![]() When Eilistraee spoke, her voice always carried a soft musicality that made mortals instinctively drawn to it. ![]() Her face bore a certain similarity to that of her mother, Lolth, as it possessed delicately sculpted features and shape, but her eyes were large, with irises that held the shifting hint of blue of a moonstone, and expressive of her mood or emotions. She usually appeared unclad, cloaked only by her ankle-length hair that shone with a bright silvery hue, and by motes of moonlight that were ever-dancing about her body. She was tall (9 feet/2.7 meters in height) and lithe, with graceful, strong limbs and a glossy, obsidian-dark skin. Īs an avatar, Eilistraee appeared as a drow female of glowing beauty. It lasted for about a century, until the Second Sundering ( circa 1480s DR), when Eilistraee returned to life and to her followers. In the 1370s DR, her conflict with her mother over the souls of the drow race ultimately led to Eilistraee's defeat and disappearance. But, despite having to overcome many hardships and setbacks, Eilistraee never gave up fighting for her people. Hers was an uphill battle, however, as her power was little and she was opposed by all the gods of the Dark Seldarine. She fought to lead them back to the lands of light, helping them to flourish and prosper in harmony with other races, free from Lolth's tyranny and the conflicts that dominated their lives. After the descent of the drow, Eilistraee tried to be a mother goddess to her people and bring them the hope of a new life. ![]() Even though she was cleared from any guilt, Eilistraee chose to share her mother's exile, because she knew that the drow would need her light in the times to come. When, during her youth, a host of evil deities assaulted Arvandor (her home), Araushnee's treachery almost made her slay her own father. She was the daughter of Araushnee (later Lolth) and Corellon Larethian, a free-spirited and kind-hearted goddess, with a fiery streak in her personality. Eilistraee pronounced her own name /ˈ aɪ l ɪ sˌ t r aɪ i/ EYEL-iss-TRY-ee, but her name has been mispronounced variously as /ˈ i l ɪ sˌ t r eɪ j i/ EEL-iss-TRAY-yee, / i lˈ ɪ s t r eɪ i/ eel-ISS-tray-ee, / i l ɪ sˈ t r eɪ i/ eel-iss-TRAY-ee, / aɪ l ɪ sˈ t r eɪ j i/ eyel-iss-TRAY-yee, while Elminster Aumar, Qilué Veladorn, and the rest of the Seven Sisters pronounced it / aɪ lˈ ɪ s t r i/ eyel-ISS-tree, even when addressing the goddess face to face. She was often referred to as the The Dark Maiden, the Lady of the Dance, or Lady Silverhair, and sometimes The Dark Dancer, among other titles Briefly, she was known as The Masked Lady, when her faith subsumed that of the Masked Lord Vhaeraun, her divine brother, while the Seven Sisters nicknamed her Darkfire of Love. ![]() She was the patroness and protector of the few dark elves who longed to return to the surface and live there, at peace with other races, and to abandon the endless conflicts and intrigues that dominated the lives of most drow. Harp notes Church of Eilistraee Eilistraee ( pronounced: /ˈ aɪ l ɪ sˌ t r aɪ i/ EYEL-iss-TRY-ee ) was the chaotic good drow goddess of beauty, song, dance, freedom, moonlight, swordwork, and hunting, within the drow pantheon known as the Dark Seldarine.
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