A quick summary of everything the Heroes have gleaned about Drow since the adventure began.

From Mind Flayers

• Drow are an ancient enemy of the Flayer race, from some long forgotten war in a Subterranean realm

From Stanton

• Drow are something akin to peverse twisted offcasts of the elf race
• Drow are the substance of elven nightmares, some may even dispute if they were anything were other than legendsand myths
• Possibly originating from Stanton’s homeworld of Toril
• Demonic in appearance with skin black as coal, teeth and claws sharp like razors
• Masters of Stealth possibly suggesting some sort of teleportation magic, the ability to step through shadows
• Thought to be exterminated, or at worst imprisoned below the surface, after a crusade of noble races wiped them out

From Shadow

• The Underdark, the Drow realm, is a maze like network of magical caves and tunnels under his home city of Waterdeep
• Innately magical but magic that grows to taint any who covet it or are exposed to it for too long
• Many heroes foolishly set off to explore this subterranean realm to make a name for themselves. Few return.

From Thul & Glim *

• Drow may be responsible for the disappearance or destruction of the fabled Dwarven stronghold of El Dorado.
• Glim’s holographic recreation of his voyage to the planet he claims to be El Dorado depicted to be a monolithic structure potential of Drow make

From First Contact

• Although sharing a common ancestry Drow seem to have adapted or evolved over the millennia or possibly twisted by their diabolic dealings with the Spider Queen.
• Skin is black and chitinous and seemingly devoid of body hair
• There seems to be some variant or lycanthropic version of the Drow where the bottom limbs are replaced or transformed with the abdomen of a spider

From First Combat Encounter with Drow in the depths of the Temple

• Actively seeking to recover Shadow’s staff
• Possibly all female
• Appearances all identical suggesting doppelgangers, cloning or flesh crafting
• Blood is some way acidic creates noxious gas which has the potential to overcome attackers
• Possibly more vulnerable to bludgeoning weapons
• Exceptionally fleet of foot
• Prefer “hit and run” attacks
• Ability to conjure spheres of darkness which can be dispelled by light spells
• Heightened vulnerability to sun / light based effects
• Ritual suicide / murder of subordinates as a combat tactic

From the Battle of the Spider Altar on the Mountaintops of Eldorado

• They appear to be clones or in some way duplicates of each other, possibly one for each Caste or class.
• 3 Classes or breeds have been observed so far. All are incredibly fast.
  1. Warriors / Monks identified by their red hair
  2. Drider a drow torso fused to some variety of biomechanical legs. These appear to be some form of construct or golem. They are not mindless automata but seem to act as a slave or drone class completing manual labour. In combat they provide a combination of brute force and ranged support. They have the same features as a flesh golem
  3. Arcane Casters. Identified by their white hair. They possess the ability to shape-shift into the form of a giant spider and still cast while in this bestial form. Innate abilities include web spell, possibly as an alternative to darkness and the ability to conjure spiders as a vermin irritant, presumably in an attempt to limit the effectiveness of enemy casters. They are able to move freely through the webs they create