Lolth
The Mistress of Webs
Cruel and capricious, Lolth embodies the absolute evil of the dark elves. She is malicious in her dealings with others and coldly vicious in a fight, coveting the power of deities worshipped by the surface races. Some believe her to be insane because the Queen of Spiders pits her own worshipers against one another in an endless struggle for "station".
Although she can appear in the form of a giant black widow spider with crimson eyes, Lolth's true form is that of a human-sized, exquisitely beautiful female dark elf. Her daughters Vanir and Umla take after her in looks and outlook.
Divine Domains
Chaotic Evil goddess of Chaos, Drow, Evil, Darkness, Spiders, and Trickery
Artifacts
The Spiders Crown and Spider's Fang
Holy Books & Codes
Web of the Arcane
Divine Symbols & Sigils
Black spider with a female dark elf head hanging from a spider web
Tenets of Faith
Fear is as strong as steel, while love and respect are soft and useless. Convert or destroy nonbeliever dark elves. Weed out the weak and the rebellious. Destroy impugners of the faith. Sacrifice males, slaves, and those of other races who ignore the commands of Lolth or her clerics. Raise children to praise and fear her; each family should produce at least one cleric to serve her. Questioning Lolth's motives or wisdom is a sin, as is aiding non-dark elves against the dark elves, or ignoring the Queens commands for the sake of a lover. Revere arachnids of all kinds; those who kill or mistreat a spider must die.
Clerics of Lolth are the rulers, police forces, judges, juries, and executioners of dark-elf society. They wield power in keeping with the cruel and capricious nature of Lolth herself, and manipulate (often by brute force) their fellow dark elves to behave as their deity.
Drow noble Houses have their own private temples, and every drow city ruled by the church of Lolth has at least one large, open public gathering area for large rituals, calls to war, and the like.
Clerics of Lolth are the rulers, police forces, judges, juries, and executioners of dark-elf society. They wield power in keeping with the cruel and capricious nature of Lolth herself, and manipulate (often by brute force) their fellow dark elves to behave as their deity.
Drow noble Houses have their own private temples, and every drow city ruled by the church of Lolth has at least one large, open public gathering area for large rituals, calls to war, and the like.
Holidays
Liars Web, on the 22nd of Orenmir.
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