Here, in the lightless caverns and endless warrens of twisting passages, the dark elves—the drow—found refuge. They also found leadership in the only elven deity who had not forsaken them.

The “dark elves” were originally depicted as being wholly evil due to the corrupting nature of Lolth, the goddess at the heart of drow culture.

The first book in the lauded fantasy author’s The Legend of Drizzt series dates back to 1990, and stars Drizzt Do’Urden, a dark elf (or drow) ranger who has since gone on many adventures.

Half-orcs are rampageous. Elves have otherworldly grace and enjoy poetry. Dark elves, known as Drow, have skin that “resembles charcoal” and are associated with the evil spider queen Lolth.

Dungeons & Dragons Online: Menace of the Underdark is now available, so we took a tour of the new expansion to see what's in store for MMOG fans.

At the same time, it will broaden the identity of the drow, the race of dark-skinned elves that have been a part of the original role-playing game since the 1970s. It’s a change to the drow that ...