Just found this
Hello again, all.
I bring the words of Ed of the Greenwood in response to Markustay’s request for a (2e, ahem ) drow word for psionics.
Ed replies:
Various drow communities have various words for psionics and psionic actions, but the two most prevalent drow words for psionics are “ulsharyorn” and “ulzakzigh” (the component elements of both of which should be fairly obvious), with “erress” being an older drow word for psionics (still used by clergy of Eilistraee).
So saith Ed, creator of most of the what we know of the drow tongue. And Linguist Pursuivant for all the Realms.
love to all,
THO
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Another piece of drow lore
Qilue was born to a drow female and prominent worshipper of Eilistraee. Elue Shundar, the mortal host of Mystra, died before Mystra/Shundar could carry the seventh child, Qilue, to full term. And so, a new mother had to be found before Mystra's own power consumed the child. Mystra set about looking for another suitable womb for the unborn Qilue, and found Iliryztara Veladorn. Veladorn was also pregnant but her adventuring ways had resulted in the death of her own unborn child -- she was not aware of this however -- and as a result, her own life was threatened because of it. Mystra decided to replace Iliryztara's dead unborn child with Qilue, thus saving both Qilue's and Iliryztara's lives.
However, Eilistraee had plans for Iliryztara and her unborn child. Mystra, thus, sought permission from Eilistraee about whether the Goddess of Mysteries could intervene in Veladorn's life. Eilistraee agreed and Qilue was placed in Iliryztara's womb. When Qilue was born, she was born a drow and servant of both Mystra and Eilistraee.
This is explained fully in The Seven Sisters.
Qilue was born to a drow female and prominent worshipper of Eilistraee. Elue Shundar, the mortal host of Mystra, died before Mystra/Shundar could carry the seventh child, Qilue, to full term. And so, a new mother had to be found before Mystra's own power consumed the child. Mystra set about looking for another suitable womb for the unborn Qilue, and found Iliryztara Veladorn. Veladorn was also pregnant but her adventuring ways had resulted in the death of her own unborn child -- she was not aware of this however -- and as a result, her own life was threatened because of it. Mystra decided to replace Iliryztara's dead unborn child with Qilue, thus saving both Qilue's and Iliryztara's lives.
However, Eilistraee had plans for Iliryztara and her unborn child. Mystra, thus, sought permission from Eilistraee about whether the Goddess of Mysteries could intervene in Veladorn's life. Eilistraee agreed and Qilue was placed in Iliryztara's womb. When Qilue was born, she was born a drow and servant of both Mystra and Eilistraee.
This is explained fully in The Seven Sisters.
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Hmm a tidbit from Ed a few years ago.
[quote:2zskox5c]"January 25, 2005: Hello, all. Ed answers Elf_Friend:
Regarding dead gods: mortals of Faerûn don’t know the true “current body count,” or where the residue of the divine essence of a dead god lies.
In part, this is because it’s very hard for a god to truly die unless very carefully destroyed by another god: otherwise, if some mortal of Faerûn still worships them or discovers them and starts worshipping them, later (even centuries later), they ‘rise’ again, albeit as almost powerless ghostly awarenesses (at their weakest).
The arguments among churches (about what god did what to which other god) confuse the average inhabitant of the Realms (who to believe?), but I’d say that among humans, most are aware that Bhaal, Iyachtu Xvim, Leira, and Myrkul are ‘dead.’ Only sages and some priests and wizards have even heard of, say, Karsus, and most folk accept that there are countless ‘godlings’ worshipped by various ‘cultists’ here and there across the Realms (from Savras and other half-remembered names to the beast-cults to “those dangerous folk who worship the skeletons of DRAGONS if ye can believe it, aye?”).
So some of them are dead and gone ‘forever’ (although one can then debate just how long ‘forever’ is, of course :}), but most are, as you say, “just dead, ready to be revived thru some epic act or worship.”
So saith Ed, Creator and Supreme Loremaster of the Realms. Also Champion Belcher of Colborne, I trow.
love to all,
THO"
Also:-
"So there’s constant worship going on for almost every divine being, rumored-to-be-divine being, half-forgotten and misremembered godlings... and even slain divine beings linger on as demigods or divine sparks that can “come back” if the right conditions occur. It’s hard to fall from the ranks of demigodhood, once attained: one simply becomes a weaker demigod. Mortals in the Realms are always whispering prayers to “forgotten” gods, in hopes that the grateful deity will give them a lot of aid, swiftly, either out of eagerness to have a new mortal worshipper to command, or simply because they hear and heed the prayer (where a more popular deity may miss or have scant regard for that one prayer, amid the deafening chorus of so many)."
