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The word "drow" originates from the Orcadian and Shetland dialects of Scots, [7] an alternative form of "trow", [8] which is a cognate with "troll".The Oxford English Dictionary gives no entry for "drow", but two of the citations under "trow" name it as an alternative form of the word.
In D&D, the drow are emblematic of a kind of racial essentialism that enables the game's underlying power fantasy — the entire dark-skinned, subterranean, spider-worshipping race is known to be inherently evil, so players can attack and kill them without upending their moral compasses. [1] In Spire, the tables are turned. It is the formerly ...
In The Dark Elf Trilogy by R. A. Salvatore set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe it is used to make drow weaponry. It is also used for armor in The Elder Scrolls III, and in the game Terraria it is a red ore used to produce armor and other items. The name is from the word adamant (see above), with suffix -ite for names of minerals. Adamantium ...
The word drow also occurs in the Shetland Norn language, where it means ‘huldrefolk’("the hidden people", fairies), ‘troll-folk’, [14] or ‘ghost’. [16] As drow is not a Norse language spelling, linguist Jakob Jakobsen proposed it was taken from the common (Scots) term "trow" altered to drow by assimilation with Old Norse draugr or ...
Drow of the Underdark is the name of two supplemental rules books for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, providing supplementary game rules focusing on drow culture, equipment and folklore for both players and Dungeon Masters.
Drizzt is a drow who acts against the drow stereotype, favoring friendship and peace over hatred and violence. His unusual personality creates the conflict that allows Salvatore to create so many novels with stories about courage and friendship. [3] Drizzt therefore fights the dark traits that are inherent in the drow. [4]
The other part of the book focuses on a mysterious drow named Nimor Imphraezl, the so-called "Anointed Blade" of a group called the Jaezred Chaulssin. Nimor incites two groups—the legions of the warlord Kaanyr Vhok and the duergar army of Horgar Steelshadow—into attacking the drow at Menzoberranzan, taking advantage of Lolth's silence.
After a long and perilous journey, the Sea Sprite reaches Caerwich. There more dangers await the companions, but they eventually find an old hag who gives a riddle message to Drizzt and Catti-brie. The drow believes that the message implies that his father is alive and held by Lolth. The companions look for more information from a fiend of the ...