The Tome Of Drow Lore.pdf - RoseRed

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The enmity between House
na’Khotan and the deep
gnomes has never abated and
the na’Khotan drow despise
them above all other creatures,
even the surface elves. Slave
traders know they can always
find a market for gnome slaves
in the lands of the na’Khotan.
The insularity of the na’Khotan
has created a heavily clannish
mindset in the House, who
are distrustful and suspicious
of any outsiders. Conversely,
na’Khotan feel a stronger
connection to others of their
House than is usually the case
with drow.
The albino children of House
na’Khotan are another story
altogether. Tolerated for
their usefulness as spies on
the surface, such children
resemble surface elves far
too much to ever be accepted in society. They are kept
in isolation during their early childhood, being tutored by
drow and educated slaves in how to pass for a surface elf,
including such things as mannerisms, speaking without a
drow accent and so on. Unsurprisingly, these traits only
make them more loathed among the remainder of the
na’Khotan population.
This mistreatment of those they would send out as spies
has backfired on the na’Khotan in the past, particularly
those spies sent to infiltrate communities of surface elves.
After a lifetime of prejudice and abuse at the hands of their
fellow drow, some of these spies have been overwhelmed
by the acceptance and joy they have found amongst the
surface elves and have turned their backs completely on
their old people. This is an exceptionally dangerous choice
for them to make, not only because the na’Khotan will
certainly send assassins after any spy who abandons them,
but because the revelation of the spy’s true nature to the
surface elves might easily result in death as well.
Religion
The most dominant religion in the lands of the na’Khotan
is Kez’Skul, the Trickster, but it is only recently that this
became the case. In the earlier days of the House, many
of the drow gods were worshipped by its members and no
single cult was ever able to achieve dominance.
However, as the na’Khotan involved themselves more and
more with the happenings on the surface world, trading
through proxies and establishing a wide-flung network
of spies, the worship of Kez’Skul inexorably became
ascendant in their culture. There are still a number of other
gods worshipped, most notably Alsythuth the Bloodied
Coin and Ydrillia, but for now the Trickster ranks above
all.
House Features:
� A drow of House na’Khotan can purchase mithral items
from his own people for ten percent less than the listed
cost.
� Only the drow of House na’Khotan produce albino
offspring, drow which can pass for surface elves with
their pale skin and black hair. Though persecuted
in their home, these albinos can move about in the
surface world without being the focus of the kind of
prejudice that usually welcomes the drow. Albino
children have identical abilities to other drow of House
na’Khotan, except they suffer an additional –2 penalty
to Constitution and are not subject to the usual light
sensitivity of their dark elf kin.
House Skills: Gather Information, Hide
Favoured Class: Rogue
Predominant Alignment: Chaotic evil
Predominant Religion: Kez’Skul