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	==Attempts To Buff This Smurf-Turd==		==Attempts To Buff This Smurf-Turd==
	Xvarts appeared in 4th edition's [[Monster Manual]] 3 - this means they're one of the few races that've actually appeared in every single edition, which isn't bad for a race defined as a low-quality knock-off [[goblinoid]]. The 4e version renames them '''Xivorts''' so they don't sound so much like a humid gas-pass. It also tries to un-redundant them - by tying them to a demihuman race, in this case the [[gnomes]] like [[spriggan]]s and [[svirfneblin]]. Xivorts are a gnomish subrace born out of their long slavery to the [[fomorian]]s. Specifically, the xivorts descend from the gnomish slaves of formorian colonies either in the [[Shadowfell\|Shadow]][[Underdark\|dark]] or in close proximity to a portal leading from the [[Feywild\|Fey]][[Underdark\|dark]] to there: a prolonged exposure to the eerie energies of the [[Shadowfell\|Shadow]][[Underdark\|dark]] gave them both their ability to speak to rats & bats and a natural affinity for shadow magic that manifests in an innate ability to reactively teleport from danger. Whilst the bulk of the race was freed from slavery by a [[hag]] coven that wanted to piss the fomorians off, others still linger in slavery. Even the free xivorts are a dangerous menace, because they want to make all of the bigger races suffer for what they went through. Races of their own size are okay, though; in fact, they regularly team-up with evil [[gnome]]s and [[halfling]]s.		Xvarts appeared in 4th edition's [[Monster Manual]] 3 - this means they're one of the few races that've actually appeared in every single edition, which isn't bad for a race defined as a low-quality knock-off [[goblinoid]]. The 4e version renames them '''Xivorts''' so they don't sound so much like a humid gas-pass. It also tries to un-redundant them - by tying them to a demihuman race, in this case the [[gnomes]] like [[spriggan]]s and [[svirfneblin]]. Xivorts are a gnomish subrace born out of their long slavery to the [[fomorian]]s. Specifically, the xivorts descend from the gnomish slaves of [[Fomorian\|formorian]] colonies either in the [[Shadowfell\|Shadow]][[Underdark\|dark]] or in close proximity to a portal leading from the [[Feywild\|Fey]][[Underdark\|dark]] to there: a prolonged exposure to the eerie energies of the [[Shadowfell\|Shadow]][[Underdark\|dark]] gave them both their ability to speak to rats & bats and a natural affinity for shadow magic that manifests in an innate ability to reactively teleport from danger. Whilst the bulk of the race was freed from slavery by a [[hag]] coven that wanted to piss the fomorians off, others still linger in slavery. Even the free xivorts are a dangerous menace, because they want to make all of the bigger races suffer for what they went through. Races of their own size are okay, though; in fact, they regularly team-up with evil [[gnome]]s and [[halfling]]s.

	The Xvarts have the dubious honor of being a race who received a 5th edition rewrite that pretty much changed everything about them in Volo's Guide to Monsters. In 5th edition, Raxivort was once a fiend of some kind who used to serve as the treasurer for [[Graz'zt]], until he stole a powerful magical artifact called the Infinity Spindle. This ascended him instantly to the rank of demigod, after which he fled Graz'zt's domain and founded his own territory in [[Pandemonium]]. Naturally, even if he'd outgrown the power that the Spindle could give him already, Graz'zt was kind of pissed off at this, and so got creative about expressing his displeasure: he went and told pretty much everyone what the Infinity Spindle could do. As you might expect, a lot of unpleasant characters promptly went after Raxivort, scaring the piss out of him. So, he used the Spindle to visit world after world, creating countless inferior magical duplicates of himself to throw off any efforts to track him down. Those magical constructs are the Xvarts.		The Xvarts have the dubious honor of being a race who received a 5th edition rewrite that pretty much changed everything about them in Volo's Guide to Monsters. In 5th edition, Raxivort was once a fiend of some kind who used to serve as the treasurer for [[Graz'zt]], until he stole a powerful magical artifact called the Infinity Spindle. This ascended him instantly to the rank of demigod, after which he fled Graz'zt's domain and founded his own territory in [[Pandemonium]]. Naturally, even if he'd outgrown the power that the Spindle could give him already, Graz'zt was kind of pissed off at this, and so got creative about expressing his displeasure: he went and told pretty much everyone what the Infinity Spindle could do. As you might expect, a lot of unpleasant characters promptly went after Raxivort, scaring the piss out of him. So, he used the Spindle to visit world after world, creating countless inferior magical duplicates of himself to throw off any efforts to track him down. Those magical constructs are the Xvarts.

