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Look at the dark elves in Salvatore's works. In Heroes 5, they differ only in skin color and the name of their patron goddess.
P.S. And there's no need to criticize the Matriarchy. IMHO, it's a perfectly progressive system; women are better at developing society, it's just how they are. The main thing is not to confuse it with dominance ;)
Conceptually, it's a concept. There are as many opinions as there are people. And in general, if all races in games were made according to templates, it wouldn't be interesting to play.
