Description:
Selvetarm (pronounced: SELL-veh-TARM), known also as The Spider that Waits, (self-appointed) Champion of
LOLTH or, despite being
VHAERAUN's son and thus her grandson, Son of LOLTH was the drow god of warriors and battle prowess. His church basically consisted of a military sub-division of LOLTH's church, and was practically forgotten outside of his cult in 'Eryndlyn' . In fact, the name associated with those followers of the Spider that Waits--Selvetargtlin--could be applied without problems to his entire clergy.
Personality:
Selvetarm was a ruthless and violent deity, whose only interests consisted of war and spreading destruction. He couldn't find beauty in anything but lethal and efficient combat styles.
He hated everything, including
LOLTH, to whom he was practically enslaved. Despite this hatred, he was quite dutiful, to the point of passing up on chances to gain additional worshipers to preserve her power, as well as his freedom to protect her life. Despite his aggressive traits, he had the capability to be patient to conduct functional ambushes, but frontal wild clashes were his clear preference over anything that required planning and restraint. He had once a rather uncertain personality, and embraced neither evil nor good. When he met his aunt,
EILISTRAEE, he learned to appreciate her teachings, thus embracing goodness and beauty, but in the end
LOLTH's trickery turned him into his war-crazed self.
Following:
His followers consisted of drow and aranea (Were-spiders). Among the drow, as mentioned before, Selvetarm was practically forgotten, and his faith was essentially part of
LOLTH's church armed wing. His followers in his main center of worship--Eryndlyn--weren't even allowed to worship him as a god on his own (rather than
LOLTH's servant), as the church of
LOLTH persecuted anyone who did as a heretic. As a general rule, Selvetargtlins trained in martial combat. Practicing Selvetarm's beliefs was somewhat of a career-killer in drow society, for these beliefs didn't put any meaningful emphasis on the intellectual part of combat (like strategy), and thus followers of Selvetarm were rarely put into commanding positions. The drow branch had a gender ratio of about 10:1 in favor of male drow. His aranea followers were a different deal. When they talked about Selvetarm, they however referred to his aspect Zanassu (A spider Lord). They put emphasis on craftiness, patience and subtlety.
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