Elf, Drangonari
PC Statistics
Ability Score Adjustments: +1 Int -3 Cha
Favored Class: Wizard
Feats:
Special Abilities:
- Drangonari Fire Breath Weapon 1/day
- Acid Fog 1/day
Notes:
- Drangonari always have black hair and green skin regardless of the colors chosen in character generation.
- Drangonari can become Arcane Archers per avlis_main hak.
Overview
The Drangonari Elves are an elven race created by Angadar soon after his ascension to godhood. The name is derived from a combination of the words "dragon" and "Angadar."
Physical Description
Drangonari Elves appear mostly elven in form, except they have scales much like a lizard in colors ranging from the darkest green to a bluish color. Their hair is always black, and their eyes contain slit pupils and range in color from gold to dark brown, with the occasional violets and greys. They can spit fire and acid.
History
According to legend, an avariel female once tried to assassinate Angadar in his mortal days, and nearly succeeded. This individual was a close friend of his then wife, Demetria, and Angadar was outraged by the betrayal. His anger lashed out against the avariel woman, consuming her, but it did not stop there. Angadar vowed revenge on the avariel race itself. This revenge was embodied in the race he created. When first created, the drangonari were avariel transformed into a mockery of themselves, complete with reptilian, demon-like wings and no memory of their former life. The newly created race settled on the east coast of the main continent and began to build the multilayered city of Grantir in present-day Drotid.
Shortly after the time of the rescue of Angadar's daughter Jade from the Nine Hells (see timeline), a war occurred between Grantir and the nearby avariel city of Toostan. In that tumultuous battle, the dragons of good and evil sided with the avariel and drangonari respectively, and the skies were filled with draconic combat. When the dust had settled the city of Toostan was razed, and all avariel were assumed eradicated. In the aftermath, all but the oldest drangonari lost their wings. As a result, it is exceptionally rare to see a drangonari elf with wings in the present day, and those who do are typically the result of a blessing directly from Angadar.
Relations
Drangonari Elves had an inborn hatred for the Avariel Elves as a result of their creation. Since shortly after The Humbling of Angadar, they no longer have any inborn hatred toward any race, though that does not prevent upbringing, cultural mores, religious beliefs, or propaganda from reinforcing and perpetuating old hatreds. Drangonari tend to distrust Shaahesk because Grantir is almost constantly under attack by Shaahesk armies.
Alignment
Drangonari trend toward lawfulness, but not exclusively.
Drangonari Lands
The original home city of the Drangonari is Grantir. As a race, the drangonari are at home in virtually any environment. Within the city of Grantir itself, there is a layer in the trees, on the ground, and below the ground as well. A drangonari can thrive just as easily below ground as they could in a treetop metropolis. Since after the Humbling and Stephanus' coup in Grantir, there has been a massive emmigration of drangonari fleeing the city and resettling in the south, particularly in Elysia and T'Nanshi.
Religion
Grantir was run as a theocratic triumvirate, with Angadar as the supreme head of the city and below him his two demigod assistants Stephanus and Bobil. Since the Humbling, the balance of the triumvirate has been shattered utterly. In the present day, Grantir is ruled as a theocratic autocracy, rooted in the faith of Stephanus. The faith of Angadar is severely and violently persecuted by the government, with other faiths merely tolerated and treated as second-class. Among the drangonari diaspora Angadar remains popular, with Vorin being a close second. However, with being exposed to many other peoples, the drangonari diaspora frequently are adopting the cultures and faiths of their new homes.
Language
Angadar was originally from Faerun (of the D&D Forgotten Realms campaign setting), and taught his creations his native language. As such, the Drangonari elf language is Faerun elvish. Their written language is Espruar, a Faerun elvish script, and they will often write both Faerun elvish and Common in Espruar.
Faerun elvish was never fully developed as a language; the only known words come from D&D sourcebooks and novels. DMs and players on Avlis have sometimes substituted Quenya or Sindarin, elvish languages developed by JRR Tolkien, for Faerun elvish.
Resources
Main:
- Grey Company Faerun Elven Language [1]
- Grey Company Faerun Elven Phrasebook [2]
- Compilation of known Faerun elvish words [3]