@DoctorBadWolfhey, I have a new player w/a half-drow, raised by elves. Her idea was to be raised by racists, in an unhealthy enviroment It's kind of a hard case to make for her being with the Valenar, whose entire culture is defined by their connection to the ancestors.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) April 11, 2017

@DoctorBadWolf Unless she is half-Tairnadal, and the Tairnadal ancestor has chosen her, but others think her unworthy because she's half-drow?

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) April 11, 2017

@DoctorBadWolf That would certainly work – many Tairnadal would consider it an insult, that she can't possibly embody a pureblood elf ancestor.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) April 11, 2017

@HellcowKeith Right, that makes sense. And the thing is, right now, she doesn’t know what the deal is, she just knows her family hasn’t been honest And she is doubly "not a true Tairnadal" bc she is part human and obv part drow.

— SJWarlock (@DoctorBadWolf) April 11, 2017

@DoctorBadWolf Side note: There's many humans and half-elves in Valenar, but they aren't actually part of the Tairnadal culture… (1/2)

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) April 11, 2017

@DoctorBadWolf … The Tairnadal are an occupying force that remains culturally distinct. So if she's in Valenar but not Tairnadal, that's easy. (2/2)

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) April 11, 2017

@DoctorBadWolf To actually be fully integrated into Tairnadal culture she'd have to have an elvish ancestor, because that defines Tairnadal culture.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) April 11, 2017

@HellcowKeith Right. That is the key thing, isn't it? Does it count for the child of a Tairnadal +an outsider? What if her parent abandoned the culture?

— SJWarlock (@DoctorBadWolf) April 11, 2017

@DoctorBadWolf Short form: As long as she has SOME Tairnadal blood, I'd say that she's been chosen by an ancestor, and been trained despite prejudice (1/2)

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) April 11, 2017

@DoctorBadWolf … And that potentially the ANCESTOR was half-drow and that detail has been lost in history. So ultimately, the joke's on the jerks. (2/2)

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) April 11, 2017

@HellcowKeith How horrible a crime would it be, if even possible, to knowingly keep such a kid from knowing they are or could be chosen?

— SJWarlock (@DoctorBadWolf) April 11, 2017

@DoctorBadWolf It's certainly possible. Knowing involves a big ritual performed by Keepers of the Past; if you never undergo the ritual, you never know.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) April 11, 2017

@DoctorBadWolfBrutal. Between that idea and you suggestion in the article…lot to think about, and talk to the player about! Thanks, as always! Happy to help.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) April 11, 2017