.
“Threats emerge which demand a deeper alliance,” you say.
“Maybe,” Myrymma acknowledges, noncommittally. “Perhaps it is something to discuss with the next King-of-Elves… But I think you will find that every candidate shares my feelings on this matter. The Drow remember what it is like to be alone in an eternal night, Theral.”
How will you persuade the Drow Queen of the necessity of an official alliance? What alliance do you even desire?
>Show Queen Myrymma the moon-sword and shoggoth-sword, and tell her of your vanquishing of those great beasts... With the aid of the Gods!>Abandon talk of religious conversion (for now), and instead focus on practicalities: an official alliance, and declaration of war on the surface, to extend this ‘season’ of Queenly dominion>Offer to demonstrate the value of the Gods, and of your alliance, by completing labours for the Queen-of-Elves—tasks of her choosing, requiring great mighty>Threaten to interfere in the kingly selection process, and to support a rival and weaken her own house’s position, if she does not heed you>Pray to one of the Dark Gods [which one? Specify!] for a direct manifestation… Though you know it will come at a price, or with unexpected consequences...>Write-in 