Lore talk:Drow

Veracity

This redirect was created as an alternate name for Dark Elves, based off this information from Arena. We do not have it documented on the wiki, but its real according to what I could find on TIL:

• "Exactly what I hoped you'd say. The bad news is you'll have to go to Black Marsh to find the Mail, to a nasty little place called the [dungeon name]. There lies the map to the spirit-forsaken dungeon holding the Ebony Mail. You'll find that the map points out the place where the Dark Elven goddess Boethiah hid the Mail after she took it from Helath Stormbinder, a warrior she no longer favored. Rather like Kynareth and Morihaus, but that's another story. I will inscribe the location of the [dungeon name] onto your map of the continent. The map that will lead you to the Ebony Mail lies there. I doubt if Boethiah even cares after all this time, but I'll wish you luck anyhow. Goodbye."
• You can call me [Name], [race]. I'm the one who knows how to find the Ebony Mail, the lost armor of the Drow that could make even you a hero. Right now, I'm asking for [amount] gold for my information - a preposterously low price, but still more than most people in the [tavern name] are able to pay, it seems.
• A distinguished-looking man two seats away from you at the bar rises and joins you, his voice a low growl. "You can call me [Name], [race]. I'm the one who knows how to find the Ebony Mail, the lost armor of the Drow that could make even you a hero. Right now, I'm asking for [amount] gold for my information - a preposterously low price, but still more than most people in the [tavern name] are able to pay, it seems."

Info from Arena is still canon, of course, but the problem is that from this context its hard to ascertain for sure if Drow = Dark Elf. If there are any more instances of the usage of Drow anyone is aware of, please post them so that we can know all the facts. The Rim of the Sky (talk) 19:15, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

(Moved from user's talk page) I mentioned this in Discord, but just so it's here on the wiki where everyone can see it, I went through the Arena and Daggerfall files looking for the word "drow" and this is literally the only instance of it in either game. Given that, my feeling is that we should consider it a text error in the game, where someone more familiar with D&D (or wherever else) inadvertently used the wrong word and nobody caught it. I don't think that's necessarily worthy of a redirect in its own right, although if there are other inadvertent uses in other games, it might be. Pretty sure there aren't, but I could be wrong. – Robin Hood ^(talk) 19:33, 14 October 2020 (UTC)