The Fallen Races

When Asmodeus first rebelled against Mualdirs order and the other gods, he appeared to mortals in droves and told them of his new world that he planned. He told them of the paradise that it would be and asked for their help in implementing his dream. Such was his charisma, that many decided to join him, elves, dwarves, gnomes, and nearly the entire tiefling race joined him. These races waged war against the other mortal kingdoms and helped the god in his battles with the alliance. But when Asmodeus was pushed back to the lower planes, they found themselves abandoned by their deity and surrounded by those who cursed their names and wished for their annihilation. The tieflings petitioned their god for help and he brought them down to the nine hells with him but he did not have enough power for the other races and so he left them to rot. The ones who were left retreated deep underground, brutally pursued by those who were once their comrades. These races would go on to live in the underdark, this terriying environment shaped them to be more like it. From this arose the drow, duergar and svirneblin. The dark elves and the deep gnomes would later on their decision with horror and renounced their old ways over thousands of years, deciding to live in the underdark, for fear of returning to their surface kin. The duergar on the other hand, grew a deep hatred for their kin and would war with them for many years to come, fighting from their underground cities of stone.