With WOTC going back and rewriting the evil races, I feel like shooting out my remake of them I uses for my worlds.
I uses the Forgotten Realm drow deities as a base and connection point for my players to get a feel for who is who.
I couldn't think of a whole reason to keep Lolth around. She left such a sour taste in my mouth how she was written in DnD canon and her past self Araushnee didn’t have much to work with...
So she was a mortal elf who courted Corellon and had Vhaeraun and Eilistraee (as twin Celadrin not dark elves). She lived out her mortal life never becoming a deity by still known throughout elven religious history to modern times. She had no knowledge that Vhaeraun and Eilistraee were born demigod and rose to full on deity-hood.
Not a nudist, but known as the Queen of Drow. She is the deity of home, festivities, and music. General shown as a female (though having no gender) with long hair (which in my world long hair is general correlated to statues) and wearing light blue, silver, and gold clothing (favorite colors of Corellon.)
She is the only one to have current connections to the Seldarine and avicates for the Dark Seldarine to reintegrate to the Seldarine pantheon. But has little to no sway in her pantheon, but a strong belief in followers.
She generally keeps to herself in the pantheon, but can leverage power over most other drow deities if need be. She is a female himbo basically; strong, kind, and oblivious to most things outside her domains.)
Still not a nice guy, but better. Rules as the top deity in the pantheon though rules along side Eilistraee, but blatantly has almost full control. Drow deity of wealth, freedom, thieves, and darkness; has ties to people outside the Dark Seldarine mainly as the God of rebellion and shadow magic.
He believes in an anarchy like rule over all elvenkind, however holds drow society together our of blackmail from the rest of the pantheon as well as some pressure from the Seldarine. Generally believes elves are drawn to different types of magic and that no magic should be forbidden (Seldarine doesn’t like shadow magic making them at odds.) He steal things not related to wealth, like stealing statues or followers of other deities.
Still Vhaeraun and Zandilar kid. Drow deity of power, control, battle, and loyalty.
Had rough time growing up and killed a demon lord to get favor in the Cosmos... but got taken over by the demonlord. He regand control of himself after a millennium. Still looks slightly demonic.
He serves as military power within the pantheon and to the whole of drow society. However is not very smart and just listens to higher deities within the Dark Seldarine.
Still a lich, but a Baelnorn lich (basically a good variant of a Lich though she is CN.) Drow deity of the afterlife and judgement.
Her clerics are known to bury and holy water drow graves and tombs to keep from making undead. However also make unholy water to uses as a battle tacit.(Think of canon orc/elf relationship, drows will pour unholy water on orc graveyard to have undead attack the orc encampment.)
Her judgement is very petite and not fair is anyway. If you slighted her in life, your going to have a bad time in the afterlife is she get a hold of your soul; which she sometimes barters with other deities to get a hold of someone who slighted her to make them suffer.)
Not consort of Lolth, just a general consorting person. Drow Deity of lust, courting, love, and betrayal.
He looks over relationships within drow society; male drow are still more submissive and females more dominate in drow society. He keep male drow to a courting standard that men should show their worth to a female if lust or love is wanted, but heavily want female to have the final say in courting. Generally quiet and loyal to the pantheon and liked by most of Elven deity-hood)
Drow deity of magic and knowledge. DnD canon doesn’t have much on this guy, so I also kept it simple.
Supports and encourages unknown, chaotic, and forbidden magic. You can do any magic or study as long as it is arcane in focus, you are in his favor.
Unchanged from DnD Forgotten Realms version. Just under Vhaeraun’s rule instead of Lolth. Basically drow goddess of lies, assassins, and illusions still.
