L'Ilythiiri Zhaun'ol

VII. CITY INSTITUTES

ARACH-TINILITH	Temple of Lloth and academy for Yathrin
El'lar d'Ssinssrigg	House of Pleasure
SORCERE	Academy of Wizardry
MELEE-MAGTHERE	Academy of Warfare
Valsharen Drow Vel'Xundussa Magthere	Royal Drow Security Institute ("VDVM")

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VIII. DEITIES

EILISTRAEE	The Dark Maiden lesser goddess (chaotic-good) goddess of the good Drow - enemy of Lloth
GHAUNADAUR	That Which Lurks (The Elder Elemental God) lesser god (chaotic-evil) god of the creatures of the Underdark
LLOTH (LOLTH, LOETHE)	The Queen of Spiders minor goddess (chaotic-evil) goddess of the Drow
VHAERUN	The Masked God of Night lesser god (chaotic-evil) god of thievery and Drow interests on the surface

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IX. TITLES

BREGAN D'AERTHE	Mercenary Band of rogue Drow
C'RINTRI	noble Drow (C'rintrin - nobles)
Dalharil	Daughter
Dalharuk	Son
Faerz'un'arr	Seeress
ILHARESS	Matron
ILHARN	Patron
Jabbress	Mistress (female in charge of some task or office)
JABBUK	Master (male in charge of some task or office)
MALLA	honored (a term of respect preceding a title)
Qu'abban	House Agent (sometimes used for non-House agent)
Qu'el'faeruk	House Wizard
Qu'el'saruk	House Weapons Master
Qu'el'velguk	House Assassin
SARGTLIN	Drow Warrior
SHEBALI	Rogue, non-noble Drow
Ssins d'Aerth	professional entertainer (prostitute)
Ulathtallar	Arch Priestess of the Arach-Tinilith
Ulfaerz'un'arr	Arch Seeress of the Sorcere
Ul'Saruk	Warlord of the Melee-Magthere
Ul'Veldriss	Arch Shadow Mistress of the VDVM
Valuk	male monarch (reference for non-Drow races)
VALSHARESS	Queen
Veldriss/Veldruk	Shadow Mistress/Master (obtained only by training at the VDVM)
Yath'Abban	Temple Agent (sometimes used for non-TOL agent)
YATHRIN	Priestess of Lloth
YATHTALLAR	High Priestess of Lloth

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X. RACES

DARTHIIR	surface elf/elves
DUERGAR	deep dwarf/dwarves
GOL	goblin (GOLN - goblins)
hargluk	dwarf (harglukkin - dwarves)
HASZAK	illithid (HASZAKKIN - illithids)
RIVVIL	human (RIVVIN - humans)
sakphul	halfling/halflings
tagnik'zur	dragon/dragons
tu'rilthiir	half-elf/elves
yingil	gnome (yingilin - gnomes)

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XI. SPECIAL WORDS

alartae	greater tentacle rod
DRAGAZHAR	Underdark bat
DRIDER	Half-spider/Half-Drow abomination
ILYTHIIRI	Drow
jilorbb	jade spider
llarl	adamantine arm
MYRLOCHAR	Soul Spider (Minion of Lloth)
olartae	lesser tentacle rod
orbdrin	spider mask
orlenggin	sacrificial altar
orshal	sacrificial chalice
orvelve	sacrificial spider dagger
qu'ilinsar	House insignia
sithyrr	Drow hand crossbow
ulartae	master tentacle rod
YOCHLOL	Handmaiden of Lloth

