( That... is a good question, actually. Haelva hums, her silence not an unpleasant one, but simply thoughtful. Why does she do it? She has no memory of what caused her to pick it up in the first place, true enough, but this break from whatever the Urge was, is, could have offered her the chance to choose another school of wizardry with ease. And yet it was death that came to her hand when she called, and Haelva found it fitting.

She is haunted by death, it would seem. )

It's effective. To pull at the life of enemies and make them wither to bolster myself and my allies. To create more allies out of those who have fallen and turn them against their once-comrades. ( And, well: ) It helps to intimidate those who've already managed to resist buckling at the knees to a Drow.

( That she says a bit begrudgingly, wry amusement plain on her face. )