Darkmaiden ' s Leap Darkmaiden ' s Leap was a shrine sacred to the goddess Eilistraee and her followers , found in the northern High Forest , southeast of Everlund . Description . Darkmaiden ' s Leap was a small clearing with a large flat - top gray rock about six feet tall and five feet in diamater . Pre - Time of Troubles the stone was known as Hastrin ' s Grayrock , but after 1358 DR , the time when the place became sacred to Dark Maiden , the top of the stone bore a single left footprint the size of a drow female ' s foot and the place was named Darkmaiden ' s Leap by the followers of the goddess . Properties . Darmmaiden ' s Leap was a planar touchstone , a hub of energies linking strongly connected planes together ( in this case , Toril and Eilistraee ' s realm in Arvandor ) . Darkmaiden ' s Leap was infused with the magic of Eilistraee . Lolth worshippers had difficulty in casting divine spells when in the area , while travelers that chose to attune with its power ( by dancing in the moonlight for at least one hour ) could be granted low - light vision , the ability to perform graceful and beautiful movements when dancing and to invoke a blade of moonlight ( as the spell moon blade ) . The stone also acted as a two - way portal to a small cavern near the Promenade of the Dark Maiden , if activated through a moon beam spell , or as a portal to Eilistraee ' s realm in Arvandor , if activated through a moon path spell . History . During the Time of Troubles , the absence of divine magic led the drow houses in most Lolth - dominated cities to battle each other , trying to seize the oppurtunity and gain ranks . This time of conflict forced many drow to flee their homes , due to the defeat of their house or simply to escape the danger and chaos of the war . A group of such drow , decimated by the perils of their travel away from home and exhausted , were driven to a particular tunnel by hostile creatures . Lacking anywhere to escape , they followed it , until they eventually found themselves amidst a forest lit by moonlight , surrounded by an echoing , haunting melody . They decided to follow the sound , and it led them to a clearing among the trees , lightned by moonlight , where a single , old drow woman was dancing atop a wide , flat stone , the music apparently coming from the air around her . Beneath their eyes , as the woman danced , she began to become younger , gaining the strength , agility and beauty of youth , and slowly the vision of a beautiful drow woman appeared to them : that of the goddess Eilistraee , cloacked by her shining radiance , singing , leaping and dancing with the old drow . It was her Last Dance , the ritual in which priestesses of the Dark Maiden who didn ' t die in battle finally joined with their goddess , dancing with her one last time in their mortal life . The priestess continued her dance , slowly fading away as she became younger , still dancing with joy as she completely faded , leaving only a footprint on the stone . When the dance came to an end , the shining figure , whom the drow exiles didn ' t know as Eilistraee , turned her attention to them . Upon seeing her visage , they felt something that they had never before , something ancient , running deep inside their souls , the echo of a time when all dark elves were free from Lolth . They understood that the woman before them was a goddess , but one that was beautiful and strong , that sincerely and truly loved them , something that Spider Queen could have never done . Instinctively , they yearned for her and what she made them feel , they danced with her , coming to know about and feel the hope of a new life . The Underdark drow felt the desire to join the goddess , and Eilistraee transported them to a safe place near the Promenade of the Dark Maiden . Eventually , they became faithful of the Dark Dancer and started working with Qilué Veladorn at the temple , returning to the stone once per year in pilgrimage ( and it was on their first return that they found a footprint on the rock ) . On one of those pilgrimages , they found a small group of wood elves surrounded by orc assailants . The drow aided the wood elves , saving many lives , and then managed to diplomatically avoid eventual conflict ( speaking in common ) . This happening was the beginning of a cooperation between the two groups : having understood that the Eilistraeen drow were not a threat , out of gratitude , the elves offered to guard the sacred place . After this event , the followers of Eilistraee used a given set of signal to identify themselves during their pilgrimages .