Chapter 1: Campaigns in tal'Dorei 21followers into attacking her enemies so that the drow may
remain safe. The only being the Spider Queen fears is the
Chained Oblivion; she dreads its alien mind and is furious
over what its madness is doing to her children.
Many icons and idols within dark elf society show the
image of the Spider Queen, a darkly alluring woman of
dark purple skin and silver hair, her abdomen swelling
into the terrifying body of a monstrous spider.
Comm andments of the sPider Queen
- It is better to be loved than feared, but you may certainly
try to be both. - Misdirection, slander, and shadowed steps have more func-
tion than direct conflict. - Death to the elves who live under the sun. Death to all
their allies!
the strife emperor
Alignment: Lawful Evil • Domain: Wa r
Blood-drenched armies of brutal warriors oft crush their
foes in the name of the Strife Emperor, the evil patron of
war and conquest. To serve his will is to accept the call to
conflict, seeking lesser people to break and subjugate. War-
mongering nations and goblinoid tribes worship the Strife
Emperor as they strike out at the world to bend it beneath
them. The Strife Emperor twists all living things to his iron
will, even forcing nature itself to bow to his whims.
A dark reflection of the honorable warrior, the Strife
Emperor is often depicted as a brutish ogre-like man clad
from head to toe in jagged black armor. Heads dangle
from his belt, and the shadow that obscures his helmeted
face does not hide his unblinking, piercing yellow eyes.
The Strife Emperor’s greatest enemy is the Wildmother,
the goddess who defeated him at Rifenmist during the
Calamity. The Strife Emperor grew his armies by corrupt-
ing noble creatures into monsters and destroying the wilds
to fuel his terrible engines of conflict, and the two deities
clashed many times during the war before his defeat at
Beynsfal Plateau. The emperor’s massive iron armor still
litters Beynsfal, and his massive helmet houses the capital
city of a ruthless hobgoblin empire.
Comm andments of the strife emPeror- Fear is your ally. Conquer yours, and draw it from your foes.
- Disorder and rebellion are to be punished severely.
- Combat is the greatest gift, and perfecting your skills to
master it is the greatest pursuit.
the sCaleD tyrant
Alignment: Lawful Evil • Domains: Tr ic ker y, Wa r
The evil queen of dragons is a fearsome god of greed,
envy, and hoarded wealth. While chromatic dragons are
her clearest worshipers, the Scaled Tyrant accepts the
worship of all who love wealth over all things—except the
queen of dragons herself, of course. All chromatic drag-
ons have a reverence for their tyrannical queen, but many
dragons of near-deific power and ambition chafe under
her rule. Though the Scaled Tyrant was pleased by the
chaos the Chroma Conclave spread across Exandria, the
prideful Conclave never considered themselves subservient
to the Dragon Queen.
The Scaled Tyrant’s hatred for the Platinum Dragon is
as old as the Founding, and her cults are ever hunted by
his justice. Her worship has for centuries been limited to
chromatic dragons by these zealous paladins, but sects
of mortal dragon-worshipers have been appearing across
Tal’Dorei ever since the Chroma Conclave’s attack.
Most visual representations of the Scaled Tyrant exist
as a warning within sanctuaries of the Platinum Dragon.
She is often shown as a drake of frightful size, massive
leathery wings birthing clouds of poisonous mist with
every flight, while she shouts from five vicious dragon
heads, each head depicting a different chromatic color of
her evil children.Comm andments of the sCaled ty r ant- Amass wealth, and spend little. The gold, and the power
that comes with it, is sufficient reward. - Do not forgive nor forget an indignity to yourself. Let no
affront go unpunished. - Take what you covet. Those without the strength to defend
their dominion are not worthy to have a dominion.
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