Crinti

The Crinti (meaning "noble ones" ) were half-drow and/or half-elf mixture of a variety of bloodlines: human barbarians known as the Arkaiuns, the drow of T'lindhet and the half-elves that helped the drow conquer Dambrath.

Ten percent of the Crinti were paler skinned and traced lineage back to the First(the one hundred and twelve half-elf priestesses of Loviatar that followed Cathtyr into Dambrath), and are called Children of the First.

The other ninety percent of Crinti are darker skinned, and trace their back to the drow of T'lindhet.

To be considered Crinti for legal purposes, a person must have been able to prove themselves at least 1/32 drow or Children of the First.

Crinti were half-drow descended from human barbarians and the drow that subjugated them in the Shining South.

Some of them lived at the border of Halruaa and frequently roamed in the Nath at the northeastern part of the country. The halruaans called them Shadow Amazons, because of their barbarian ancestors. They were also the ruling race of Dambrath, left to them to steward when the drow nobles decided to return to their subterranean city-state of T'lindhet. Like the drow, the Crinti of Dambrath were a matriarchal society, with women in possession of the land and positions of leadership, while the men were put to work. In Dambrath, drow blood gave one power and prestige, but the Crinti were secretly shameful of still being considered second-class citizens when they visited their ancient relations in the Underdark.

Crinti had silver, white, or gray hair, dusky skin, and a wide range of eye colors and like their drow ancestors were generally an evil race. However, good half-drow were less rare than good drow. Crinti speak Elven, the human language of their homeland, and Undercommon if they were raised in the Underdark or Dambrath. They often worship one of the Drow pantheon or Loviatar if evil, and Eilistraee if good.

By the Year of the Ageless One, the crinti have been wiped out in Dambrath and Halruaa has been ravaged by the Spellplague.