Ghaunadaur Ghaunadaur ( " gone " - ah - dowr ) was a greater deity and the god of abominations . Originally , Ghaunadaur was a member of the drow pantheon but following the War of the Spider Queen he left the pantheon to break off on his own . His portfolio included slimy creatures , outcasts , and rebels . Overview . Ghaunadaur was an unpredictable deity . False worshipers were sometimes rewarded by it , occasionally even with permanent magical boons , but they might just as well have been devoured by the Elder Eye without a second thought . Ghaunadaur enjoyed watching large horrible monsters as they hunted and devoured their prey , causing much suffering . When Ghaunadaur left the Inner Planes he was always silent , but some old records mention a gibbering and bestial language being spoken in the god ' s court . When communicating Ghaunadaur used telepathy and kept its conversations blunt and simple . Ghaunadaur was believed to be touched by the Far Realm . Worshipers . The church of Ghaunadaur consisted of cults scattered throughout the Underdark , each dominated by a single individual . There were only a few drow and aboleth cities that served as exceptions , with a more organized clergy . Ghaunadaur also had an aspect in the tanar ' ri lord Juiblex and enjoyed the worship of that guise ' s demon ic cults . Cleric s of Ghaunadaur were required to serve the Elder Eye completely and do whatever pleased it most . The main duty of Ghaundaur ' s clerics was to ensure , in any way necessary , that Ghaunadaur ' s altars were supplied with a steady supply of sacrifices . Clerics successful in these sacrifices were rewarded with magic power and items . Ghaunadaur enjoyed most of all those creatures that willingly offered themselves to it , whether or not they had been charmed or coerced by its clerics . Those clerics that succeeded in bringing willing sacrifices to Ghaunadaur ' s altars were its most favored and highest ranked servants . Ghaunadaur encouraged its clerics to familiarize themselves with using and creating acids , poisons and alchemist ' s fire . All cloth furnishing in the temple and the clothing worn by its worshipers had to be of colors that please Ghaunadaur ' s eye . These were mostly shades of purple , green , black , and metallic colors . Many clerics also took training as fighter s or enchanter s . Rituals . Ghaunadaur ' s clergy prayed for their spells once per day at any time the local cult deemed important . The Elder Eye expected each prayer to be coupled with a sacrifice . It preferred living offerings , but when that was impossible it also accepted bones and food which were burned in oil while braziers of perfumed incense were burned as well . If the worshiper could not deliver any offerings to the deity , they were required to perform their prayer while holding one unprotected hand in an open flame . History . According to Lolth , " Ghaunadaur was old even before Ao ' s time . " He was a very ancient deity , rumored to have emerged from the primordial ooze itself . In that age , it was worshiped by the largest of slimes and other crawling creatures , many of which contained an alien intelligence . In a fit of fury due to Lolth spurning his romantic interests , Ghaunadaur struck most of them mad and took their intellects . As an unforeseen result , many of these worshipers ceased to exist , which caused the Elder Eye ' s power to collapse . Ghaunadaur was worshiped by some of the dark elves of Ilythiir beginning in the age of First Flowering and continuing through the Crown Wars . Only during the Age of Humanity did some evil beings turn back to Ghaunadaur , looking for an alternative to the established deities . Ghaunadaur was only a member of the drow pantheon during this time because of the worship of drow that became disaffected with Lolth . Ghaunadaur also had aspects in the form of gods who otherwise did not have any influence over the Realms . It was really Ghaunadaur who answered prayers directed at the demon prince Juiblex and the Elder Elemental God as well as those directed at Gormauth Souldrinker . In 1379 DR , Ghaunadaur , finally fed up with Lolth , left the Demonweb Pits and created a new realm in the Deep Caverns . Relationships . Ghaunadaur was thought to have no allies , but certainly , this was not always true . The archomental Bwimb and the deity Moander were both his allies , though they were both dead by the end of the 14th century Dale Reckoning . Conversely , Ghaunadaur ' s list of foes was extensive . He was an enemy of nearly every god associated with the Underdark as well as the entire Seldarine ( for being a member of the anti - Seldarine ) , Malar and Gargauth ( whom he had usurped the aspect of Gormauth Souldrinker from ) .