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Hello,

I've been a fan of Forgotten Realms for almost two years now, mostly the Drizzt books but I have read some that features Eiliastree. I love reading about elves and drow and I like to see more good drow in the books. In addition, I have some drow characters myself, specifically a follower of Eiliastree who is a male drow bard and he's lovers with my other character, a moon elf fighter/sorceress/soon to be arcane archer. I also like to role play, play dnd, etc and enjoy discussions about the books, characters, etc.

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[quote:3knskn80]and I like to see more good drow in the books[/quote:3knskn80]

Unfortunately, while WotC has allowed Eilistraee to come back in the current era of the Realms, they have cut down the novel lines to only 3 characters: Drizzt, Farideh and Elminster. We could very well see something of Eilistraee in Elminster's books, but it will mostly be in the form of lore about the current whereabouts of the goddess and her followers, rather than directly featuring Eilistraeens drow (I'm not sure that WotC would allow that).

"Unfortunately, while WotC has allowed Eilistraee to come back in the current era of the Realms, they have cut down the novel lines to only 3 characters: Drizzt, Farideh and Elminster. We could very well see something of Eilistraee in Elminster's books, but it will mostly be in the form of lore about the current whereabouts of the goddess and her followers, rather than directly featuring Eilistraeens drow (I'm not sure that WotC would allow that)."

Yeah, that's unfortunate. I love Drizzt and I like Farideh but I would like more variety in stories. I know WOTC isn't doing that right now so that just leaves all of us to continue the stories I suppose

That's one good way to look at the situation, and that's what many of use are doing (I'm doing that in my home campaign, for example).

However, I feel that it is a waste to let a setting like the Realms wither, while only 3 characters ever see action, and while WotC keeps dropping apocalypse after apocalyspe, one every other in-world year, on the Sword Coast, to the point of ridiculousness.

Drizzt is cool, but he has got like 30 books about him: even RAS has stated that he will take a pause from Drizzt and FR. If WotC wants some of the current novels to be about the drow, there are so many possibilities. We have Eilistraee and Vhaeraun who have just come back, and have even allied (kind of), for example: it would be cool to see that in a novel. Instead we've got Lolth plotting yet another absurd plan to dominate the world (that is going to be stopped by RAS' cast, without changing anything about the status quo), and that is after another Lolth storyline has *just* ended (the Demonweave + the Darkning). Really, WTH...

All of that while the rest of the Realms only get a few lines of updates in Ed Greenwood's books, once per year, and only because he goes out of his way to include such lore in his novels (assuming that WotC editors are kind enough to not cut it).

Hi Tamuril and welcome to the Chosen. May you find a home of sorts here.


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