"Men?!"
"Moradin's beard! Why do these pointy-ears have such bizarre fetishes?!"
"My street instincts actually failed me? We'd been together so long, and I never realized she'd hidden her true gender."
Marvin, Cellar, and Toad were all stunned by the change before their eyes.
Slicked-back Hair explained from the side, "I only found out yesterday that Imlin was actually a man. But you can't blame him, either. After all, we surface folk treat Drow very differently..."
For a long time, surface dwellers had regarded Drow as cruel and evil beings, avoiding them at all costs.
But thanks to the good reputation left behind by the famous Drow ranger Drizzt Do'Urden, male Drow who were willing to come to the surface could now easily be accepted by society and begin new lives—especially in the open-minded Baldur's Gate. Though few Drow settled down there, they were not unheard of.
Most of them were male.
However, such acceptance was not entirely a good thing.
Because of their admiration and worship for Drizzt, a considerable number of surface dwellers—men and women alike—were eager to develop intimate relationships with male Drow.
Some even asked male Drow to strap two scimitars to their backs in bed and play Drizzt role-playing games.
After coming to the surface, Imlin encountered all kinds of fanatical admirers every day. Finally unable to endure the harassment any longer, he decided to use magic to change his gender.
The effect was immediate. The swarms of eager suitors surrounding him vanished at once.
Whenever he met strangers afterward, they would most likely turn around and flee in terror. Even if they were captivated by the beauty of his female form, they only dared to peep at him from afar instead of coming over with lustful expressions to strike up a conversation.
Drow society