Ellaniath Ellaniath was the name of Vhaeraun ’ s realm , the drow deity of thievery . It served as his base of operation and as the place of his followers ’ afterlife . Location . Ellaniath was a realm , with - uncharacteristically for a location - a moving history in the physical sense . It was originally situated in Colothys , the fourth layer of Carceri under the Great Wheel Cosmology . At some point in the 14th century DR , the planes shifted into the Worldtree Cosmology and Ellaniath was moved into the Demonweb Pits and hang among the strands as one of the baubles . After the Silence of Lolth , Lolth yanked the Demonweb Pits out and turned them into an independent realm , Ellaniath returned to Colothys . After Vhaeraun was killed by Eilistraee , Ellaniath merged with his sister ’ s portion of Arvandor and remained there after she died . Over the course of the Second Sundering , Vhaeraun returned , the planes rearranged themselves in the Great Wheel cosmology order . Features . Nobody outside of Ellaniath , save the ruling god , had an idea , where the realm was located , apart from the very general knowledge “ somewhere on Colothys " , and how it looked like . Vhaeraun wiped the memories of those who stumbled on his realm , which was considered a demonstration of his abilities as a thief . During its time in the Demonweb Pits , it hang at one of the strands of the webs there as a bauble like the other drow deities ’ realms . During the realm ’ s time on Arvandor , Ellaniath merged with Eilistraee ' s realm , the drow goddess of moonlight . the it looked like a forest under perpetual night with the moon being the only source of light . The forest had shining moonstones as decoration , half among them gradually lost their light after Ellaniath ' s incorporation until they became pitch black . Function . Ellaniath was Vhaeraun ’ s realm . It served as his base of operation . During the realm ’ s time on the Demonweb Pits , Vhaeraun spent his time operating outside of his realm in Lolth ’ s territory . These operations reached from time to time levels , that made it impossible for his mother to endure them . Every time she spent effort against him , he fled into Ellaniath , which served as his hiding place , which proved over and over again as safe . It was known that the drow deities maintained " portal s " to the Abyss in their realms . Power over the Realm . Vhaeraun , as a lesser deity , could not only alter his realm in some fashion like setting temperatures as he liked or fill it with special sensory information , like light , sound and smell , when it came down to sound , he could also make intelligible speech as background sounds in his realm . Vhaeraun , as a lesser deity , could also control his realm ’ s link to the Astral Plane , effectively controlling how good magical travel worked within his realm . Effects . As part of the Demonweb Pits , Ellaniath was divinely morphic , meaning Vhaeraun had an easy causing physical changes in his realm . While thee , Ellaniath was mildly chaotic and strongly evil aligned , meaning that the plane itself worked against individuals who followed lawful philosophies by weakening their power of personality , and limiting in general the mental capacities of those who weren ' t evil . The realm had also a strong faith factor , meaning that those , who didn ' t follow the Dark Seldarine suffered even more limitations , with followers of the Seldarine suffering a drop in mental capacity more severe than others . Once the realm was in Carceri , Ellaniath was mildly evil aligned and still divinely morphic . Inhabitants . The realm was inhabited by his petitioner s , his dead followers ’ souls , Among the petitioners , the vhaerath s were special in that they retained memories and skills in life and could also leave Ellaniath and weren ’ t bound to their plane like others . Like other deities , Vhaeraun changed petitioners of followers who distinguished themselves in service to him into his servitors as a reward , these included demodand s ( farastu , kelubar , shator ) ; mephit s ( air , earth , smoke ) , shadow s , shadow dragon s , shadow fiends and yeth hound s .