Arsilasral is down in the dungeon to rescue someone.  It's the most compelling reason for him to go deep into the bowls of the earth.

And as my detail to add to this piece of background, the person Arsilasral is rescuing was taken by the warlike foe that Llanas saw regularly among his fellow border-patrolling throwback elves. Llanas sees dealing with this sort of foe as part of his responsibility, no matter how far he is from his homeland.

Perhaps drow? I can see drow getting wicked delight out of having orcs do their bidding, and they'd be a natural fit for kidnapping & nasty business going on underground. Lizardmen are another strong choice... or yuan-ti!

Actually, I think yuan-ti would totally be my pick, if I had my druthers. Elf-on-drow enmity is a little played-out! Plus, with yuan-ti you get to have snake-god cults, and snake-god cults are great. You always get to fight some preposterously huge snake-god avatar in the Room of Blood Sacrifice, or the Nest of Poison and Bones (or whatever) and feel like a badass.

Quote from: _nthdegree;677521And as my detail to add to this piece of background, the person Arsilasral is rescuing was taken by the warlike foe that Llanas saw regularly among his fellow border-patrolling throwback elves. Llanas sees dealing with this sort of foe as part of his responsibility, no matter how far he is from his homeland.

Perhaps drow? I can see drow getting wicked delight out of having orcs do their bidding, and they'd be a natural fit for kidnapping & nasty business going on underground. Lizardmen are another strong choice... or yuan-ti!

Actually, I think yuan-ti would totally be my pick, if I had my druthers. Elf-on-drow enmity is a little played-out! Plus, with yuan-ti you get to have snake-god cults, and snake-god cults are great. You always get to fight some preposterously huge snake-god avatar in the Room of Blood Sacrifice, or the Nest of Poison and Bones (or whatever) and feel like a badass.

Sounds good to me.

Drow are old and busted, snake people are the new hotness. God bless the Internet, I never owned an MM2.

Will this be acceptable as a GM reference ?
http://dnd-wiki.org/wiki/Yuan-ti_%283.5e_Race%29

edit: oh that came out well. Have fun IC.

Use whatever you like! I know nothing that's canon or whatever. My only preference is that they be the kind with a cobra-head, humanoid torso, and giant serpent's-tail for a bottom half. Snake cult is good. Everything else: dealer's choice!

Ha, and having snake-men be the ancient for of my bloodline explains why I'm toting this antitoxin around. Don't leave home without it!