Dark Elf Relations

The Dark Elf mindset and their relationships with others is complicated, but it stems from a simple idea that is part of their racial theories. Dark Elf race theory goes back to the time when they were driven underground, when they met the humanoids (orcs, trolls, kobolds, gnolls, goblins, ogres, hobgoblins, and bugbears); their first meeting with humans, and their first meeting with elves for the first time since driven underground.

This racial theory can be summed up as: friends, beasts, and monsters. And the Law prevents miscegenation with beasts and monsters. According to their laws, any woman who takes a beast as a lover must be put to death, in order to keep the Dark Elves pure. Women raped by monsters are usually cast out of society, however, as they know what happened wasn't their fault but the gene pool must remain pure. Monsters are always the enemy to Dark Elves, because they had a history of capturing dark elves and eating them.

Friends
Any Dark Elf from the five houses are considered a friend to another dark elf. Mating between the tribes is okay and often encouraged, to a point, as it keeps the gene pool varied. The Dark Elves know that some mixed marriages amongst the dark elves keeps genetic conditions: such as color blindness and hypertrichosis, at bay.

Beasts
Beasts are those intelligent races that are made to serve the Dark Elves. They are to be treated as animals, to be trained and taught how to be proper "beasts of burden." Included in the mix of beasts are the surface elves, dwarves, halflings, gnomes, and most any intelligent race that looks like an animal (catfolk, gilmen, dragonborn, the list goes on).