Deity | Alignment | Domains | Symbol |
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Eilistraee, goddess of song and moonlight | CG | Light, Nature | Sword-wielding dancing drow female silhouetted against the full moon |
Kiaransalee, goddess of necromancy | CE | Arcana | Female drow hand wearing many silver rings |
Lolth, goddess of spiders | CE | Trickery | Spider |
Selvetarm, god of warriors | CE | War | Spider over crossed sword-and-mace |
Vhaeraun, god of thieves | CN | Trickery | Black mask with blue glass lenses inset over eyes |
Lolth, the Demon Queen of Spiders, reigns supreme as goddess of the drow, ruthlessly eliminating all who would threaten her position. Her priestesses do likewise with the cults of rival gods among their people.
Selvetarm is god of warriors, and therefore patron of male drow, although perhaps not so much as Vhaeraun, the rogue god of thievery and of drow males who rebel against the matriarchy. Kiaransalee, drow goddess of the undead, is served by secretive cults of necromancers. Ghaunadaur, known as That Which Lurks, is a subversive power, the mad god of oozes, rebels, and outcasts, occasionally revered by drow.
The Dark Maiden
Some drow exiles have heard the song of Eilistraee, urging them out onto the surface to behold the moon as it rises. The drow goddess of song, beauty, swordwork, hunting, and moonlight, she is the patron of drow who reject the evils of their society, offering them light and hope.