>>5288502“A worthy choice,” the Elf-Specialist admits, “but the Baleful Beholder, he called Master of the Insightful Eye, might better appeal to a race of ‘magic-users’, such as elves often view themselves.”
“Graandmatha,” Glowie speaks up, surprising you all. She looks at you eagerly. You take a moment to parse her non-sequitur, and realize that she must mean the one called Lady of the Rookery, Mother of Dragons. Well, that makes sense—her race are a creation of that goddess.
And then there’s Death… A neutral deity, ‘apolitical’. Not exactly a foe of the Gods of Light, by the commandments he offered up to you when you sought to be his Death Knight… But also unlikely to play favourites with the races, and thus least likely to lead these elves to becoming a rival to the Master Race in the future. Would he even be interested in playing patron to some many? Few among your own people worship Death as a primary deity…
What Dark God do you position as primary for the elf’s understanding?
>The Serpent Ascending>The Baleful Beholder>the Mother of Dragons>Death>The Persecutor of the Weak, god of eugenics and law>None—try very hard to explain that the gods are a package deal and co-equal [may result in confusion and decreased interest]Despite your best efforts and some successes, the scout seems cognizant of how limited this conversation must inevitably be. He is no leader among his people, you gather, and clearly not a scholar or priest. He eventually gestures down the long road into the deeper darkness.
“He offers to take us to his people,” Paeris says. “To his… Village? City? To a leader.”
“The word he uses best translates to ‘mid-ranking military official in a private warband’,” the Translator provides.
“Culturally, surface-elves use it interchangeably with the Northern human term ‘Captain’,” says the translator.
Do you accept? By the sounds of it, this is no short journey, and may delay your arrival at the kobold—your main mission—by days.
>Yes, you will go to the drow to spread the good word of the Dark Gods>No, you will not—you will arrange to meet with these Drow later, on your return trip>Send the Elf-Specialist in your place [specify if you leave anyone else to accompany him, or give him any specific instructions] 