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Cavienn 02-18-08, 02:54 PM	My players are currently exploring some Xen'drik elven ruins, and I was wondering about the elven religion when they still lived on Xen'drik. I know for the drow you have the Qabalrin and the Sulatar and Vulkoor etc etc, and the giants have the religion reminiscent of the Sovereign Host, but what about the elves? Did they already worship their ancestors (probably to a lesser degree than the modern Undying Court)? Did they share the giant religion? I seem to recall reading something minor about it in a book somewhere, but the information seems to be distilled over several sources. And direct help or directions to a source are greatly appreciated! Thanks
Syltorian 02-18-08, 03:18 PM	I am not perfectly sure on this, but I believe the Qabalrin were 'regular' elves, not drow, and the line of Vol, amongst others, carried their traditions with them to Aerenal. The Dragonshard on the Elves of Aerenal (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ebds/20050530a) briefly mentions the beliefs of the elves when they arrived in Aerenal, where it is said that "they shared a common reverence for their ancestors and the heroes who had died in the cause of freedom." Magic of Eberron provides a slightly different myth, though I haven't got the book at hand to check up on it at the moment. IIRC, it makes a link between the ancestor religion and the uprising: the elves came to venerate their heroes, and wanted to make sure no elf died completely ever again. That was at the end of the uprising. Whether the elves venerated their ancestors while they were still slaves, or only began to do so when they gained self-confidence and freedom during the rebellion, and chose to reject everything connected with the giants, is not clearly stated, though not impossible. I would personally see more variance in their beliefs, before the uprising unified them: some may have secretly worshipped their ancestors for eons hoping to be free at some point. Others may have followed the giants' faith because it was all around them. Yet others, like the Qabalrin, followed their own traditions, apart from the giants or under their dominion. Some might have been indoctrinated to worship their masters as gods - after all, the giants possessed great powers, physical and arcane.