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XVI.PHRASES

Vendui'	I/we greet you
Aluve'	I/we leave you
JAL KHALESS ZHAH WAELA	All trust is foolish
OLOTH ZHAH TUTH ABBIL LUETH OGGLIN	Darkness is both friend and enemy
XUN IZIL DOS PHUUL QUARTHEN, LUETH DRO	Do as you are ordered, and live
LLOTH TLU MALLA; JAL ULTRINNAN ZHAH XUNDUS	Lloth be praised; all victory is(her) doing
ILHARESSEN ZHAUNIL ALURL	Matrons know best
LIL ALURL VELVE ZHAH LIL VELKYN USS	The best knife is the unseen one
LIL WAELA LUETH WAELA RAGAR BRORNA LUETH WUND NIND,KYORLIN ELGHINN	The foolish and unwary find surprises and among them,waiting death
KHALESS NAU USS MZILD TAGA DOSSTAN	Trust no one more than yourself
NINDYN VEL'USS KYORL NIND RATHA THALRA ELGHINN DAL LIL ALUST	Those who watch their backs meet death from the front
ULU Z'HIN MAGLUST DAL QU'ELLAR LUETH VALSHARESS ZHAH ULU Z'HIN WUND LIL PHALAR	To walk apart from House and Queen is to walk into the grave
KYORL JAL BAUTH, KYONE, LUETH LIL QUARVAL-SHARESS XAL BALBAU DOS LIL BELBOL DEL ELENDAR DRO	Watch all about, warily, and the Goddess may give you the gift of of continued life
VEL'USS ZHAUN ALUR TAGA LIL QUARVAL-SHARESS?	Who knows better than the Goddess?
Zhaunil dal Waerr'ess	Knowledge from deceipt   [VDVM motto]
Dal ultrinnan ulu el'inssrigg	From victory to an inn   [battle cry]
Ssinssrigg lueth Belaern	Lust and Profit   [House of Pleasure motto]
Jiv'elgg lueth jiv'undus phuul jivvin	Torture and pain are fun
Ssussun pholor dos!   Ssussun! (shortened)	Light upon you!   [curse to Drow]
Oloth plynn dos!   Olot dos! (shortened)	Darkness take you!   [curse to non-Drow]
{House Name} ultrin!	{House Name} supreme!   [battle cry]
A'dos quarth!	At your command!
Lloth kyorl dos (d'jal)	Lloth guard you (you all)
Vith'os!	[see "vith" and "dos"]
Vith'ir!	[see "vith" and "tir"]

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XVII. PROVERBS

L'alurl abbil zhah dosstan	The best trusted friend is yourself
Khal wun dossta belaern	Trust in your wealth
Jala cahallin xal tlu elg'cahlin	Any food may be poison
Sargh lueth kyona phuul dro'xundus	Strength at arms and wariness are survival
L'elamshin d'lil Ilythiiri zhah ulu har'luth jal	The destiny of the Drow is to conquer all
L'elend zhah alurl	The traditional is best
L'alurl faerbol zhah mrimm (mrann) d'ssinss	The best magic item is a female (male) lover
L'alurl gol zhah elghinyrr gol	The best goblin is a dead goblin

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XIV.DIRECTIONS

Luent	East
Trezen	North
Trez'nt	Northeast
Trez'in	Northwest
Werneth	South
Wern'nt	Southeast
Wern'in	Southwest
Linoin	West

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XV. NUMBERS

USS	one		UST	first
DRAA	two		DRADA	second
LLAR	three		LLARNBUSS	third
quen	four		quenar	fourth
huela	five		huelar	fifth
rraun	six		rraunar	sixth
blyn	seven		blynar	seventh
lael	eight		laelar	eighth
thal	nine		thalar	ninth
szith	ten		szithar	tenth
szithus	eleven		szithusar	eleventh
szithdra	twelve		szithdrar	twelfth
szithla	thirteen		szithlar	thirteenth
szithuen	fourteen		szithuenar	fourteenth
szithuel	fifteen		szithuelar	fifteenth
szithraun	sixteen		szithraunar	sixteenth
szithlyn	seventeen		szithlynar	seventeenth
szithael	eighteen		szithaelar	eighteenth
szithal	nineteen		szithalar	nineteenth
twenty	draszithar		twentieth	draszith
hueszith	fifty		hueszithar	fiftieth
ravhel	hundred		ravhelar	hundredth
szithrel	thousand		szithrelar	thousandth

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