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	Tribal by nature, xvarts have little interest in fighting [[humanoid]]s, who they consider bigger and scarier than they are, and will normally avoid conflict with humanoids unless starvation or the depredations of adventurers gives them a cause to make raids on human settlements, or something bigger and nastier has come along and forced them to do its bidding. They do look down on [[kobold]]s and like to kick them around to feel bigger, however. Dwelling in deep, remote forests or underground caves, xvarts will fight to protect their own against other humanoids, but aren't known to war with themselves, unlike [[goblin]]s. Furthermore, their lairs tend to be well-patrolled and surprisingly clean - especially compared to the typical goblin's squalor.		Tribal by nature, xvarts have little interest in fighting [[humanoid]]s, who they consider bigger and scarier than they are, and will normally avoid conflict with humanoids unless starvation or the depredations of adventurers gives them a cause to make raids on human settlements, or something bigger and nastier has come along and forced them to do its bidding. They do look down on [[kobold]]s and like to kick them around to feel bigger, however. Dwelling in deep, remote forests or underground caves, xvarts will fight to protect their own against other humanoids, but aren't known to war with themselves, unlike [[goblin]]s. Furthermore, their lairs tend to be well-patrolled and surprisingly clean - especially compared to the typical goblin's squalor.

	[[~~Fiend Factory~~]] in ~~''[[White Dwarf]]''~~ 42 (June 1983) claimed the X/Svarts worship A'Gallamiull. Yeah right.		The original (based) Factory entry had that "[[Halfling\|hobbits]]" like to pit these guys against kobolds in the arena. Then issue #42 (June 1983) claimed the X/Svarts worship A'Gallamiull. Yeah right.

	Per the 1983 Greyhawk box, Gygaxian Xvarts-with-an-X worship [[Raxivort]], a fiendish demipower who created them and who claims dominion over rats and bats. As a result, they have the ability to speak to these animals and so their lairs tend to feature them as allies, especially giant or dire variants thereof. They consider the rat and bat strains of [[Therianthrope\|lycanthropy]] to be holy blessings, and so are often allies for [[wererat]]s and [[werebat]]s that happen to share their territories.		Per the 1983 Greyhawk box, Gygaxian Xvarts-with-an-X worship [[Raxivort]], a fiendish demipower who created them and who claims dominion over rats and bats. As a result, they have the ability to speak to these animals and so their lairs tend to feature them as allies, especially giant or dire variants thereof. They consider the rat and bat strains of [[Therianthrope\|lycanthropy]] to be holy blessings, and so are often allies for [[wererat]]s and [[werebat]]s that happen to share their territories.

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	'''Xvarts''' are a race of small, blue-skinned, black-haired, orange-eyed, [[goblin]]-like and wholly redundant humanoids who snuck into the canon by way of the [[Fiend Folio]]'s backdoor. Some leaf submitted them to [[White Dwarf]]'s [[Fiend Factory]] as the "Svart".		'''Xvarts''' are a race of small, blue-skinned, black-haired, orange-eyed, [[goblin]]-like and wholly redundant humanoids who snuck into the canon by way of the [[Fiend Folio]]'s backdoor. Some leaf submitted them to [[White Dwarf]]'s [[Fiend Factory]] as the "Svart".

