Lloth

Demon Queen of Spiders, Mistress of the Drow, Lady of Chaos. These are

three of the better known names by which Lloth, dread queen of the drow, is

known by.

Lloth is an evil goddess of demonic origin, hailing from a distant, far-off

place known as the 'Spiderweb Pits', a plane totally formed from a gigantic

fractal web which is her seat of power. The powerful nexus of magical

energies which is Aabahran drew her attention to this plane, and thus she

cast her presence into it, seeking to dominate its powers for her own use.

In distant ages past, she subverted a portion of the early elven-folk,

changing them into the drow, intending to use them to conquer Aabahran.

Extra-planar events, however, drew her attention away, and only now has she

returned to Aabahran.

The Spider Queen delights in destruction and havoc, which is why she is

commonly known as the Lady of Chaos. Deceit, ambition, betrayal, and

cunning are qualities which Lloth prizes highly, and it is for this reason

that the society of the drow, her chosen people, is a notoriously chaotic

and treacherous one. It is also for this good reason that her favored

creature the spider. Like the spider, she is patient and cunning, capable

of spending long amounts of time spinning a gossamer web which victims do

not notice until it is too late. She does not shy away from using brute

force, and indeed is a very powerful deity in her own right however, the

Spider Queen finds greater pleasure in using more subtle weapons to destroy

her foes.

Many of a darker bent worship Lloth, including assassins and thieves, but by

the far the largest part of her worshipers are the drow. Lloth is the

absolute goddess of their evil race, and is a jealous mistress drow who do

not at least pay lip service to her will find themselves living a decidedly

uncomfortable life. She has bent and twisted the drow into her own image,

making them a cunning, treacherous, evil, matriarchal society.

Generally, when a mortal has merited her personal attention (be it for good

or ill), the Spider Queen will send one of her Handmaidens. Handmaidens are

a type of demon called a 'yochlol', and appear as a foul-smelling creature

that looks like a misshapen humanoid blob of candle wax. They serve as the

Queen's hands, and when they speak, they speak with the full authority of

the Queen. Lloth reveals herself to mortals only on exceedingly rare

occasions. When Lloth does deign to adopt a mortal avatar to personally

deal with someone, she will take the guise of either a female drow of

ravishing beauty, or an eight-legged spider of titanic proportions with the

head of a lovely female drow.