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Welcome back, and more importantly, welcome back down below. Knight Protector (Genar_Detkasa) has done a good job in explaining the current status quo. Rather then repeating this, I will expand upon it.
The regretful news is that if you're expecting to relive the Ultrinnan experience, you will be disappointed: The server's narrative has evolved, and we lack the players for that to occur. The playerbase in response has evolved with the Drow and the other Underdarkers taking a more pragmatic rather then a traditionalist approach, looking outwards for progression and conflict rather then inwards.
That's not to say that the experience is any less: its merely different. More challenging. More calculating. Rather then looking to the House rankings and going "I want to be first," we now look at the entire Amian Narrative and say "how can we make this ours without anyone ever realising we took it from right under their feet?" Outnumbered, outgunned, with fewer resources... its the best underdog villain story there is.
Knight Protector eluded to it already: the current server narrative does not nurture Lolth-dominant culture like Ultrinnan did. L'Obsul is not a Drow-dominant city and Thran'daariv (formerly Nec'Perya) is currently out of Drow hands: it was taken from them by force. That's not to say Lolthites can't exist, House Vilrath is a testament to that, they just have to be more pragmatic and less extreme then their R.A Salvatore depiction. More intelligent in how they apply their evil and more broad in ambition as well as scope.
The silver lining however, is that now is a profitable time to get involved. The DM team have tied us in with the evolving narrative and a plot is underway (albeit a little more irregularly then planned.)
If you need characters to guide you, look for the following:
- Kerath Zau'tar
- Naltyrr Zau'tar
- Jhaeliria D'Vilrath
- Tagnik'zur D'Vilrath
We're all regular players, and happy to help.
[edit] If you're after becoming part of a more traditional Drow House, message "thelastdragonrider" ingame. Tagnik'zur is a Matron and can recruit those into her house as she sees fit.
In contrast, I play Jhaeliria: The Twisting Witch. If you see me about, feel free to say g'day. Always happy to talk underdark.