Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Suin Bahhar 05-19-07, 03:41 PM	Do the drow bury their dead? Or all they all turned into mummies or driders or fed to the illithid neighbours :eek:
Sylvaroth 05-19-07, 04:15 PM	Drow die in a fight or as the result of an attempted murder, on Lolth's sacrificial altar, or of old age. The latter are mummified and hung over the entrance of their houses, as a warning sign to those who lose Lolth's favor or they are simply sold to as fertilizers for mushroom farms. Their names are forgotten. The former are used to prepare garments, tools, etc. from them. For example, their braincase is used as a ceremonial chalice to gather the blood of sacrifices.
Zandilar 05-19-07, 09:00 PM	Heya, I think it would depend on the deity they worshipped, where they were exactly, and local customs. I don't think there's a single simple answer.
Lord Karsus 05-19-07, 11:29 PM	-Zandilar, I was just about to mention that. Another variable to add to your list would also be status.
MarkusTay63 05-19-07, 11:43 PM	And since some practice cannibalism, they also make a tastey late-night snack. ;) I'm not sure where I read it, but I don't think Drow go in much for 'death ceremonies'. I believe they just drag their dead outside their main caverns and let the local predators do the rest. In this way, they attract monsters to live in the surrounding territory of their caverns, giving them an added layer of protection. And some of the those Drow might not be all-the-way dead yet. ;)
The Ubbergeek 05-19-07, 11:56 PM	Eilistreanites may be an exception, though. They maybe do like what the elves of old do.... er.,.. how elves, traditional ones, dispose of the dead ones?
Lord Karsus 05-19-07, 11:58 PM	er.,.. how elves, traditional ones, dispose of the dead ones? -Depends on the subrace. I wrote an essay on Elven death in Elves of Faerūn, if you care to check it out.
Suin Bahhar 05-20-07, 11:13 AM	How did the pre-decent dark elves bury their ancestors of high status? (bait bait :) )
Khaelieth 05-20-07, 12:29 PM	All know drow eat sun elf babies during the burial of prominent drow. Drow are utterly barbaric (which is why they legged it after we punished 'em).
The Ubbergeek 05-20-07, 12:39 PM	All know drow eat sun elf babies during the burial of prominent drow. Drow are utterly barbaric (which is why they legged it after we punished 'em). :rolleyes: You means the wild elves?
Khaelieth 05-20-07, 01:49 PM	Ah, yes. All the lesser subraces look the same to us.
Lord Karsus 05-20-07, 05:43 PM	How did the pre-decent dark elves bury their ancestors of high status? (bait bait :) ) -We don't know. Tombs, presumably. The tomb that Melagaunt and Vala broke into was a Vyshaanti tomb, so there is precident for tombs being used to bury the dead of high staus that long ago. The Vyshaanti weren't Ilythiiri, but still...
Straploknight 05-20-07, 09:05 PM	All know drow eat sun elf babies during the burial of prominent drow. Drow are utterly barbaric (which is why they legged it after we punished 'em). Especially the arms and legs served with butter and hot sauce, the feet pickle nice too :D
Zireael 05-21-07, 07:13 AM	Sylvaroth is quite right. As far as I remember, the prominent drow are being burnt to ashes.