Elves in popular parlance usually referred to the high elves of the Court of the Silver Moon, along with the scattered wood elves across the land. The drow were a branch of the elven race in essence, but also mortal enemies of all other elves.0

A female drow's coming-of-age ritual traditionally involved traveling to the surface, abducting an elf, and bringing them back to the Umbral Depths as a blood sacrifice to the Spider Queen.0

Those who could offer an elf as sacrifice would usually receive the Spider Queen's blessing.0

But over time, elves had become harder and harder to capture. The drow adapted, turning their sacrifices inward. Male drow were frequently offered up instead. Naturally, such sacrifices rarely earned divine favor; at best, they merely prevented the Spider Queen from delivering punishment.0

Over the years, the drow had slaughtered countless elves. The blood feud between them had grown so...0