The Heartwarder smiles and nods. "I'll likely have the volunteers lined up by the end of the week, on our end."<br/><br/>Demi gives a slight snort. "I think you're overreacting. She didn't mean us harm. If anything, you were making her nervous. Even if you're better than you were, people still know you for being ready to pick a fight."<br/><br/>She arches an eyebrow, at the mention of the rumors, and shrugs. It's difficult to fish information from people, as the ones who might be able to tell her what she really wants to know are also the ones who don't want to say it to her face, but a few drinks succeeds in loosening lips.<br/><br/>Chess is seen as a bit of a force of nature, and is often the elephant in the room; everyone's aware of her, but everyone just kind of tries to avoid getting on her bad side, lest she kill them. A fair number of people are openly afraid of her, just because she's strong enough, the law can't really touch her. As for the drow and her temple, they're still anxious about that, as well. Since most people are only aware of the drow through either the evil drow, or through stories of Chess, people see them as violent, dangerous, and unpredictable, so, while no one will openly oppose them, there's a lot of prejudice that there simply hasn't been time to reverse, and too few people have had non-negative dealing with her and them to have a view of drow<em>other</em>than the stereotypes.