What factions or cultures of other fiction would you find cool to incorporate into the Realms? For example, I and a few players have talked about a "Witcher" organization, perhaps starting out of Halruaa with House Jordain or Magehounds, Thay, Cultists of the Shattered Peak, Selunites, or some other group that would have needs and means to create people who hunt down strange monsters and magic. Anyway, this is just fun food for thought. I'm interested to see what others would secretly love to see in a campaign.
For me:
The Eldar
The What: A dying race of super sophisticated space elves who live on giant space ships and harness the Weave Warp into terrifying powers and solid material called mythal wraithbone.
The How: I figure Star Elves could be a candidate for an Eldar-inspired group. Though supposedly they're all holed up in their own pocket dimension, it could be possible some went their own way when they broke off from the original plane. If we were to tepidly step into Spelljammer--which I will be shot at for even mentioning--the IEN(Imperial Elven Navy) could be a dead ringer. Or perhaps some contingent of Elves ran off with their own spelljamming hulls to do something of their own back during the Crown Wars.
Either way, I feel like Eldar Culture could match very well to some form of traditional Elven stuff in FR. The idea of Paths in Eldar culture could be explained as a reaction to the Crown Wars and not wanting their society to go down that path again. Spirit Stones, stones that capture and hold an Eldar's soul upon death so it can be returned to the craftword and join the clan consciousness, could easily be a modified version of Tel' or Selu'kiiras. Maybe they pissed off or moved beyond Corellon sometime in the past and now have to fend for themselves when it comes to an afterlife.
