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212 of drow warriors that the dark elves may practice fighting against a more numerous foe. Lastly, bugbear slaves are used for war, where they serve as shock troops. Drow Drow are not often enslaved by other drow. When it does happen, it is a truly terrible fate for the drow in question. Drow slaves are never used as mere manual labour. Rather, they are subjected to the most intense training available, thereafter serving their new masters faithfully as bodyguards, personal servants or pleasure slaves. More often than not, the slave’s new master is a drow who was his sworn enemy while he was free. Dwarf, Duergar The grey dwarves of the Underdeep are difficult to control, though not quite as stubborn and wilful as their hill and mountain cousins. Though all dwarf societies tend to be exceptionally lawful and concerned with tradition, the duergar culture has a way of stamping out individuality which makes the grey dwarves slightly more pliable than their kin. Duergar slaves are used for engineering and mining work, where their natural ability with stone proves very useful. Dwarf, Hill or Mountain Dwarves are almost never kept as slaves by the drow, as they are, quite simply, almost impossible to break. Further, dwarven nations will not permit one of their own to remain a prisoner of the drow; wars have literally been started over the enslavement of a single dwarf. Still, the dwarves have such skill and talent in working with stone that some drow are willing to risk the consequences. E lf Elves of the surface are almost never kept as slaves of the drow. The unfortunate elf that falls into the clutches of his vengeful underground cousins is almost certainly doomed to a short life of agony and humiliation of every kind imaginable, until he ends his last miserable days on the altar of one of the drow gods. Ettin Despite their great strength, ettins are unpopular as slaves. Having two heads to contend with and neither one possessing much intelligence can also make training an ettin a long and exasperating affair. Ettins generally are used in gladiatorial contests, and sometimes as heavy infantry in a drow army.
Giant, Hill Twice the height of a drow and vastly stronger, it is the stupidity of hill giants that makes them so easily trained once they fall into the hands of drow slavers. Generally, the hill giant will violently resist for a short time, until his helplessness at the hands of the drow breaks him into an obedient servant. They are prized as gladiators or as heavy infantry in an army, and are often magically augmented by the drow. The one great drawback of a hill giant slave is the fact they are often too stupid to learn any language but Giant. Giant, Stone Stone giants are even more prized than hill giants, though they are much more difficult to train. They are often sought as gladiators, House guards or as heavy infantry (or even artillery) in an army. Additionally, their strength and skills with stone make them an invaluable asset to any construction project. However, they are much more rare and vastly more expensive than hill giants, and the cost makes ownership of them prohibitive for all but the wealthiest drow. Gnoll Gnolls are considered little more than animals by the drow, and are used primarily for gladiatorial battles and as ‘cannon fodder’ in drow armies. Attempts to put them to work at heavy labour have proven more trouble than it is worth, as the gnolls constantly turn on one another and any other slaves in the vicinity. Gnome, Deep Few drow cultures keep deep gnomes as slaves. The two races are longstanding enemies, and the natural abilities of the deep gnomes make them difficult to control. However, with proper training and supervision, the abilities of the deep gnomes also make them extremely useful slaves, adept at tasks ranging from engineering and mining to thievery. House na’Khotan in particular enjoys keeping deep gnomes as slaves. Goblin Goblins are weak and fairly stupid, but in large groups they are easily led and able to accomplish more than their small size indicates. Primarily, goblins serve as large pools of labour, working in the mines of the drow. Goblins kept individually are usually targets for torment and abuse, relieving the boredom of their masters who have never forgotten that it was the goblins and their ilk who first drove them underground. Most goblin slaves are not captured, but are given to the drow as tribute to stave off an attack. Half-Drow The drow keep a number of other races as pleasure slaves, making the occasional birth of a half-drow inevitable. The drow feel no kinship with these half-breeds, and they are used in the basest of ways. Common uses for a half-drow include gladiatorial combat and service in the filthiest of brothels. Despite their knowledge of the language and physical similarities, no full drow would accept such a creature as his servant. Half-elf If anything, half-elves that fall into drow hands are treated more poorly than half-drow. If the half-elf escapes torment and sacrifice, he will generally be given the most vile of duties. Halfling Halflings are useless for many of the tasks drow put their slaves to, but they do have their uses. Their short stature and nimble hands make them well suited to work as crafters, labouring beneath an overseer to weave na’orsuin fabrics or paint fine detail work on pottery, as two examples. When the poor lighting they work in inevitably robs them of their sight, they are used as sacrifices. Those halflings with no skill or proficiency in crafts, or who do not speak Common, are used for comedic relief in the gladiatorial games. What this means is that a band of a dozen or so halflings will be armed with dull knives and sent naked into combat with a hill giant clad in plate mail and wielding a greatclub. Hobgoblin Hobgoblins make excellent soldiers for a drow army, as they have a natural proclivity towards organisation and a martial mindset. However, they must be either thoroughly trained or constantly supervised, or they will turn those qualities that make them such outstanding soldiers against their captors. For this reason, the drow prefer hobgoblins given as tribute (much like goblins) than hobgoblins captured by slavers. A hobgoblin freely given to the drow by his people is likely to be a far more willing servant than one captured. Much as with the hobgoblins’ smaller cousins, however, the drow have never forgotten the first war with goblinkind, and many are eager to heap abuse and torment upon any hobgoblins that fall under their control. Human Humans are viewed as nearly perfect slaves by the drow. Strong and intelligent, able to master complex tasks quickly, human slaves serve a wide variety of functions in drow society. Most are disturbed and disoriented by the environment of the Underdeep, making them relatively easy to train. The only true failing, in the mind of a drow, 213
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