Drow are too damn complicated

A sword is meant to be more powerful then any plan. A morning star is stronger then any scheme. A good weapon should be able to knock down any idea like it was made of dirt. That’s just how it’s supposed to be.

Marendril has grown up with the knowledge that a well placed dagger will beat any other weapon. That if you try to get the enemy in front of you it is the one in the back that will get you, and vice versa. That no weapon will ever be good enough if you don’t have a strong enough plan to back it, even If the person who wields it is more powerful then the opponent.

She has grown up with it, but she has never accepted it. It doesn’t fit. There is no used for diplomatic talk when you can get just as far with a well placed blow. Seduction is useless if threatening can work just as well. Everything in Menzoberanzan is about the subtlety, the decorations instead of the point. If you can’t do it then you will die because someone is pulling all the strings.

It doesn’t make sense; because that’s the most orderly chaos she has ever seen. A dagger in the dark is more organized then a morning star crunching bone and tissue in a brawl. Having structured houses and a team of ruling families is clean cut compared to people truly scrapping it out.

Argentine claims it is about “intelligence” over “pure strength”, which is pretty damn false in the end. No matter who is doing all the smart work it usually comes down to one army against another and the bigger one is the victor. The organizing before hand is what makes it so much cleaner.

It’s not important anyways. The way of Menzoberanzan is manipulating to get to the top. It’s why Marendril will never be more then what she is; a priestess who worships Lloth without understanding her vision of chaos. It’s not a horrible fate, and Argentine keeps her alive. She is a glorified bodyguard who has little use in the city. She follows orders and fights well; she would have been able to be a weapons master if she had been born male.

She’s content with her survival, because in the end, that’s all that truly matters in Menzoberanzan.

Other drow assume she is more cunning then she lets on. They think she will turn around someday with a plan to rule the house; that she will murder Argentine and work to be Matron Mother. She wouldn’t be any good at it, but it’s something you’re just supposed to do when you are a drow. She chooses not to anyways.

Argentine thinks another way. She believes she is only simple-minded. That she is unable to do anything but fight.

That’s not true either, but in the end, it doesn’t change anything