	On publication in issue #9, ''WD'' readers ''loved'' these little guys, rating the "Svart" third-best as of issue #15, just behind the ~~Needleman~~ and that issue's own Russian Doll Monster. Yes, ahead of the [[Hook Horror]] and the fucking [[Githyanki]]. Guess you get the magazine you deserve. But anyway...		On publication in issue #9, ''WD'' readers ''loved'' these little guys, rating the "Svart" third-best as of issue #15, just behind the admittedly-[[awesome]] [[Necrophidius]] and that issue's own Russian Doll Monster. Yes, ahead of the [[Hook Horror]] and the fucking [[Githyanki]]. Guess you get the magazine you deserve. But anyway...

	Xvarts can more or less be described as "[[goblin]]s, but smarter, cleaner, and not as evil" - despite the fact they're supposed to be Chaotic Evil and, in fact, they're no more related to [[goblinoid]]s than [[kobold]]s are. [[Greyhawk]] plunked them into the Bandit Kingdoms region, the rubbish tip of the Flanaess.		Xvarts can more or less be described as "[[goblin]]s, but smarter, cleaner, and not as evil" - despite the fact they're supposed to be Chaotic Evil and, in fact, they're no more related to [[goblinoid]]s than [[kobold]]s are. [[Greyhawk]] plunked them into the Bandit Kingdoms region, the rubbish tip of the Flanaess.

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	[[File:Xvart 3e.jpg\|left\|300px]]		[[File:Xvart 3e.jpg\|left\|300px]]
	'''Xvarts''' are a race of small, blue-skinned, black-haired, orange-eyed, [[goblin]]-like and wholly redundant humanoids who snuck into the canon by way of the [[Fiend Folio]]'s backdoor. ~~They started in~~ [[White Dwarf]] #9's [[Fiend Factory]] as the "Svart".		'''Xvarts''' are a race of small, blue-skinned, black-haired, orange-eyed, [[goblin]]-like and wholly redundant humanoids who snuck into the canon by way of the [[Fiend Folio]]'s backdoor. Some leaf submitted them to [[White Dwarf]]'s [[Fiend Factory]] as the "Svart".

	~~At the time~~ ''WD'' readers ''loved'' these little guys, rating the "Svart" third-best as of issue #15, just behind the Needleman and that issue's own Russian Doll Monster. Yes, ahead of the [[Hook Horror]] and the fucking [[Githyanki]]. Guess you get the magazine you deserve. But anyway...		On publication in issue #9, ''WD'' readers ''loved'' these little guys, rating the "Svart" third-best as of issue #15, just behind the Needleman and that issue's own Russian Doll Monster. Yes, ahead of the [[Hook Horror]] and the fucking [[Githyanki]]. Guess you get the magazine you deserve. But anyway...

	Xvarts can more or less be described as "[[goblin]]s, but smarter, cleaner, and not as evil" - despite the fact they're supposed to be Chaotic Evil and, in fact, they're no more related to [[goblinoid]]s than [[kobold]]s are. [[Greyhawk]] plunked them into the Bandit Kingdoms region, the rubbish tip of the Flanaess.		Xvarts can more or less be described as "[[goblin]]s, but smarter, cleaner, and not as evil" - despite the fact they're supposed to be Chaotic Evil and, in fact, they're no more related to [[goblinoid]]s than [[kobold]]s are. [[Greyhawk]] plunked them into the Bandit Kingdoms region, the rubbish tip of the Flanaess.

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	[[File:Xvart 3e.jpg\|left\|300px]]		[[File:Xvart 3e.jpg\|left\|300px]]
	'''Xvarts''' are a race of small, blue-skinned, black-haired, orange-eyed, [[goblin]]-like and wholly redundant humanoids who snuck into the canon by way of the [[Fiend Folio]]'s backdoor. They started in [[White Dwarf]] #9's [[Fiend Factory]] as the "Svart". [[~~Greyhawk~~]] ~~plunked them into~~ the ~~Bandit Kingdoms region,~~ the ~~rubbish tip of the Flanaess~~. ~~They~~ can more or less be described as "[[goblin]]s, but smarter, cleaner, and not as evil" - despite the fact they're supposed to be Chaotic Evil and, in fact, they're no more related to [[goblinoid]]s than [[kobold]]s are.		'''Xvarts''' are a race of small, blue-skinned, black-haired, orange-eyed, [[goblin]]-like and wholly redundant humanoids who snuck into the canon by way of the [[Fiend Folio]]'s backdoor. They started in [[White Dwarf]] #9's [[Fiend Factory]] as the "Svart".

