The Spider Queen

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The god of deceit, shadows, and spiders, the Spider Queen weaves a complicated web of schemes and treachery through her worshipers, deceiving allies and enemies alike to gain power. The Spider Queen’s worship is entwined with the society of dark elves across much of Exandria, even as the drow fall ever deeper into the thrall of the Chained Oblivion’s aberrant minions. It is said that the Spider Queen can see through the eyes of all spiders and that she is truly all-knowing.
Depiction: Ancient icons and idols dedicated to the Spider Queen show an alluring woman with deep purple skin and silver hair, her abdomen swelling into the terrifying body of a monstrous spider. Her depictions are highly polarized between her elite devotees and her wretched supplicants. They are either opulent gilded statues, or deranged cave paintings.
Commandments of the Spider Queen:

1. It is better to be loved than feared, but you may certainly try to be both.
2. Misdirection, slander, and shadowed steps have more function than direct conflict.
3. Death to the elves who live under the sun, and death to all their allies!

Province: Deceit, Spiders
Domains: Many of the Spider Queen’s clerics are granted powers of Knowledge or Trickery.