I am currently playing a Half-Drow (mother human, dad drow), Paladin of Ellistraee that has been captured by Drow in the Dungeon of the Mad Mage. He is probably not going to make it but there is always a chance.
Anyway, if my character were to die where would he spend his afterlife? Being half-drow and a worshiper of Ellistraee has stumped me.
I am hoping to use the lore as part of a last ditch effort to convince the male drows to free me and join my cause.
Or, I would like to use the lore as a "i have seen the light" scenario if I do end up dying but get resurrected.
Eilistraee is charismatic, and that could be a boon to sway the Drow, but it's her brother who tries to appeal directly to male Drow with his spiel on equality and a direct opposition to Lolth that resembles revenge - a very, very tempting lure for those subjugated. As Chaotic Good, Eilistraee followers may find themselves in Arborea, the Beastlands, or Ysgard. I'm thinking Arborea is the likely afterlife with Eilistraee choosing exile but, unlike her mother, did not outright reject Elven lifestyles. That's also why I think half-Drow will be welcomed in her afterlife.
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Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider. My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong. I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲 “It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
If your character is a follower of Eilistraee, he is going to go to her realm (which is connected to Arvandor), regardless of whether he is half-drow or full. Eilistraee doesn't reject followers, regardless of race. Really, few gods would. Her character will be as welcomed into her realm as any other of her followers (that's a big part of what Eilistraee is all about, after all).
Souls are going to go to the deity they worshiped most in life.
In life, her service had been impeccable. Daily did she devote herself to the Lady of Loss. Daily did she free herself from tyranny of memory. All, in time, was lost to her - her relations, her preferences, even her own name. Upon the altar of her devotion placed she the ultimate offering: her emptied mind.
And when she died, when she awoke in death and found herself standing in the pale and faded City of Judgment, she waited for the Lady of Loss to retrieve her. A million souls and more passed her in olourless gusts, but no hand materialised in her hand, no voice whispered instruction in her ear; no guidance proffered itself from the bleached and barren sky. Time immaterial time, passed around her like air, coming and going. And still, the goddess did not come for her devotee.
Kelemvor pitied her, as much as the Lord of the Dead is able, but could not intervene. This cleric of the Lady of Loss, unclaimed despite her worthiness, might yet have one more lesson to learn: That not of forgetting, but being forgotten.
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Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider. My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong. I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲 “It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
I am currently playing a Half-Drow (mother human, dad drow), Paladin of Ellistraee that has been captured by Drow in the Dungeon of the Mad Mage. He is probably not going to make it but there is always a chance.
Anyway, if my character were to die where would he spend his afterlife? Being half-drow and a worshiper of Ellistraee has stumped me.
I am hoping to use the lore as part of a last ditch effort to convince the male drows to free me and join my cause.
Or, I would like to use the lore as a "i have seen the light" scenario if I do end up dying but get resurrected.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Eilistraee is charismatic, and that could be a boon to sway the Drow, but it's her brother who tries to appeal directly to male Drow with his spiel on equality and a direct opposition to Lolth that resembles revenge - a very, very tempting lure for those subjugated. As Chaotic Good, Eilistraee followers may find themselves in Arborea, the Beastlands, or Ysgard. I'm thinking Arborea is the likely afterlife with Eilistraee choosing exile but, unlike her mother, did not outright reject Elven lifestyles. That's also why I think half-Drow will be welcomed in her afterlife.
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
If your character is a follower of Eilistraee, he is going to go to her realm (which is connected to Arvandor), regardless of whether he is half-drow or full. Eilistraee doesn't reject followers, regardless of race. Really, few gods would. Her character will be as welcomed into her realm as any other of her followers (that's a big part of what Eilistraee is all about, after all).
Souls are going to go to the deity they worshiped most in life.
The Unclaimed
(Baldur's Gate spoiler)
In life, her service had been impeccable. Daily did she devote herself to the Lady of Loss. Daily did she free herself from tyranny of memory. All, in time, was lost to her - her relations, her preferences, even her own name. Upon the altar of her devotion placed she the ultimate offering: her emptied mind.
And when she died, when she awoke in death and found herself standing in the pale and faded City of Judgment, she waited for the Lady of Loss to retrieve her. A million souls and more passed her in olourless gusts, but no hand materialised in her hand, no voice whispered instruction in her ear; no guidance proffered itself from the bleached and barren sky. Time immaterial time, passed around her like air, coming and going. And still, the goddess did not come for her devotee.
Kelemvor pitied her, as much as the Lord of the Dead is able, but could not intervene. This cleric of the Lady of Loss, unclaimed despite her worthiness, might yet have one more lesson to learn: That not of forgetting, but being forgotten.
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
Thanks for the info. Hopefully my PC is going to survive this mess!