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#1 Mar 23 2009 at 7:15 PM Rating: Decent
Try as I might, I can't find any extensive info about the Arasai. This makes RPing one correctly a challenge. Maybe you folks can answer some questions for me.

1. If the Arasai view Cristanos as a goddess, do they view all of the dark elves as demi-gods? Would my Arasai be as willing to jump through hoops for a dark elf as she would be for the queen?

2. Do the Arasai suffer from something akin to Stockholm Syndrome, or are they blissfully unaware that their former selves were brutally tortured by the queen? Do the Fae know how their Arasai cousins became what they are?

3. Do the Arasai have free will?

4. ICly would they get into some kind of trouble if they were found to be worshipping any deity besides Innoruuk?


Also, if any of you know of a website with lots of Arasai lore please point me in the right direction. Thank you!
#2 Mar 24 2009 at 9:28 AM Rating: Good
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The Arasai - Wiki Link to the book that gives you "Unseelie Form"


Hate Gives Rise To Another Superior Race!


Chapter 1: A Necessary Journey.


Long ago, before the world above was rocked and Luclin was shattered, the gods of Norrath walked this plane. They gave birth to a myriad of races. All of which were pitiful and in need of coddling, save one -Innoruuk's Tier'Dal!


They were ruthless, sinister, cunning,and dangerous. They were the very embodiment of His hate! For thousands of years they fulfilled his bidding and adhered to his tenets.


Then came the years of His absence. But this did not mean the end of the great Tier'Dal empire! The Dark Prince had left the Tier'Dal his words -seeds of disdain that grew darker within them. Those seeds were then taken up and nurtured by Queen Cristanos of the Tier'Dal. She guided the empire and strengthened it even in times of isolation.


But not all Tier'Dal are strong. Some showed weaknesses during this time and fell out of favor for speaking blasphemies about Her Ever-darkness, The Queen. Some attempts were even made upon her blessed life. The traitorous ones were all dealt with, slowly and agonizingly, but it made Her Unholyness angry and distrustful of other Tier'Dal.


If she were to focus on the prosperity of Neriak and the entire Tier'Dal empire then she must have an army of allegiant warriors by her side!


On a mission of secrecy a band of Tier'Dal traveled from Neriak to the disdained lands of Faydwer. There they were able to acquire, through clandestine acts, fae spirit blossoms.


Chapter 2: The Circle of Hate and Creation
Queen Cristanos performed dark and beautifully abhorrent magics upon the captured spirit blossoms. She would allow them birth, and then torture them with unspeakable acts. After the inevitably painful deaths, she would perform further sadistic magics upon the resulting spirit blossoms.


Over and over, the cycle of birth, torment and death continued, thus molding them into something new - something superior to the fae by far!


Chapter 3: Wings of Fate.
The wings of the fae turned out to be too fragile to withstand the violent acts. Time and time again, during Queen Cristanos' tainting of the blossoms, the creatures were formed with withered and broken wings.


She knew this to be an opportunity to further remove them from the appearance of pitiful fae, and to embody them with characteristics of creatures associated with such blissful aspects as decay and darkness.


Through further delightful twisting, she adapted the wings of dank cave creatures such as bats and moths for her malignant children. But even to this day, a few arasai are born without wing or wings too damaged to allow flight. As a result they are granted arcane constructed wings on which they can still glorify Her Darkness in deed and word.


Chapter 4:Living in The City of Hate.
The arasai are not just as Queen Cristanos wanted. They are physical embodiments of undying devotion for their creator and goddess, with a penchant for dark magics and pain.


She has arisen as a tangible goddess upon this plane and deserves to be exalted as such, by all!

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#3 Apr 25 2009 at 2:53 AM Rating: Decent
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CarnieHeart wrote:
Try as I might, I can't find any extensive info about the Arasai. This makes RPing one correctly a challenge. Maybe you folks can answer some questions for me.

1. If the Arasai view Cristanos as a goddess, do they view all of the dark elves as demi-gods? Would my Arasai be as willing to jump through hoops for a dark elf as she would be for the queen?

2. Do the Arasai suffer from something akin to Stockholm Syndrome, or are they blissfully unaware that their former selves were brutally tortured by the queen? Do the Fae know how their Arasai cousins became what they are?

3. Do the Arasai have free will?

4. ICly would they get into some kind of trouble if they were found to be worshipping any deity besides Innoruuk?


Also, if any of you know of a website with lots of Arasai lore please point me in the right direction. Thank you!


1 Was aswered by the previous post fairly well I think

2 Im not familier with the Syndrome so I can not say for sure. I do not think they are unaware, if they are even aware of their past lives, of what was done to them but their perceptions would have been twisted so that they would see it as a gift from their creator to become something greater than they were.

3 Yes, they are just, on average, VERY devoted to the Queen

4 Yes, just as a dark elf would get into trouble for the same thing. However I belive that the Arasai worship the queen first then Innoruuk
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