Drow Consort (Basic Lore)

Drow Consort (CR 6)
Lawful Evil - Medium - Fey (Drow)
Drow consorts are female Drow who have been tasked with a mission outside of their homes. Often these missions are secret and subversive, as the Drow councils manipulate events on the surface world to gain political advantage against their enemies (which are nearly always other Drow). Female drow are extremely rare, and Drow culture places the female in a status somewhere between 'princess' and 'prophet'. They are pampered, obeyed without question, and nearly always insensitive to other beings' feelings, desires or needs. Worse, within their society, their word is law and no degree of depravity or cruelty is denied to them. Needless to say, this makes them churlish conversationalists. By contrast, male Drow are property, often kept within a particular 'noble' family, but sometimes traded away for political advantage. Even exceptional talent among Drow males is seen as just an extension of his owning female's greatness. Consorts are the adventurers and missionaries of Drow society. Clearly, you can't simply send men on adventures, as they would just stand around wondering what to do -- a female must lead them, either directly, by extension, by proxy, or by example. A consort is given extensive magical training and numerous Blademasters to ensure her mission is successful. All that said, a consort rarely gets assigned more than one mission in her life. If she succeeds, she returns home with increased political clout and is frequently promoted to the higher ranks of drow females. If she fails, she returns to disgrace (if she returns at all). A consort will almost never be in the company of other consorts. There just aren't enough females to send two out on the same mission. Instead, she will be accompanied by several Blademasters who have been assigned to protect her. Consorts have also been known to have Driders and Dragloths assigned to them for particularly dangerous missions, and it is not uncommon for a Consort to be in unquestioned command of males MUCH more powerful than she is. It is a testament to the strictures of Drow society that their rule is unquestioned.