Ambition, shrewdness, and lust for power were etched into the souls of the drow by the Mother Weaver, and these habits were as stubborn and hard to change as the pigment of their skin. In order to maintain their dominance, female drow must often use the whip to repeatedly remind the men of their status, for without restraint, they would push the limits of their behavior and boldly question the authority in which the female drow lorded over them.
Ysilnod was a prime example of such ambition. Even after being bound by the blood pact, he could not stop the ambition he tried so hard to hide from expanding unchecked as he gained knowledge and broadened his horizons. On the surface, drow men also harbored ambitions to climb to the top through various means to gain great status and unlimited pow
