The Drow Pantheon
The Dark Seldarine, the pantheon of the drow, was "led" by Lolth, the Spider Queen, in the sense that she was the most powerful and widely worshiped drow deity. She dominated the drow race's lives and urged them into heavy infighting. She was opposed to varying degrees by the rest of the pantheon and did not share her power with other gods; in Lolth-worshiping city states like Menzoberranzan the reign of her priesthood was absolute.
Vhaeraun, her son, was among the opposers. He had the largest following on the surface and the second largest overall among the Dark Seldarine. Lolth considered him her real rival and enemy. The others were minor players.
In truth, the Dark Seldarine were a pantheon only in a loose sense as most drow gods did not allow their followers to give any reverence to other deities; rather, they were simply a collection of gods, some related to each other and some not, whose followers were primarily drow, and thus they were bitter rivals as they clashed over the hearts and minds of the drow.
Lolth's domination over the majority of drow was to such an extent that even information on the other gods was not readily accessible to them. Vhaeraun's existence and agenda was only common knowledge among surface drow and in those parts of the Underdark where the Spider Queen's power was not absolute. Eilistraee, Lolth's daughter and the only benevolent drow deity, was both on the surface and in the Underdark the subject of wildly inaccurate and wrong legends. Most of the rare few who knew of Kiaransalee believed her to be an undead madwoman who was a goddess only in her fantasies, while Selvetarm was practically forgotten. Only Ghaunadaur was capable of making his presence known or at least felt on some level by most drow.
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