"Just admiring without participating? That would be such a pity."
There was a hint of disappointment and regret in Eilistraee's tone.
As a goddess with the vocations of "Dance", "Singing", "Hunting", "Swordsmanship", "Moonlight" and "Beauty", she obviously has a very unique hobby in this regard.
Even when believers are required to pray and perform religious rituals, it is best to sit in a circle, sing, dance, and wear as little as possible or no clothes at all.
When the pastor meets a bard, he must pay the bard and ask him to sing a song if his financial resources allow.
When a priest is old and about to die, he has to take off his clothes and dance in the moonlight until death comes and his soul leaves the body, becomes young and full of vitality in mid-air, and finally goes to the country of the god he serves.
Therefore, in the teachings of the Dark Maiden, dancing, singing and naked body are very sacred things.
Of course, Zuo Si felt that this should purely be the continuation of a unique tradition of the elves.
As far as he knew, from before the outbreak of the Crown War to the present Evermeet Island standing on the sea, the upper elf nobles have always had the habit of wearing as little or even no clothes at banquets.
There are different opinions on the reasons.
But the elves themselves believe that this is the highest level of etiquette and etiquette, and it also expresses the guests' trust in the organizer.
When Elminster was young and went to the elf city to learn magic skills as a chosen one of the Goddess of Magic, he was deeply shocked by the sight he saw.
Of course, it is unknown whether this is related to the fact that he happened to have his gender changed by the goddess using a spell at that time.
However, after settling in the Underdark, the dark elves kept killing each other under the chaotic and evil influence of Lolth. Even blood relatives often stabbed each other in the back, and this ancient tradition was completely abandoned long ago.
Not to mention going to another family's banquet without clothes, most drow nobles would wear a piece of adamantine chain mail even when sleeping, or hide a dagger under the pillow that can be used to defend themselves in the event of a sneak attack.<
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Perhaps Eilistraee's singing and naked dancing hope that by restoring this tradition, the kind-hearted dark elves can regain the precious quality of trust, and finally be able to return to the surface to reconcile with the cousins ​​they have hated for tens of thousands of years, and successfully
Integrate into the elf family.
Thinking of this, Zuo Si suddenly understood why this goddess who never wore clothes suddenly came to find him, and immediately asked calmly: "Are you here for those kind-hearted dark elves who believe in you?"
Eilistraee smiled and nodded: "Well, that's right.
I have always wanted to find a country or city on the surface world for my believers that is willing to accept them.
But it's not easy.
Because under the influence of my mother for ten thousand years, the dark elves have already stained their hands with the blood of innocent people and caused countless bloody massacres.
Their reputation in the surface world is so bad that no town is willing to take huge risks to let them settle nearby.
For this reason, I had to ask the Mother of Magic and the Silver Virgin (Sulun’s nickname) for advice.
These two great gods only told me that maybe you can provide a perfect solution.
After all, there is already a group of dark elves living in Luskan under your rule, and they have not been severely discriminated against or excluded.
Although most of these children do not believe in me, they also do not believe in my twisted and evil mother.
In addition, you also took Lirael Baenre, who had not suffered any pollution and whose mind and soul remained pure, away from Menzoberranzan.
I plan to let her be my chosen one and lead the good dark elves back to the surface. Do you agree?"
After hearing the goddess's intention, Zuo Si immediately touched his chin and fell into deep thought.
After a short conversation, he was basically certain that the reason why this dark girl came to his door must be supported by the goddess of magic Midnight and the goddess of the moon Suellen, and maybe there were also temptations from the elves and gods.
After all, as a weak divine power, Eilistraee could rely on her weak strength to fight against her mother Rose, her brother Velen, her nephew Selvetarm, the drow undead and the goddess of vengeance Qialansari for a long time without losing.
The root cause is that she has a group of powerful allies.
As long as Eilistraee doesn't seek her own death and attack Lolth, the Spider Goddess will have nothing to do with her daughter who openly splits the faith of the dark elves.
After all, just the main elf god Corellon and his second consort, the powerful trinity of goddesses Angelis, can make Rose breathless.
Not to mention the second most powerful magic goddess in the world of Toril after the God of Gods, and Suellen, one of the oldest twin goddesses of creation.
But if the dark maiden takes the initiative to attack her mother, then the nature of the whole matter becomes that she challenges Rose's dominant position in the dark elf faith.
