12-04-2007, 01:52 PM
The Ethics of Drow killing
Ruthless and cold hearted, mischievous and cruel, the Drow are the perfect assassins. There are no bonds or boundaries that can keep them from fulfilling an order, a desire or a whim. They share no family ties, do not attach emotionally to anyone or anything and are only driven by one thought; accomplish the Spider Queen commands.
However, death peers from every dark alley, every corner, thus why they live short long lives. A Drow lifespan may peak at legendary millenia, and only few can gloat for being able to survive so long, and fewer are those who die of natural cause, who die unworthy, weak, disgraced and abandoned. Old Matrons and Queens enhance and imbue themselves with their lost youth through magical means, leading strong Houses while protected by powerful armies, however the average Drow can't afford such privilege, and there is only honor when dying in the battlefield.
Despite being an educated, noble, advanced and ancient race, the Drow are proud killers, but they are also silent killers. They have moral and ethic standards, rules to abide and divine laws to obey under the penalty of dishonored death and sacrifice. There is no innocent bloodshed in Drow City streets, since the Drow are born guilty and sentenced to death since their first breath.
Being able to kill and having the freedom to do so never blind the Drow, they follow their harsh and strict society rules and ethics, the ladder, as weird as it may sound there are Ethics in Drow assassination procedures.
Deprived from weak feelings such as sorrow and pity, the Drow never act in mercy, they always kill keeping perfection in mind, killing the weak so the strong can prevail, however the ladder of the Drow society dictates that it must be the strong to fall in order to please the Goddess and be worthy of Her blessing, as well as being able to climb and attain higher status among the matriarchal hierarchy.
Never a Drow has been killed in the open whose killer wasn't immediately sacrificed, for breaking the law. Never a street was stained with blood whose blade wouldn't be found and its wielder sacrificed for daring breaking the laws the Spider Queen dictated. Truth is, the Drow are cold blooded murderers, but they do not let it reflect in their day to day society. If a Drow dies, everyone will know who the killer was, but the dead will be forgotten in a blink, however if someone witness he will go from worthy and glorious to expandable and unworthy heretic.
Drow gamble their life, mere peons in Lloth's Chess, with strict rules to follow, and only one goal, domination. She enjoys playing Her peons, feeding them more to eat, until they cannot get a hold of themselves and break the laws She set, and be punished. Her mind games are terribly wicked and maddening, to which only the strong survive.
Lloth sees all, and through the eyes of the killer She experiences every moment in pure ecstasy, through their minds She incites and taunts them to do so, in Her name, through their hands She strangles and snaps necks, plucks eyes and wields vicious bloodthirsty blades that sooner or later will slit the unaware throat, She plants the seed of discord and turmoil, Chaos. And the dark kin complies obediently. However, Lloth never interferes in Drow killing, She watches, guides their eyes and hands, but never interfering. Lloth enjoys massacre, mass murder, annihilation, but never extinction. She needs puppets for Her play in the Theatre of Atrocity.
In rare occasions the Drow use outsider forces to slay and eliminate a rival, and even when doing so, nothing must be known or noticed among the cautious and vigilant society, a Priestess may employ a group of mercenary to get rid of the rival High Priestess in order to climb the ladder of power, however, if the High Priestess dies by anyone' hand than hers, such death shall not be honored and the Priestess will live forever drown in her shame, eventually succumbing to Lloth' belittling and berating, ending sacrificed in the Altar.
Killing is a sport among the Drow, they are born killers, with the natural aptitude to do so under any circumstance, however they are the masters of subtlety and perfection. They contemplate the beauty that is decapitation, mutilation and even skinning, but it is something they never gloat about, ever. A student may kill his teacher to get his position, everyone will know he did it, everyone will give him credit for such action and fear his new gained power, deeming him worthy of wielding it, however if he is denounced he will go from glory to doom in less than nothing, such is the life of the Drow.
Cruel and ruthless, yet subtle and ethic murderers are the noble Drow.