			At the time ''WD'' readers ''loved'' these little guys, rating the "Svart" third-best as of issue #15, just behind the Needleman and that issue's own Russian Doll Monster. Yes, ahead of the [[Hook Horror]] and the fucking [[Githyanki]]. Guess you get the magazine you deserve. But anyway...

			Xvarts can more or less be described as "[[goblin]]s, but smarter, cleaner, and not as evil" - despite the fact they're supposed to be Chaotic Evil and, in fact, they're no more related to [[goblinoid]]s than [[kobold]]s are. [[Greyhawk]] plunked them into the Bandit Kingdoms region, the rubbish tip of the Flanaess.

	Tribal by nature, xvarts have little interest in fighting [[humanoid]]s, who they consider bigger and scarier than they are, and will normally avoid conflict with humanoids unless starvation or the depredations of adventurers gives them a cause to make raids on human settlements, or something bigger and nastier has come along and forced them to do its bidding. They do look down on [[kobold]]s and like to kick them around to feel bigger, however. Dwelling in deep, remote forests or underground caves, xvarts will fight to protect their own against other humanoids, but aren't known to war with themselves, unlike [[goblin]]s. Furthermore, their lairs tend to be well-patrolled and surprisingly clean - especially compared to the typical goblin's squalor.		Tribal by nature, xvarts have little interest in fighting [[humanoid]]s, who they consider bigger and scarier than they are, and will normally avoid conflict with humanoids unless starvation or the depredations of adventurers gives them a cause to make raids on human settlements, or something bigger and nastier has come along and forced them to do its bidding. They do look down on [[kobold]]s and like to kick them around to feel bigger, however. Dwelling in deep, remote forests or underground caves, xvarts will fight to protect their own against other humanoids, but aren't known to war with themselves, unlike [[goblin]]s. Furthermore, their lairs tend to be well-patrolled and surprisingly clean - especially compared to the typical goblin's squalor.

1d4chan>Zimriel at 00:40, 16 July 2021

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	Tribal by nature, xvarts have little interest in fighting [[humanoid]]s, who they consider bigger and scarier than they are, and will normally avoid conflict with humanoids unless starvation or the depredations of adventurers gives them a cause to make raids on human settlements, or something bigger and nastier has come along and forced them to do its bidding. They do look down on [[kobold]]s and like to kick them around to feel bigger, however. Dwelling in deep, remote forests or underground caves, xvarts will fight to protect their own against other humanoids, but aren't known to war with themselves, unlike [[goblin]]s. Furthermore, their lairs tend to be well-patrolled and surprisingly clean - especially compared to the typical goblin's squalor.		Tribal by nature, xvarts have little interest in fighting [[humanoid]]s, who they consider bigger and scarier than they are, and will normally avoid conflict with humanoids unless starvation or the depredations of adventurers gives them a cause to make raids on human settlements, or something bigger and nastier has come along and forced them to do its bidding. They do look down on [[kobold]]s and like to kick them around to feel bigger, however. Dwelling in deep, remote forests or underground caves, xvarts will fight to protect their own against other humanoids, but aren't known to war with themselves, unlike [[goblin]]s. Furthermore, their lairs tend to be well-patrolled and surprisingly clean - especially compared to the typical goblin's squalor.

	Xvarts worship [[Raxivort]], a fiendish demipower who created them and who claims dominion over rats and bats. As a result, they have the ability to speak to these animals and so their lairs tend to feature them as allies, especially giant or dire variants thereof. They consider the rat and bat strains of [[Therianthrope\|lycanthropy]] to be holy blessings, and so are often allies for [[wererat]]s and [[werebat]]s that happen to share their territories.		[[Fiend Factory]] in ''[[White Dwarf]]'' 42 (June 1983) claimed the X/Svarts worship A'Gallamiull. Yeah right.

