<div align="center"><span class="bbc_u"><em>OOC world information thread located here.</em></span> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=234676.0)</div><em>Note: This game started using the RISUS RPG System, but was switched over to the ERPS RPG System some time around post 85.</em><br/><br/><hr/><br/><div class="floatright"><div style="text-align: right;"> <strong>Zerxel Zaknefein</strong></div>(http://i.imgur.com/4IltC5z.jpg)<br/><br/><div style="text-align: right;"> Other contestants that <br/>share Zerxel's bunk room</div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Tsarra Moonbow</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i.imgur.com/uSSGcXw.jpg)</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Ruta Verbridge</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i.imgur.com/vWMgw7h.jpg)</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Lisa Buijteweg</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i.imgur.com/S1SsSzu.jpg)</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Satou Steeleyes</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i.imgur.com/hegsGtv.jpg)</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">"Bo" Leathershield</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i.imgur.com/zRySrqu.jpg)</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Astrid Einar</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i.imgur.com/Lo0hDCg.jpg)</div></div></div><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">The world of Eden, Year 441 pi</span><br/><br/>Five hundred years ago, the world of Eden looked at Dark elves differently.  These dark skinned elves almost all tended to live beneath the surface of the earth, and it was commonly held that they were universally evil in nature, selfish, intelligent, cruel, and cunning.  However the invasion of the goddess Pandora saw the subterranean elves suffer just as much as the surface dwelling races.  The dark elves lost armies, cities, entire nations falling to Pandora’s dark corruption.  They were not immune to transformation and subjugation by the goddesses army, and like those above, they fought back.<br/><br/>In fact it was the dark elves who approached the surface dwellers to join the alliance in the year 11pi.  Many mortal nations and races were suspect of the dark skinned elves at first.  But while the war beneath the earth was not as intense as above, the dark elves were fighting a crucial front.  If Pandora had taken the vast underdark, her troops could move anywhere in Eden, and the alliance above ground would have had no way to defend itself.  So the dark elves were a vital part of the alliance in the war against Pandora's invasion, and they suffered much as the mortal races above ground.  This led to a bit of a change in attitude among the races both about the dark elves, and also amongst the dark skinned elves towards the surface races.<br/><br/>For the most part, after the peace treaty was signed in 30pi, the dark elves retreated to their relative isolation beneath the ground.  While they did not immediately garner hatred and distrust any longer among surface races, most still distrusted the cunning and cruel folk.  However, the dark elves are like any other race in the sense that they can not easily be classified by one overarching rule.  While it is true that as a whole the dark elves were cold, cruel, cunning, and more than a touch xenophobic, such is not the case with all of their folk.  One such house of dark elves, that of house Zaknafein, sought to continue to improve relations with the surface, to mitigate the centuries of distrust among those who dwell above ground and those below.  For the loss of several dark elf nations during the war of Pandora showed for certain that the enemy to the west was far greater than the one above their heads.<br/><br/>This story is about a daughter of house Zaknafein, a duelist and minor mage, a dark elf named Zerxel.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">The Temple Prime of Cyril<br/>The Contestants quarters</span><br/>9:37 pm  /  16.5 hours BDS (Before dungeon start)<br/><br/>Tsarra clucked her tongue and shook her blonde locks fitfully as she looked over the formal dress she was going to wear to the grand ball room after the ‘presentation’ to the sponsors.  In less than thirty minutes she knew that she’d have to stand nude, inside a glass display, for sponsors to gawk at her for almost an hour.  Then she’d have a scant few minutes to dress and mingle among them for only an hour.  Only an hour to make an impression and try to gain at least one sponsor, if not more.<strong>“I don’t know,” </strong>she said softly to herself as she looked at the traditional elven battle armor of green silver and brown,<strong>“This seemed like a good outfit before, but it might take me too long to get on."</strong><br/><br/>The two human girls in the room Ruta and Lisa spared a glance over at the soft spoken elf before continuing their quiet whispered conversation as they sat on Ruta's bunk.  The two girls were obviously going over last minute strategy and couldn't be bothered to worry about Tsarra's wardrobe woes.  A rumbling purr from the bunk next to Tsarra's sounded as the almost perpetually nude cat girl Satou Steeleyes rolled over and flicked her tail once,<strong> “You could just go naked, might gain you more sponsors sweetling.”</strong><br/><br/>A loud harumph sounded from across the room and “Bo” the brown haired dwarf shook her braided head.<strong>“Nah, don’t worry Tsarra, I’ll help ya with yer straps before the ball room if ya help me with mine.”</strong><br/><br/>Tsarra nodded her agreement at the dwarven lass, and Satou simply rolled back over on her bunk, rubbing one sharp tipped claw around the edge of her puckered nipple.  But it was a high pitched squeaky voice who spoke up next.  The ridiculously large breasted gnomish woman, Astrid Einar held up her own robe, a sheer see through garment with ridiculously long sleeves.<strong>“My garment will be easy to get on, and will help show off the goods!” </strong>She ended with a chortling laugh before turning to the bunk’s dark elf, a sexy dark skinned duelist named Zerxel, and asked,<strong>“What about you my sexy dark elf friend, what are you planning on wearing to the ball room after the ‘presentation’ to sponsors?”</strong>