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New lore dropped
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Shouldn't the Drow be incredibly pale, not dark skinned, since they never have sun exposure?
If we start pulling at this thread people will start wondering why Wheel of Time had a bunch of pale redheads in the desert.
To be fair, the Aiel didn't initially grow up there (and too short for evolution, in my non-scientific brain), but rather migrated there to use it as "a shaping stone to make them, a testing ground to prove their worth, and a punishment for their sin." And it would be too easy on those three reasons if they were perfectly (or mostly) acclimated and suited for the desert genetically.
You're right, and it's only been a few thousand years. I'll still complain to anyone who will listen. If I don't complain how will you know I really enjoy the series?
They might be dark for camouflage. There's a fair bit of light in the underdark
No, because they didn't use to live underground. Given enough time they'd all presumably become pale.
In my homebrew world, elves have a different skin pigment that reflects UV light (whereas melanin absorbs it). Lower amounts of pigmentation mean darker skin, and more means whiter skin
Because of this, deep elves aren't as dark skinned as some humans, with the darkest being an ashy charcoal gray, but desert elves develop extremely white skin with almost no translucence
That's a fun explanation.
That's the Mystaran shadow elves.