Elistraee

> "*She's got that glow from within.*"
> ― Arson Nicki
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**Ellistraee of the Seldrine** is an ancient entity, who has been known by many names including Moonsong, Lady of the Dance, and Dark Maiden. Most currently she has been known as **Samantha**, a mysterious the patron of Arson Nicki. On occasion, the patron will speak with a slightly British accent, akin to Leigh Bowry. Her true form is not known, and she appears as the person she speaks to needs.

## Herstory

### Age of Men

Long ago, Elistraee and her sister Lolth, were closed. The drow of the Underdak workshipped them. Together they built a complex web throughout the world through which they could gather information through vibrations. The two sisters grew to become rivals, a rift Elistraee believes is unrepairable. She became trapped in a slowly dying body in a chamber deep below Fire Island, guarded by phase spiders loyal to her sister.

### Ancient Drow

Elistraee continued to watch over, support, and encourage drow living in an Underdark city beneath Fire Island. When these drow heard the songs of the Glamazons on the surface, Elistraee encouraged them to head to meet their neighbors. This led to some of the drow adopting drag culture and starting to form their own drag house. This angered Lolth, who cursed these drow into driders and the Glamazons were forced to seal them away in the underdark for centuries.

### A New Instrument

Through her loyal bugbear servant, Scruff, she proposed a meeting with Arson Nicki in the guise of a sexual encounter with an older muscle daddy. Taking the form of a woman named Samantha, she arrived at Arson's home. They found a deep rapport around their mutual sexual interests and exploits and Samantha offered Arson power to escape from her life, but would have to leave the Underdark. Arson agreed and set out across the surface as a drag adventurer.

She appeared again before Arson in a near-death experience the new warlock had during a battle in the House of Wunderbred, believing now was the time to reveal herself to her mentee to encourage her to live. A week later, as Arson meditated, she remembered the conversation and gained new powers and gifts.

At the Nexus of She'Bae, Arson was the only one to see Samantha sitting in a hot tub on display in the market. As her patron called her to join her, Arson found the world vanish around her. Samantha asked why Arson was traveling the world. Satisfied with the answer, she offered a pact to her protegee and was pleased when Arson chose Pact of the Blade. Departing, the patron adds one more thing "Arson Nicki, Queen of the Underdark. Just thought I'd say it out loud. Has a nice ring to it."

In the hot springs of the Crystal Palace, Samantha once again appeared to Arson. She warned that changes were coming, and things were about to get more difficult for Arson, but comforted her as well saying she would always be with the dark elf.

### Siege of Fire Island

After a shipwreck, Arson found herself in an dark elf city beneath Fire Island at a time when the Kracken was laying siege to it. After a strange encounter with a dryder, Arson found another hot tub apparition of Samantha, who said harsh things to her. Realizing this couldn't be her real patron, Arson pushed through her and the illusion dissolved into spiders.

Samantha returns to visit Arson after hearing her protege, now turned into a drider thanks to exposure to mutagen, was planning to return to the Underdark, despite how much Samantha had to do to get her out. Knowing she wanted to try and save the ancient drow warriors, Samantha was understanding and gave Arson increased power. She hoped those gifts will help Arson since her patron couldn't help her down there directly. She also worried that going into the underdark would put Arson in greater danger.

Arson successfully managed to break the curse on the driders, returning them to drow, and bringing them to the surface to help in the ongoing preparations to defeat the Kracken. One of the Ancient Drow, consulting with Arson, wondered if Arson's drider transformation, wasn't the result of the mutagen since legend states only Lolth or one of her sisters could cause such a transformation.

Samantha watched the continued events unseen, proud of Arson's progress and accomplishments, but also worried that by breaking the seal on the underdark city Arson had put both her and her patron in greater danger.

She watched as Arson's friends took control of an altar drawing power from the Kracken and shifted themselves to the etheral plane. There, Butylene O'Kipple found herself drawn to the chamber where Elistraee remained trapped. Elistraee communicated with the tiefling, helped her transform some mushrooms alchemically, and told a little of her past. Butylene wondered if there was a chance for reuniting with her sister and Elistraee said it was unlikely. However, she said she had set things up for a possible future reunifcation.

#### Looks Served

* Long blonde hair, a touch of lip gloss for freshness, a touch of blush and mascara and a nice silk slip.
* Nude, except for a fur stole around her shoulders
* Form of a gray bearded wizard with robes, staff, and hat covered in moon and stars (for Butyene)

## Behind the Queens

In terms of D&D mechanics, Samantha is based on the Hexblade patron for warlocks. Her appearance is based off of Arson Nicki's own real world fondness for the show Sex and the City. Samantha's true, in game nature remains a mystery.