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The drow catch-all term for whips is neirt (singular and plural the same(, and whipping or lashing is neirtarr. Snake whips are kaptarr (from “kap” = fang + “tarr” = lash). Drover’s whips, which range from 30-60 feet long and are carried coiled on a drover's...
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oh, I always assumed that Elgluth was the name of the snake whips since it comprised the words Elgg (death, destroy/kill/slay) + Luth (cast/throw/hurl) which implies that the 'whip' not one that simply a tool to force compliance through pain is a 'caster of death'.
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..shoulder, so they come down at full or partial stretch at the direction of a skilled drover, are known as elgluth because they can readily kill a drow by breaking their neck or crushing their skull—or smash them to the ground senseless or with broken arms or...
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..shoulders, if the drover desires that, instead. Being as such whippings happen far more often in public than someone getting taken down deliberately with a snake whip (as snake whips are usually used for intimidation), drow in...
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..everyday usage dubbed drover’s whips with the “death through whipping” name, and it stuck.
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