2. Some idea for Perivorians:
• On promoting joy, arts, and beauty
• Eilistraeens were advised to bring happiness and merriment
everywhere they went, lifting people's hearts with kindness, gaiety,
songs, jests, and revelry. They were to nurture and create beauty,
promote and practice music and dance, learn new songs and dances,
and learn how to play, craft, and repair musical instruments. They
were to pass this learning on whenever possible, and use it to bring
joy to friends and strangers alike. It was said that feasts should always
be joyful events and that food should be eaten with the
accompaniment of music, save for sad occasions. The faithful were
also told to practice swordwork, learning new techniques with the
blade.
3. On food
• Food could be a source of joy; the faithful were advised to learn how to best cook it and to gather new
recipes and spices whenever they could. They were to feed themselves by their own gardening and hunting
skills, and assist hunters when possible. If food was aplenty, part of it was set aside and given to all those in
need (especially outcasts and individuals of other races); thus, Eilistraeens were advised to carry some food
for this purpose. Any remaining food was given to priestesses of the Dark Maiden, as they would give it away
in turn and none would go hungry.
4. On Conflict
• Perivorians repay violence with swift violence, thus quickly removing dangers and threats, so that the fewest
might be hurt. The bodies of evil enemies were to be burned as an offering, unless they were edible and
non-sentient and hungry people were near
5. Promoting drow trade
• Eilistraeeans actively promoted drow trade on the surface whenever they could, especially in the area of the
Promenade of the Dark Maiden, as it was important for the integration of the drow in surface societies. They
offered guides, rented out warehouses, and sponsored merchants. The followers of the Dark Maiden
encouraged and helped drow to travel to the surface, where Eilistraee could more intensely call to them, and
where Lolth's and Ghaunadaur's influences were weaker.[11]
6. Integrating with other races
• As the Dark Maiden's teachings required, her clerics actively worked to promote harmony between drow
and other races, so that their people could be accepted and live in peace in their rightful place on the
surface. This included lending their swords to fight against evil, helping others, and providing food and
healed to assist people of any race in need, both to gain their acceptance (by dispelling fears and prejudices
about Eilistraee's goal) and because it was just the right thing to do. Offering their artistic works could also
help establish or solidify friendships with other races.
7. Organization
• Unlike in Lolthite societies, males were valued, and treated with fairness and equality.[28] Outside of the
clergy, male and female worshipers usually had the same duties and roles, as guardians, warriors, experts,
artisans and artists, and in gathering food and other general work. Males were primarily involved in decision-
making through their expertise in given fields, but they were rarely priests and therefore rarely leaders. Even
among male clergy, few became leaders.[3][23] Male followers of the Dark Maiden participated in all rituals
and dances (like the Circle of Song and the Run), save for those reserved for the clergy and were generally
longer and more passionate. Male clerics could join in too if they'd danced the Changedance beforehand, as
explained above. After the Second Sundering, the Changedance was no longer required for males to join
rituals reserved for the clergy.[3][23][26] One exception during the Silence of Lolth was one of the covens in
Velarswood, led by the priestess Uluyara, where males weren't allowed to participate in communal dances.
In fact, the participating priestesses could physically assault males who dared to watch the ritual in progress.
