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===Monk===

All monastic orders are philosophical in nature; none of them specifically reveres a spirit or deity. The Four Elements monks were covertly backed by the magocracy to provide spies and street-fighters.

The Way of the Open Palm monk order is originally an elven tradition, teaching its adherents to achieve enlightenment by eschewing all unnecessary material possessions, which includes teaching them to use their body alone as the greatest weapon. The drow took the teachings to the steppes with them, however, and now many small monasteries on the steppes teach this art as a means of furthering self-reliance.