The third module in the series, G3 Hall of the Fire Giant King, again mentions the party's need to find out whatever is behind the giants' alliance, and this time mentions the drow specifically by name. It is hinted in G1 Steading of the Hill Giant Chief (TSR, 1978) that there is a "secret force, some motivational power behind this unusual banding of different races of giants." G2 The Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl (TSR, 1978) mentions this guiding force again in its introduction. They are said to be evil, "as dark as faeries are bright", and pictured in tales as poor fighters but strong magic-users. The drow are described as purportedly dwelling deep beneath the surface world, in strange subterranean realms. The drow were first mentioned in the Dungeons & Dragons game in the 1st Edition 1977 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual under the "Elf" entry, where it is stated that "The 'Black Elves,' or drow, are only legend." No statistics are given for the drow in this book, apart from the statistics for normal elves. trow "Īdvanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition
However, the following entry can be found in abridged editions of Funk & Wagnall's Standard Dictionary of the English Language, such as The Desk Standard Dictionary of the English Language: " In folk-lore, one of a race of underground elves represented as skillful workers in metal. "I wanted a most unusual race as the main power in the Underdark, so used the reference to 'dark elves' from the dictionary to create the Drow." There seems to be no work with this title. Gygax later stated that he took the term from a listing in the Funk & Wagnall's Unexpurgated Dictionary, and no other source at all. Gygax stated, "Drow are mentioned in Keightley's The Fairy Mythology, as I recall (it might have been The Secret Commonwealth-neither book is before me, and it is not all that important anyway), and as Dark Elves of evil nature, they served as an ideal basis for the creation of a unique new mythos designed especially for the AD&D game." The form "drow" can be found in neither work.
while the dark elves are blacker than pitch." : 103 the dark elves however live down below the ground.
However, in the Prose Edda, Snorri Sturluson wrote about the black elves: ". Everything about the Dungeons & Dragons drow was invented by Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Gary Gygax except for the basic concept of "dark elves". Trow/drow was used to refer to a wide variety of evil sprites. The Oxford English Dictionary gives no entry for "drow", but two of the citations under "trow" name it as an alternative form of the word.
The word "drow" is from the Orcadian and Shetland dialects of Scots, an alternative form of " trow", which is a cognate with " troll".
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