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Date: 2009-03-10 03:01 pm (UTC)http://haikujaguar.livejournal.com/616052.html?nc=89
http://eric-hinkle.livejournal.com/258056.html
"the "blackness of the drow's skin has become a permanent sign of their depravity"
That comes from WotC. Never mind that the drow coloring pre-dated their becoming evil, according to prior FR information.
From the numerous comments and whatnot, it sounds as though the author (of the novel series that then became canon) was doing what WotC asked her to do, but by how much, I don't know. I also don't like that I'm seeing reports of people getting banned on the WotC forums for questioning what was done.
You won't see this in either of those books because it became canon after the novel series. It also sounds as though there are only a very few of these good, lighter-skinned drow around, so most drow (who remained evil) retained the old coloring.