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In a world where conflict usually means violence, where good and evil meet regularly on the field of battle, where might too often makes right and power is measured in gold pieces, the apostle of peace is a lone voice crying in the wilderness, calling for a change of heart. Having completely forsworn violence in any form, the apostle of peace is an advocate for nonviolent resolution of conflict. He is a powerful font of divine magic, but his spells are all aimed toward healing, calming hostility, and aiding his allies.

Members of all classes can qualify to become apostles of peace, though barbarians, fighters, and rogues have difficulty meeting the skill prerequisites and are usually too oriented toward martial exploits to be interested. Clerics, bards, and druids often develop pacifistic philosophies and gravitate toward this class, but any character can experience a conversion of sorts and become an apostle of peace.

Apostles of peace are usually solitary wanderers or even hermits. Many nonplayer character (NPC) apostles are far removed from the violent struggles of the adventuring life, but may serve as resources of knowledge, spells, or spiritual guidance for adventuring characters.

((The following information is quoted from the D&D sourcebook 'Drow of the Underdark'))

ALBINO DROW (SZARKAI)
The dark elves are bad enough, but some legends speak of an even more sinister and deadly foe—drow who resemble surface elves and can walk among them undetected. Called szarkai (pronounced zahrk-eye), these enigmatic drow are natural spies.

Szarkai (whose name means “ghost spiders”) are rare mutants in the deep confines of drow cities who appear perfectly natural in other surroundings—especially those on the surface. Thus, albino drow receive intense training in espionage almost from birth.

Ecology

These albinos appear only rarely, representing one-hundredth of one percent of the drow population. Other drow hold them in some awe, and the birth of one is considered a blessing to the family. They are called “ghost spiders” to signify the boon of Lolth.

Whether through inbreeding or the intentional dabbling of the Spider Queen, szarkai tend to appear more frequently among the noble houses than among the lower castes. Their existence is hidden from all but the highest-ranking drow who have a need to know. Szarkai are largely sequestered from drow life, being are too valuable to risk losing to a casual murder when out among the riffraff. Although they are physically
safer than other drow, their lot in life is no less harsh and corrupting.
Szarkai receive the personal attentions of the cruelest priestesses and most Machiavellian of nobles.


Typical Physical Characteristics: Other drow often consider szarkai to be a separate race, but the two kinds of elves are genetically identical except for the szarkai’s pale skin and red eyes. This popular opinion has some basis in fact, though: Some szarkai have subtle deformities, such as hairlessness, gnarled, clawlike hands, or small fangs.

Environment: Although szarkai are born and nurtured in the underground cities of the drow, they can be found in any setting as befits the nature of their missions. Often an albino drow lives among surface elves or in cities where elves are common.

Alignment: Like many of their kin, albino drow are often neutral evil. Szarkai cultivate cold patience, and few drow are as skilled at subtle and cruel intrigues.

Society: When szarkai have completed their training and have demonstrated the necessary skills to carry out their missions, they are
deployed to the surface in deep cover assignments. There, they ingratiate themselves with the surface folk when furthering the agenda of their drow masters and of Lolth. These agents provocateur are always long-term visionaries, since their missions can last for lifetimes among the lesser races. Their assignments might be simple information gathering and relay, reconnaissance of the physical and political landscape, forming a sleeper cell for some future act of sabotage or violence, or quietly manipulating those around them to turn potential allies against one another or to keep surface communities small and weak. Rarely is one of these agents dispatched to perform anything so pedestrian as an assassination; the chance of discovery is too high, and the removal of any specifi c individual among the surface races too insignificant, to be of any real value to the drow. Rather, these master spies weave webs of intrigue that are so thinly stretched across such a span of time as to be virtually invisible. Szarkai studiously avoid liches, since the undying spellcasters are adept at piercing their disguises and guessing their plots.