			Per the 1983 Greyhawk box, Gygaxian Xvarts-with-an-X worship [[Raxivort]], a fiendish demipower who created them and who claims dominion over rats and bats. As a result, they have the ability to speak to these animals and so their lairs tend to feature them as allies, especially giant or dire variants thereof. They consider the rat and bat strains of [[Therianthrope\|lycanthropy]] to be holy blessings, and so are often allies for [[wererat]]s and [[werebat]]s that happen to share their territories.

	Xvarts appear in one mountainous area in [[Baldur's Gate (Games)\|Baldur's Gate 1]], where you end up massacring the entire tribe and then face off against their guardian, Ursa: a rather pissed-off cave bear.		Xvarts appear in one mountainous area in [[Baldur's Gate (Games)\|Baldur's Gate 1]], where you end up massacring the entire tribe and then face off against their guardian, Ursa: a rather pissed-off cave bear.

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Why the Stupid Name?

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	==Why the Stupid Name?==		==Why the Stupid Name?==
	[[File:Svart WD 9.jpg\|thumb\|The Svart in White Dwarf #9]]		[[File:Svart WD 9.jpg\|thumb\|The Svart in White Dwarf #9]]
	As mentioned above, they were originally called "Svarts" in White Dwarf #9. That article mentions that they are based on the "Svart Alfar" race from the book ''The Weirdstone of Brisingamen'' by Alan Garner. TSR probably changed the name to protect themselves from any possible lawsuits ([[Halfling#Origin of Halflings\|after having learned their lesson with hobbits]]). However, Garner did not actually invent the word, but had taken it from Old Norse ''svartálfar'' ("black elves"), so the name was already public domain anyway.		As mentioned above, they were originally called "Svarts" in White Dwarf #9 although, as you can see, the stupid title font made it look like "SVARF".

			That article mentions that they are based on the "Svart Alfar" race from the book ''The Weirdstone of Brisingamen'' by Alan Garner. TSR probably changed the name to protect themselves from any possible lawsuits ([[Halfling#Origin of Halflings\|after having learned their lesson with hobbits]]). However, Garner did not actually invent the word, but had taken it from Old Norse ''svartálfar'' ("black elves"), so the name was already public domain anyway.

	"Svart" is cognate with English "swarthy" and Tolkien's archaic "swart". The Ashkenaz Jews use "svart" as well, their Yiddish being yet another Germanic language; and some have played the [[/pol/\|''shande'']] and applied it to black people. (Oy.) Perhaps someone in TSR was aware of that.		"Svart" is cognate with English "swarthy" and Tolkien's archaic "swart". The Ashkenaz Jews use "svart" as well, their Yiddish being yet another Germanic language; and some have played the [[/pol/\|''shande'']] and applied it to black people. (Oy.) Perhaps someone in TSR was aware of that.

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	[[File:Xvart 3e.jpg\|left\|300px]]		[[File:Xvart 3e.jpg\|left\|300px]]
	'''Xvarts''' are a race of small, blue-skinned, black-haired, orange-eyed, [[goblin]]-like and wholly redundant humanoids who snuck into the canon by way of the [[Fiend Folio]]'s backdoor. They started in White Dwarf #9's [[Fiend Factory]] as the "Svart". [[Greyhawk]] plunked them into the Bandit Kingdoms region, the rubbish tip of the Flanaess. They can more or less be described as "[[goblin]]s, but smarter, cleaner, and not as evil" - despite the fact they're supposed to be Chaotic Evil and, in fact, they're no more related to [[goblinoid]]s than [[kobold]]s are.		'''Xvarts''' are a race of small, blue-skinned, black-haired, orange-eyed, [[goblin]]-like and wholly redundant humanoids who snuck into the canon by way of the [[Fiend Folio]]'s backdoor. They started in [[White Dwarf]] #9's [[Fiend Factory]] as the "Svart". [[Greyhawk]] plunked them into the Bandit Kingdoms region, the rubbish tip of the Flanaess. They can more or less be described as "[[goblin]]s, but smarter, cleaner, and not as evil" - despite the fact they're supposed to be Chaotic Evil and, in fact, they're no more related to [[goblinoid]]s than [[kobold]]s are.

