Lolth (/lɑːlθ/ lalth or: /loʊlθ/ lolth or: /loʊɑːlθ/ loalth)
Demon Queen of Envy Lolth (a.k.a. Queen of Chaos)
"In the twisted threads of envy, my dark dominion thrives. Grasp, my minions, for I am the Queen of Spiders, and within the cacophony of malevolence, you shall earn my coveted favor."Lolth, also known as the Queen of Spiders or the Queen of the Demonweb Pits, is the Demon Queen who embodies the sin of Envy. Widely worshiped by various races, her influence drives her followers into infighting under the guise of culling the weak. However, her true goals are to maintain absolute control over her worshipers, prevent the rise of alternative faiths, and perpetuate strife for her amusement. Lolth's clerics, predominantly female, strictly follow her will, enforcing extreme subservience to their deity and fostering constant conflict among their communities. Despite demanding loyalty, Lolth's capricious and often contradictory nature makes her motivations unpredictable. The Spider Queen revels in betrayal, bloodshed, and the torment of her followers, and her worshipers must navigate her ever-changing desires to gain her favor.~Lolth
Divine Domains
- Chaos
- Envy
- Spiders
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Lolth was a goddess of cold cruelty not out of place in the darkest depths of the Abyss, revelaying in betrayal and bloodshed and toying with everyon from her minions to her victims. She not only enjoyed, but thrived upon torture, destruction, and death, whether personally performing it or causing it. Every interaction was ultimately done with maice, ill will seething from her every move, and even those who knew her well could be surprised by just how deep her viciousness went.
Lolth demanded absolutely featly and obedience from all her worshippers, and question her motives or wisdom was considered a sin. This applied even to the males despite her considering them to be unclean, and she took vengeful notice if one abandoned her faith. In contrast, she fomented unending chaos amongst her followers, eternally setting them against each other. Ostensibly this was to weed out the weak and compacent, leaving only the strongest, cruelest, and most devious to serve her, and to some degree she believed this, but it was also simply for her own amusement and supremacy.
Despite her demands for loyalty, those who blindly obeyed Lolth's demands would find themselves quickly led to their deaths. In truth, Lolth's capricious nature meant that there were few hard-and-fast rules, and much uncertaintly as to her desires. The successful had to pay attentio her ever-changing wants, for her favor was fickle, and those who she played favorites with (a frequent occurance) would ineviatly find her turning on them without warning. The Spider Queen was technically capable of dispays of kindness and aiding those she fancied, and would always give one chance for the disfavored to redeem themselves, but this usually meant a dangerous mission and in others might just mean silently watching their next move. She could never be relied on and her ultimate motivation was almost always manipulative.
Lolth's promotion of infighting amongst her worshipers led many to believe she was insane, and this assessment was not baseless. Her will was not merely fluid, but often times contradictory, although even if she was mad, her followers placed more importance on a deep and devious sense of cunning than mental stability. Ironically, for all her demands for obedience, nothing demanded her attention and admiration more then treachery, even towards herself (if only temporarily). Guile and political ruthlessness were signs of her favorite servents, and she ultimatly admired ambition more than she did loyalty.
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