Mother of Lusts

## Goddess of Trickery

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The Mother of Lusts is a Lesser Deity in Ahlus that occupies a place amongst the Malign.

## History

Known as Lolth to those not native to Ahlus, the Mother of Lusts is the evil god of deceit, pleasure and the darkness of night and the Abyss. A master manipulator, she drains those that call her friend and foe alike for information to fuel her schemes and plots, utilising treachery above all to further her personal goals. Claiming dominion over the creatures of the Underdark, she shows the Drow the extent of their power, stirring their minds to dream of their potential - all tied to the advancement of her own desires, naturally.

The Mother of Lusts used to be an Intermediate Deity in Ahlus, but with the diminishment of her worshippers, is now considered one of the weakest amongst the Lesser Deities of the continent.

## Enemies

The Mother of Lust has a particular hatred for Taranis, for it is his unfaltering gaze that casts light across the continent of Ahlus and was responsible for driving her devoted from the surface and into the shadows and glooms of the Underdark. Followers of Divinus are also of note for the Mother of Lusts, who delights in feeding them disinformation and lies.

## Commandments

* Bind those around you to your goal with adoration, inflict terror upon those that will not show you love.
* Those that reside in the light have not yet felt the suffering you have endured in the dark. Show them the meaning of torment.
* Lies, lust and libel should all be weapons in your arsenal. Exploit them all to further your goals.

## Exarchs and Paragons

To mortals, the Mother of Lusts appears undeniably a notoriously fickle entity, masterful in her manipulation of lies and deceit as spider upon web, but in truth she is capable of true and definitive devotion and support - provided it continues to fulfil her wishes and desires, which are indeed beyond the grasp of most mere mortals. As such, her chosen channels through which to act primarily through may seem sporadic, novel or otherwise misplaced at times, but all fundamentally serving a greater purpose - each a single strand on the infinite nexus of threads that she plucks when fancies hedonistic, sinister or otherwise come calling.

Of particular curiosity where those chosen entities that came in time to be known as the Vengeful Banshee, Venomire's Thane and The Masked Lord. Some speculate these entities, granted power sufficient to become Lesser Deities in their own right to once have been demons pried from the depths of the Abyss, others instead suggest they were mortals, risen in servitude alongside and unknown to one another as Exarchs - and from there granted ascension. All three have long since struggled against the Mother of Lusts, seeking to break free of her dominion but finding them ever-tangled, bound in servitude. Fulfilling portfolios of vengeance & undeath, martial prowess & violence and thievery & virility respectfully, they appear to stand at odds with Lolth's schemes - but instead feed directly into her revelry in chaos, safe in the knowledge that the expanse of her plans prepares her, and purposely only her, for whatever might occur next.

Upon the Prime Material Plane, The Mother of Lusts was represented for many centuries by the Matron Mother Ilmra Kenarnvar, Matriarch of the Middledark city of Imlegroth. From the western spine of the Ironfangs in the Aurochs Plains to the mines of Castle Glatlinia in the Duchies of Tynd, not one of the Principal Races could shrug off the creeping sense of doom and despair when darkness came for the surface when the Kernarnvars sought a new crop of slaves for labour and sacrifice alike. Fearsome in her own right, the terror that followed Matron Mother Ilmra's name was only bolstered by her triplet daughters, Alvdra, Erelsyne and Yasala - all three of them 'Favoured One' draegloths.