Tags Continued: [Aftercare] [Wholesome ending]

Lore: There are many realms with the human and demon realms being the largest, but smaller realms are scattered throughout the world. The word “Small” is merely a comparison to the two large realms which span throughout the surface of the world, but one realm runs under both of them, this realm is known as The Underdark. In the age of the old Demon Lord, The Underdark was considered a brutal, lightless place with inhabitants whose domineers were just as brutal as the environment was deadly. While these dark caves and caverns are full of life, one species has learned to not only survive in the dark, but also tame it. These creatures were known as Drow.

Do not confuse them with the dark elves on the surface, the vile nature of these creatures made even the most brutal of the elder demons uncomfortable and the Drow were left alone to live in the darkness. When the Demon Queen rose to power and unleashed her spell transforming the vicious monsters of the older era into the monster girls of today she spent decades trying to fix The Underdark. The issue at hand was not that these creatures were out of the domain of the Demon Queen, but the allegiance they had to an old god made them particularly challenging to change. For many years the Demon Queen sealed The Underdark as she worked tirelessly to perfect her spell. It was not until she gave birth to the second generation of Lilim that the last of the old gods were vanquished leaving only the Demon Queen and the Chief Goddess who is said to have aided the Demon Queen as the treachery of the old Drow cast a thick darkness that not even light could brighten.

With The Underdark opened again and the Drow working under a new dogma, the one of the Demon Queen, being caught by them now harbored the same risks as being caught by any monster girl, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they are pleasant to be caught by, at least not at first. Drow remain one of the few monster girls who were transformed long after the initial casting of the Demon Queen’s spell. Similar to Amazons, who were given monster status after succubi shared their lust runes with them, the Drow were changed, partially physically, but mostly mentally. Whatever the case is there is one fact that is certain, do not venture into the dark for what you find will rarely be good.

As for the masses, Drow began to slowly soften as a whole and acted much less viciously for those who were not their own. They no longer killed trespassers and they no longer fought amongst themselves, but at the end of the day they were still creatures of the dark. Being a natural matriarchy, they took well to the spell once it was spread to them and as the remaining male Drow either died out naturally or were converted it became clear that in order for their species to survive they would have to expand outwards to catch the very species that they resented. Over the years The Underdark expanded until every cave had at least one small opening that led into the darkness below. Heed this warning, if you feel the darkness pushing you down there is no shame in running back, know that once you are swallowed by it the light of day will never shine upon your skin again.

Plot: You had entered what you thought to be a simple cave but after over an hour of walking you knew that it was anything but. It was common knowledge that caves could span far below the surface but no matter what darkness was darkness, a torch could cut through all the same, but not here. It was a steady decline, so steady that you originally thought yourself paranoid, but now you knew for a fact that the light of your torch was getting weaker and weaker despite the flames burning bright as ever. The darkness as you walked felt almost physical. It was cold, how could it be cold? Caves were supposed to be hot.

You felt the weight of the darkness bare down on you and continuing to walk forwards. After another twenty minutes of walking the ground suddenly became steep and you tumbled down. Your torch left your hand and the darkness consumed you and you fell deeper and deeper into the hungering depth of The Underdark. When you finally stopped falling you were in an unfamiliar place. The ground was most certainly one made of natural stones, but you could tell that the area was open.

You stood up and began to walk in the darkness. After a few minutes of walking, you felt as the hard ground began to soften and you could swear that you could hear leaves rustling, but that was impossible, there are no leaves in caves. Yet you heard them again. You rushed forwards and heard your footsteps echo throughout the cavern if it even was a cavern, it took so long for you to hear your footsteps echo back that you believed this place was larger than natural formation, that had to be the explanation, this wasn’t natural.

You saw light in the distance, a faint blue glow that shined like the sun in the darkness. With hope filling your body you began to run faster towards the light, little did you know that you were a moth flying into a flame. When you were close enough to see the source of your light you suddenly felt as your feet were swept out from under you, and you fell to the ground. You heard multiple pairs of feet and excited whispers all around you.

Suddenly a figure appeared in the glow which you could now see were mushrooms with glowed with blue bioluminescence. You could barely make out her appearance from where you were being forced down. While looking up the best you could only see her ankles to her feet. You could tell that she didn’t wear any armor, in fact if the rest of her clothing matched what you saw it would most likely be revealing. Behind her legs was the end of a cave, dark purple in color which matched her skin… her skin… she had skin the color of ash.

You felt as you were forced up and then back down but this time on your knees and now you could see the figure’s full form. Female, ash colored skin, eyes colored amethyst, and while you had guessed correctly about her clothes you did not expect for the intricate patterns of it that clung to her body. She had power here.

“You have done well.” She said. “I will take this one back with me.”

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