...
In the instances of actual dead gods, however, worshippers often find their prayers will sometimes instead be answered by other deities with similar portfolios. Or, in the case where a rival deity has killed the deity in question, the faithful may find their prayers taken up by the conquering deity -- who perhaps claimed both the fallen deity's worshippers and portfolios [similar to the Bane and Cyric situation, for example]. Another possibility is that the faithful many suddenly find themselves without divine attention -- and their prayers and powers will immediately lose their purchase on the Prime Material Plane. In this case, the fallen deity's faithful are simply left to wander on their own, or find another similar deity, or simply give up their faith and join another church.
As for a fallen deity's domain... They can fade, or change [due to the absence of the ruling deity], or simply "fall" and merge with other similarly-aligned planes. Alternatively, a deity [either as the conqueror or ally] with portfolios similar to the fallen deity may subsume that fallen deity's former domain in an attempt to either preserve whatever remains of that deity's former power or merge it with his/her own.[/quote:2zskox5c]
The last few might be from Candlekeep's Sage.
http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=13505
[quote:2zskox5c]"January 25, 2005: Hello, all. Ed answers Elf_Friend:
Regarding dead gods: mortals of Faerûn don’t know the true “current body count,” or where the residue of the divine essence of a dead god lies.
In part, this is because it’s very hard for a god to truly die unless very carefully destroyed by another god: otherwise, if some mortal of Faerûn still worships them or discovers them and starts worshipping them, later (even centuries later), they ‘rise’ again, albeit as almost powerless ghostly awarenesses (at their weakest).
The arguments among churches (about what god did what to which other god) confuse the average inhabitant of the Realms (who to believe?), but I’d say that among humans, most are aware that Bhaal, Iyachtu Xvim, Leira, and Myrkul are ‘dead.’ Only sages and some priests and wizards have even heard of, say, Karsus, and most folk accept that there are countless ‘godlings’ worshipped by various ‘cultists’ here and there across the Realms (from Savras and other half-remembered names to the beast-cults to “those dangerous folk who worship the skeletons of DRAGONS if ye can believe it, aye?”).
So some of them are dead and gone ‘forever’ (although one can then debate just how long ‘forever’ is, of course :}), but most are, as you say, “just dead, ready to be revived thru some epic act or worship.”
So saith Ed, Creator and Supreme Loremaster of the Realms. Also Champion Belcher of Colborne, I trow.
love to all,
THO"
Also:-
"So there’s constant worship going on for almost every divine being, rumored-to-be-divine being, half-forgotten and misremembered godlings... and even slain divine beings linger on as demigods or divine sparks that can “come back” if the right conditions occur. It’s hard to fall from the ranks of demigodhood, once attained: one simply becomes a weaker demigod. Mortals in the Realms are always whispering prayers to “forgotten” gods, in hopes that the grateful deity will give them a lot of aid, swiftly, either out of eagerness to have a new mortal worshipper to command, or simply because they hear and heed the prayer (where a more popular deity may miss or have scant regard for that one prayer, amid the deafening chorus of so many)."
...
In the instances of actual dead gods, however, worshippers often find their prayers will sometimes instead be answered by other deities with similar portfolios. Or, in the case where a rival deity has killed the deity in question, the faithful may find their prayers taken up by the conquering deity -- who perhaps claimed both the fallen deity's worshippers and portfolios [similar to the Bane and Cyric situation, for example]. Another possibility is that the faithful many suddenly find themselves without divine attention -- and their prayers and powers will immediately lose their purchase on the Prime Material Plane. In this case, the fallen deity's faithful are simply left to wander on their own, or find another similar deity, or simply give up their faith and join another church.
As for a fallen deity's domain... They can fade, or change [due to the absence of the ruling deity], or simply "fall" and merge with other similarly-aligned planes. Alternatively, a deity [either as the conqueror or ally] with portfolios similar to the fallen deity may subsume that fallen deity's former domain in an attempt to either preserve whatever remains of that deity's former power or merge it with his/her own.[/quote:2zskox5c]
The last few might be from Candlekeep's Sage.
http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=13505