#drow goddess

Deity Profile

**Vyr’Nerys’ close association with Arachnids of all types, and her personal godly realm’s appearance of a massive spiderweb, is best represented as her possessing the Vermin Domain (from Ultimate Wilderness).   Just as some deity’s have a Subdomain they otherwise don’t have the Domain it’s based on, Vyr’Nerys has the Vermin Domain in place of one of her Subdomains.

VYR’NERYS–  Favored Weapon: Swordbreaker Dagger              

Titles: The Whispered Queen, Mother of Schemes

CE- Domains: Evil, Chaos, Charm, Trickery, Knowledge

    Subdomains: Demon, **Vermin (UW), Deception, Innuendo, Thought, Fear

    Mysteries: Intrigue, Streets, Politics, Shadow

    Inquisitions: Conversion, Secrets, Seduction, Clandestine, Sedition

    Blessings: Evil, Chaos, Charm, Trickery, Knowledge

Areas of Influence: drow, conspiracies, ambition, arachnids

Known Worlds active on: Al’Terre, Erda, Kana

Divine Realm: The Whispered Weave (Abyssal realm)

Petitioner Traits: the “whispered” appear as ebon skinned versions of their mortal selves but with eight glowing eyes, and chitinous claws in place of their hand’s usual digits.   They gain a +4 Racial bonus to Perception checks and can see even in Magical Darkness, gain two Claw attacks that deal damage as a creature one size category smaller than their actual size instead of a Slam attack.   In addition, they are unaffected by Web spells or effects and can climb the webs of monstrous spiders (or spider-like creatures) as easily as the creature that created them.   Lastly, they gain Deceitful as a Bonus Feat.

Sacred Animal: Arachnids

Holy Symbol: a black spider, its legs arranged to look like a dagger, outlined in red

Other Info: The twin sister of Laer’Endys, Vyr’Nerys spent untold ages plotting and scheming to destroy her sister and her beloved Elven peoples.  This came to a head ages ago when Elves, across countless worlds, were slowly being corrupted into becoming the Drow by Vyr’Nerys through means still not fully understood by sages.   This corruption had advanced enough that some say it even threatened to engulf Laer’Endys herself.   The plot came undone however thanks to the efforts of mortal heroes on many worlds.   Vyr’Nerys is now more or less operating openly as the goddess of the Drow, conspiracies, and arachnids.   A consummate schemer, Vyr’Nerys and her followers have made and broken alliances with nearly all dark deities, and fiendish races.  As such, it is very common for her followers to craft odd, sometimes contradictory pantheons with these figures within, but always with Vyr’Nerys at the top.  

In art, Vyr’Nerys is always shown as a beautiful and fierce Drow priestess with hair of snow-white spider legs.   In fact, it’s believed that the first Driders were created during failed attempts to recreate this look through fleshwarping alchemy in living, mortal Drow.