	Tribal by nature, xvarts have little interest in fighting [[humanoid]]s, who they consider bigger and scarier than they are, and will normally avoid conflict with humanoids unless starvation or the depredations of adventurers gives them a cause to make raids on human settlements, or something bigger and nastier has come along and forced them to do its bidding. They do look down on [[kobold]]s and like to kick them around to feel bigger, however. Dwelling in deep, remote forests or underground caves, xvarts will fight to protect their own against other humanoids, but aren't known to war with themselves, unlike [[goblin]]s. Furthermore, their lairs tend to be well-patrolled and surprisingly clean - especially compared to the typical goblin's squalor.		Tribal by nature, xvarts have little interest in fighting [[humanoid]]s, who they consider bigger and scarier than they are, and will normally avoid conflict with humanoids unless starvation or the depredations of adventurers gives them a cause to make raids on human settlements, or something bigger and nastier has come along and forced them to do its bidding. They do look down on [[kobold]]s and like to kick them around to feel bigger, however. Dwelling in deep, remote forests or underground caves, xvarts will fight to protect their own against other humanoids, but aren't known to war with themselves, unlike [[goblin]]s. Furthermore, their lairs tend to be well-patrolled and surprisingly clean - especially compared to the typical goblin's squalor.
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	==Why the Stupid Name?==		==Why the Stupid Name?==
	As mentioned above, they were originally called "Svarts" in White Dwarf #9. That article mentions that they are based on the "Svart Alfar" race from the book ''The Weirdstone of Brisingamen'' by Alan Garner. TSR probably changed the name to protect themselves from any possible lawsuits ([[Halfling#Origin of Halflings\|after having learned their lesson with hobbits]]). Garner did not actually invent the word, but had taken it from Old Norse ''svartálfar'' ("black elves"), so the name ~~at least~~ was already public domain anyway.		[[File:Svart WD 9.jpg\|thumb\|The Svart in White Dwarf #9]]
			As mentioned above, they were originally called "Svarts" in White Dwarf #9. That article mentions that they are based on the "Svart Alfar" race from the book ''The Weirdstone of Brisingamen'' by Alan Garner. TSR probably changed the name to protect themselves from any possible lawsuits ([[Halfling#Origin of Halflings\|after having learned their lesson with hobbits]]). However, Garner did not actually invent the word, but had taken it from Old Norse ''svartálfar'' ("black elves"), so the name was already public domain anyway.

	"Svart" is cognate with English "swarthy" and Tolkien's archaic "swart". The Ashkenaz Jews use "svart" as well, their Yiddish being yet another Germanic language; and some have played the [[/pol/\|''shande'']] and applied it to black people. (Oy.) Perhaps someone in TSR was aware of that.		"Svart" is cognate with English "swarthy" and Tolkien's archaic "swart". The Ashkenaz Jews use "svart" as well, their Yiddish being yet another Germanic language; and some have played the [[/pol/\|''shande'']] and applied it to black people. (Oy.) Perhaps someone in TSR was aware of that.

