🕸️Coronis Duskryn backstory 🗡️
Born in 1268 DR to the noble house of Duskryn, Coronis was the first born daughter of high priestess Dhaunae and an unknown father, and granddaughter to Prae’enelle Duskryn who assumed the role of matron in 1358 DR. in her early years, she was tutored by her mother in the ways of Menzoberranzan and the worship of lolth, often receiving severe punishments for perceived failures. When Coronis was age 8, she began training with the house weapon master and soon became adept with a sword and showed great military prowess.
At age 20, she was sent to arach tinilith to train as a priestess, though she also briefly attended melee maghthere. Coronis thrived in her school years, and showed a great aptitude for violence and sadism; she found strength in the darkness of Menzoberranzan's brutal culture. While pursuing her education, she began a relationship with fellow priestess in training Chandaura Druu’giir and the two were rarely seen without the other. At age 80, Coronis graduated from arach tinilith and officially became a priestess, swearing an oath to the spider queen. Coronis was incredibly devout and loyal to Lolth, however, in 1372, during the war of the spider queen, her faith was shaken when lolth stopped answering prayers and soon the uprising began. Coronis stayed loyal to lolth throughout this tumultuous time and aided Menzoberranzan against the siege of the Duergar. Finally, in 1373, Lolth was transformed into a greater deity and the silence of lolth ended.
Though stronger now and still dedicated to lolth, Coronis chose to improve her skills with the sword and study military tactics out of fear she would not be able to rely on the spider queen for all her strength. Coronis earned a reputation as a formidable knight of lolth, known for her military prowess and cruelty towards her enemies.
When she was not in the throes of battle, she had relations with many maidens and fellow priestesses, often her ladies in waiting, though she favored Chanduara Druu’giir above all and took her as a consort. However, this relationship ended in 1380 when Coronis was given the test of loyalty in a vision where Lolth claimed her consort had turned to the worship of Eilistraee. Though Coronis had secretly grown to love her consort and did not wish to harm her, she ultimately feared lolths wrath and believed her love for Chandaura was weakening her. Ultimately, she obeyed lolth divine command and killed her consort as a sacrifice to the spider queen. Though Chandauras body mysteriously disappeared, it was rumored that house Duskryn ate her remains in a strange ritual to lolth. After passing this difficult test, Coronis was given lolths favour and ascended to the role of high priestess. After which she invested herself fully into her duties as a knight of lolth and dedicated herself to furthering her house's power. eventually earned herself the title “Coronis the merciless”.
Things however changed in 1476, after a strenuous and difficult labor, Coronis bore her first child, a son, which she named Mavros. Coronis felt a love for her son she had never felt for another soul. She wished to see him grow and treated him very affectionately which roused the suspicions of her mother. When the boy was 8 months old, Coronis was given another vision by Lolth, proclaiming that all sons she shall bear should be sacrificed to lolth. Lolth claimed that every son she bore would be a scourge on her house and that if she did not obey, all subsequent children would be slaughtered as punishment. Coronis was devastated by this decree. She had grown a close bond with her newborn son and could not bear losing him. She pleaded and begged, offering many other sacrifices in his stead, but lolth demanded the boy be sacrificed on her altar. Facing an impossible decision, though Coronis greatly feared Lolths wrath, Coronis broke her oath to lolth and fled Menzoberranzan in secret with her newborn son where she ventured onto the surface for the first time. As a result of her disobedience, she was stripped of all divine magic given to her by lolth and was severely weakened , having only to rely on her skill with the sword now. She continued on forsaken and faithless, an outcast on the surface and an exile from her home. Though she found great joy in seeing her son grow into a strong and kind man. She still mourns her home and the life she has lost, but looks to the future with hope. She has found comfort in the worship of the goddess of death and now serves as a paladin of the raven queen. She finds herself searching for adventure and glory once again now that her son has left the nest to pursue his own adventure.
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