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swordmaid · 2 months ago

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think cannibalism should be a thing in menzoberranzan actually, or maybe it is and I haven’t known about it, but it should be a thing amongst the nobles where they eat rival lolth priestesses since they’re lolth’s fave sacrifices anyway. like if we’re all constantly vying for lolth’s approval, and you have these people who actually has her blessing (which is rare) why not….eat them….😳. like eating the priestess of a rival house would be a ritual after you’ve succeeded in bringing their house down as a way to consume lolth’s blessing, and its def an intimidation tactic and def one of the plenty weird shit nobles have done for the sake of playing their power games. maybe they eat males who are in power too if they’ve overstepped their position to remind them of their place in the hierarchy, or maybe matriarchs/nobles eat their favourite bed mate/partner so no one else can have them, kind of like actual spiders. anyway. if menzoberranzan is this immoral lethal and ruthless place cannibalism should def be a thing lol

#I don’t think shri’iia has ate someone tho…. she wasn’t exactly a noble #like my belief is the further away you are from the power game (nobility) the more of a ‘normal’ life you’ll lead #bc you’re not exactly playing The Game. but the normal is like whatever they considered normal down there #obvi it’ll still be dangerous since the city itself is dangerous but it’s less risky than if you actually were in the noble houses #and you’re actively plotting with each other. also with drows lifespans being relatively shorter compared to elves #bc they’re always trying to kill each other like WHY NOT eat each other too!!#let evil women eat people 🗣️🗣️🗣️‼️#shri’iia being hidden away is a blessing bc the reason why she’s managed to surpass the average drow lifespan is that she was just locked #off from society and a curse bc she’s going through the psychological torture while she’s isolated lol #anyway. do hc drow nobles eat each other 🫶 and I think slaves/lowborn folks eat each other too esp if food is scarce #but it’s more common in nobility since it’s more of a power play than survival.#firm believer that not a lot of great houses gaf about the welfare of their common people #as long as they served them and did their jobs then they’re fine. who cares if they’re starving #and if they revolted they’d prob get put down. public executions would b a common thing too esp from that book in the drow cache #where punishments should be public… tho that was with lolth traitors I think the definition of traitor could be stretched to anyone who #doesn’t follow their doctrine and I think that word is loosely applied down there and if you want to frame someone with no repercussions #you can just accuse them of betraying lolth and they’ll get punished right away.

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