	==Attempts To Buff This Smurf-Turd==		==Attempts To Buff This Smurf-Turd==
	Xvarts appeared in 4th edition's [[Monster Manual]] 3 - this means they're ~~actually~~ one of the few races that've actually appeared in every single edition, which isn't bad for a race defined as a low-quality knock-off [[goblinoid]]. The 4e version renames them '''Xivorts''' so they don't sound so much like a humid gas-pass. It also tries to un-redundant them - by tying them to a demihuman race, in this case the [[gnomes]] like [[spriggan]]s and [[svirfneblin]]. Xivorts are a gnomish subrace born out of their long slavery to the [[fomorian]]s. Specifically, the xivorts descend from the gnomish slaves of formorian colonies either in the [[Shadowfell\|Shadow]][[Underdark\|dark]] or in close proximity to a portal leading from the [[Feywild\|Fey]][[Underdark\|dark]] to there: a prolonged exposure to the eerie energies of the [[Shadowfell\|Shadow]][[Underdark\|dark]] gave them both their ability to speak to rats & bats and a natural affinity for shadow magic that manifests in an innate ability to reactively teleport from danger. Whilst the bulk of the race was freed from slavery by a [[hag]] coven that wanted to piss the fomorians off, others still linger in slavery. Even the free xivorts are a dangerous menace, because they want to make all of the bigger races suffer for what they went through. Races of their own size are okay, though; in fact, they regularly team-up with evil [[gnome]]s and [[halfling]]s.		Xvarts appeared in 4th edition's [[Monster Manual]] 3 - this means they're one of the few races that've actually appeared in every single edition, which isn't bad for a race defined as a low-quality knock-off [[goblinoid]]. The 4e version renames them '''Xivorts''' so they don't sound so much like a humid gas-pass. It also tries to un-redundant them - by tying them to a demihuman race, in this case the [[gnomes]] like [[spriggan]]s and [[svirfneblin]]. Xivorts are a gnomish subrace born out of their long slavery to the [[fomorian]]s. Specifically, the xivorts descend from the gnomish slaves of formorian colonies either in the [[Shadowfell\|Shadow]][[Underdark\|dark]] or in close proximity to a portal leading from the [[Feywild\|Fey]][[Underdark\|dark]] to there: a prolonged exposure to the eerie energies of the [[Shadowfell\|Shadow]][[Underdark\|dark]] gave them both their ability to speak to rats & bats and a natural affinity for shadow magic that manifests in an innate ability to reactively teleport from danger. Whilst the bulk of the race was freed from slavery by a [[hag]] coven that wanted to piss the fomorians off, others still linger in slavery. Even the free xivorts are a dangerous menace, because they want to make all of the bigger races suffer for what they went through. Races of their own size are okay, though; in fact, they regularly team-up with evil [[gnome]]s and [[halfling]]s.

	The Xvarts have the dubious honor of being a race who received a 5th edition rewrite that pretty much changed everything about them in Volo's Guide to Monsters. In 5th edition, Raxivort was once a fiend of some kind who used to serve as the treasurer for [[Graz'zt]], until he stole a powerful magical artifact called the Infinity Spindle. This ascended him instantly to the rank of demigod, after which he fled Graz'zt's domain and founded his own territory in [[Pandemonium]]. Naturally, even if he'd outgrown the power that the Spindle could give him already, Graz'zt was kind of pissed off at this, and so got creative about expressing his displeasure: he went and told pretty much everyone what the Infinity Spindle could do. As you might expect, a lot of unpleasant characters promptly went after Raxivort, scaring the piss out of him. So, he used the Spindle to visit world after world, creating countless inferior magical duplicates of himself to throw off any efforts to track him down. Those magical constructs are the Xvarts.		The Xvarts have the dubious honor of being a race who received a 5th edition rewrite that pretty much changed everything about them in Volo's Guide to Monsters. In 5th edition, Raxivort was once a fiend of some kind who used to serve as the treasurer for [[Graz'zt]], until he stole a powerful magical artifact called the Infinity Spindle. This ascended him instantly to the rank of demigod, after which he fled Graz'zt's domain and founded his own territory in [[Pandemonium]]. Naturally, even if he'd outgrown the power that the Spindle could give him already, Graz'zt was kind of pissed off at this, and so got creative about expressing his displeasure: he went and told pretty much everyone what the Infinity Spindle could do. As you might expect, a lot of unpleasant characters promptly went after Raxivort, scaring the piss out of him. So, he used the Spindle to visit world after world, creating countless inferior magical duplicates of himself to throw off any efforts to track him down. Those magical constructs are the Xvarts.
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