Ruthless and cold hearted, mischievous and cruel, the Drow are the perfect assassins. There are no bonds or boundaries that can keep them from fulfilling an order, a desire or a whim. They share no family ties, do not attach emotionally to anyone or anything and are only driven by one thought; accomplish the Spider Queen commands.
However, death peers from every dark alley, every corner, thus why they live short long lives. A Drow lifespan may peak at legendary millenia, and only few can gloat for being able to survive so long, and fewer are those who die of natural cause, who die unworthy, weak, disgraced and abandoned. Old Matrons and Queens enhance and imbue themselves with their lost youth through magical means, leading strong Houses while protected by powerful armies, however the average Drow can't afford such privilege, and there is only honor when dying in the battlefield.
Despite being an educated, noble, advanced and ancient race, the Drow are proud killers, but they are also silent killers. They have moral and ethic standards, rules to abide and divine laws to obey under the penalty of dishonored death and sacrifice. There is no innocent bloodshed in Drow City streets, since the Drow are born guilty and sentenced to death since their first breath.
Being able to kill and having the freedom to do so never blind the Drow, they follow their harsh and strict society rules and ethics, the ladder, as weird as it may sound there are Ethics in Drow assassination procedures.
Deprived from weak feelings such as sorrow and pity, the Drow never act in mercy, they always kill keeping perfection in mind, killing the weak so the strong can prevail, however the ladder of the Drow society dictates that it must be the strong to fall in order to please the Goddess and be worthy of Her blessing, as well as being able to climb and attain higher status among the matriarchal hierarchy.
Never a Drow has been killed in the open whose killer wasn't immediately sacrificed, for breaking the law. Never a street was stained with blood whose blade wouldn't be found and its wielder sacrificed for daring breaking the laws the Spider Queen dictated. Truth is, the Drow are cold blooded murderers, but they do not let it reflect in their day to day society. If a Drow dies, everyone will know who the killer was, but the dead will be forgotten in a blink, however if someone witness he will go from worthy and glorious to expandable and unworthy heretic.
Drow gamble their life, mere peons in Lloth's Chess, with strict rules to follow, and only one goal, domination. She enjoys playing Her peons, feeding them more to eat, until they cannot get a hold of themselves and break the laws She set, and be punished. Her mind games are terribly wicked and maddening, to which only the strong survive.
Lloth sees all, and through the eyes of the killer She experiences every moment in pure ecstasy, through their minds She incites and taunts them to do so, in Her name, through their hands She strangles and snaps necks, plucks eyes and wields vicious bloodthirsty blades that sooner or later will slit the unaware throat, She plants the seed of discord and turmoil, Chaos. And the dark kin complies obediently. However, Lloth never interferes in Drow killing, She watches, guides their eyes and hands, but never interfering. Lloth enjoys massacre, mass murder, annihilation, but never extinction. She needs puppets for Her play in the Theatre of Atrocity.
In rare occasions the Drow use outsider forces to slay and eliminate a rival, and even when doing so, nothing must be known or noticed among the cautious and vigilant society, a Priestess may employ a group of mercenary to get rid of the rival High Priestess in order to climb the ladder of power, however, if the High Priestess dies by anyone' hand than hers, such death shall not be honored and the Priestess will live forever drown in her shame, eventually succumbing to Lloth' belittling and berating, ending sacrificed in the Altar.
Killing is a sport among the Drow, they are born killers, with the natural aptitude to do so under any circumstance, however they are the masters of subtlety and perfection. They contemplate the beauty that is decapitation, mutilation and even skinning, but it is something they never gloat about, ever. A student may kill his teacher to get his position, everyone will know he did it, everyone will give him credit for such action and fear his new gained power, deeming him worthy of wielding it, however if he is denounced he will go from glory to doom in less than nothing, such is the life of the Drow.
Cruel and ruthless, yet subtle and ethic murderers are the noble Drow.