For those Dark Elves who strived to escape the Spider God Queen Rose's web, she was a delightful dawn of hope.
But for the believers of Rose, she was the root cause of the unrest and divisions among the Dark Elves, thus they absolutely loathed and detested her and her followers.
After all, to some, betrayers are more despicable than enemies!
Thus, most of the Iris believers who were captured by other Dark Elves would often face the most brutal torture until they died a tragic death.
Likewise, the Light Elves above ground also did not acknowledge the existence of these Iris believers, and although they did not call for outright violence, they certainly prohibited any contact with these fallen ones.
So, sandwiched between two unpleasing sides, the Iris believers could only struggle to survive in the cracks, their numbers extremely scarce.
But as for whether Rose truly was an Iris believer, Celebrian still harbored some doubts.