Whether it’s the members of the elven pantheon or Midnight, Su Lun has no way to interfere.
Because this is an internal matter of the Dark Elf pantheon, it is very taboo for other gods to intervene without sufficient reasons.
In the Battle of the Spider Queen, the reason why Eilistraee was defeated and killed was because she realized that Rose was trying to integrate the faith of the dark elves to gain powerful divine power, and wanted to kill her mother while she was at her weakest.
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As a result, the whole plan failed in the end, and even his own life was involved.
Since she was taking the initiative to attack, neither the elves, gods nor the goddess of magic came to help.
Of course, Zuo Si was not interested at all in the intrigues within the dark elf pantheon.
The only thing that needs to be considered is how much benefit can be brought by cooperating with Eilistraee, and whether it is enough to offset the anger and hostility from the spider goddess Lolth.
Due to the current escalating war between the Will of the Abyss and the Eldrazi Titans, it is definitely impossible for Rose to achieve powerful divine power in a short period of time.
In other words, all the demon lords and evil gods living in the bottomless abyss are forced to be involved to a certain extent whether they want to or not.
This means that before Zuo Si decides to seal Eldraq, the Spider Queen War will not break out, but will continue to maintain the status quo.
It is estimated that Rose herself does not have the time or energy to pay attention to her daughter's little actions.
After all, her country is so close to the main battlefield. It would be great fun if the Eldrazi really pushed her all the way over.
With the power of a mortal petitioner, there is no way to resist the distortion of the Eldrazi.
Soon they will be devoured and assimilated by slave beasts, phagocytes and king fathers on a large scale, and become part of the enemy's power.
So in theory, no matter what Zuo Si did to make the spider goddess furious, as long as he still has the method to seal Eldrazi, he will have enough chips to negotiate and trade with her.
After repeatedly weighing the pros and cons, he slowly said: "I can open a few towns to you and your believers, and allow them to come and go freely and settle down. But the problem is, I don't want to overly stimulate your mother, so
Please be sure to control their total number not to exceed one thousand per city."
"A thousand people per city? That's too few!"
Eilistraee frowned subconsciously.
Although there are not many dark elves who believe in her in Faerûn, there are still tens of thousands of people in total.
"On this point, I have a compromise.
Let your followers gather together and build a semi-underground city near the surface.
In this way, they can not only slowly adapt to the environment of the surface world, but also learn and understand the rules and laws of the surface world through trade, adventure, etc.
The advantage of this is to give each other a process of adaptation.
I believe you should know best that after ten thousand years of evolution, the dark elves have long adapted to the dark environment. Not everyone can bear the pain of exposure to the sun like Drizzt and Lirael.<
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My suggestion is to let those who can't adapt stay in the cities close to the surface, and let those who can adapt come out.
Of course, as help, I will provide them with enough food, weapons and tools in the form of low-interest loans when they first arrive, and then slowly repay them through transactions after the city is established.
Moreover, the underground city built by you and your followers can join the trade alliance being advocated by the goddess of wealth, Watkin, and is specifically responsible for selling the specialties of the surface world to gray dwarves, underground gnomes or other dark elves.
Then buy specialties from the Underdark and bring them back to earn the difference.
As for the location, I've chosen it for you, it's at Dragonspear Castle between Baldur's Gate and Waterdeep.
Although there is a portal leading to the first level of hell and is often haunted by demons, it is no longer a big problem now."
Zuo Si expressed his thoughts in one breath.
As a person who has been to the Underdark and has a deep understanding of drow society and culture, he knows very well that it is difficult to change the thoughts, values ​​and worldview of these dark-skinned elves in a short period of time.
Even though many people have converted to Eilistraee, that doesn't mean how kind these guys are.
Quite the opposite!
Even people with the priest level are not necessarily in the good camp. It is entirely possible that they are chaotic neutral like a psychopath.
Of course, in the eyes of Zuo Si, who has a strong tendency toward lawfulness, there is actually no difference between chaotic good and chaotic neutrality, and they can both be classified into the general category of "social instability factors".
As for ordinary believers, there are all kinds of strange things.
Some of them are losers in internal fights, some are exiled for violating taboos, and some are escapees whose faith in the Spider Queen has been shaken.
Among these dark elves, neutral evil and chaotic evil account for more than 70%, and the rest are neutral and good camps.
To be continued...