The Tome Of Drow Lore.pdf - RoseRed

Some outsiders suggest this influence of the duergar spreads
so far as to be the reason Lorgreln males often shave their
heads, though most are wise enough not to suggest it in
front of a Lorgreln.
Economy
The economy of the Lorgreln is robust. They are industrious
and well-organised workers, skilled at mining ores and
gems, and forging various trade goods for export to other
races. Their trade caravans travel through the Underdeep
like an army on the march, so well-guarded are they.
Though this practice requires a good deal of manpower, it
also ensures, as much as is possible, that the caravan will
arrive unmolested at its destination.
Though the iron drow have no particular trade good which
is unique to them, no single item which can be gotten
nowhere else, there are other factors at work
which ensure the trade interests of the Lorgreln
continue to grow.
The first and simplest of these is the undeniable
and unerring quality of goods produced by
the Lorgreln. The iron drow are among the
finest craftsmen in the Underdeep, combining
attention to detail and an ambition to perfect
their craft with the long centuries of a drow
lifespan.
The second reason the Lorgreln trading concerns
continue to increase is the fact their caravans
are so well guarded. Because of the iron drow
reputation for delivering items unharmed and
as promised, stipulated in rigid terms though it
may be, the other races of the Underdeep who
are in contact with the Lorgreln often pay the
iron drow to transport cargo for them, paying
a steep percentage of the worth of the cargo in
exchange for its safe arrival.
Lastly, the Lorgreln occupy a unique position.
Though relations with other drow are cool and
cordial at best, as alien to one another as the
two races have become, they are still capable of
leery cooperation. Further, the iron drow enjoy
relations with the duergar which could almost
be classified as warm, a wide departure from
the hostility which exists between the grey
dwarves and most drow. The Lorgreln act as
the bridge between the two races, not to bring
them together or allay hostilities, but rather to
act as the middlemen for trade.
Education
The Lorgreln spend their early childhood with the extended
family, learning what they can of the work the family does.
Each family of Lorgreln belongs to one of the Hosts, be it
warrior, priest, smith, trade or any of a dozen others common
and powerful in iron drow society. Where the parents are
from two different Hosts, the patriarchal society of the
Lorgreln dictates that the child is considered a member of
the father’s Host. Before the child enters puberty, he is
sent to the appropriate Host Hall of the nearest city, where
he will spend two decades mastering the knowledge of the
Host to which his family belongs. Once the Host training
is done, females are returned to their families, while males
move on to train for a decade with the Warrior Host.
This education is expected of every member of Lorgreln
society, up to and including the offspring of the king.
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