Elhonna, Elune, Araushnee
The fairest of the Gods
These sisters three ruled eternity
Or so it was

The proud, beautiful eldest
Was silver-tongued Araushnee
Quick-tempered, and the darkest
Of the divine, lovely three

Woodland Queen, huntress of the wild
Elhonna walked upon the world
A restless spirit, Denev’s middle child
Her place was on Dinarda’s soil

Elhonna’s younger twin, gentle and serene
Elune, lost in Fate’s twisting strand
What was, what will, and all between
She remained behind

The titans then, were overthrown
In the bloodiest war of heaven
Saving the Earth Mother alone
And Jhanus, her faithful comrade

Araushnee’s pride, children of her thought
Her clever weavers of lovely gossamer
Elhonna’s wonder the graceful spiders caught
And her delighted praise rained down

Elune could see some evil stir,
An adder raising up a blunted head
But that did naught to Fate deter
And the battle was begun

Though rivals, the sisters had admired
Each other, and praised the others’ crafts
But when other forces conspired
How could their affection last?

Araushnee’s wandering eyes made clear
A vision she was to bring to pass
Her silvery speech wound in Elhonna’s ear
What trouble a gift, one favor?

She had tempted her sister, kindled a flame
And the wild goddess sought fitting counsel
But Araushnee’s glory brought only shame
Denev’s sage advice, Elune’s stark warning

Legends say the day Elhonna left to work
Elune broke into tears of horror
And Pandoras showed his wicked smirk
For that “gift” was the fall of Araushnee

As Elhonna wrought her steady craft
Her sister was twisted with poison words
And as he let chaos fly, the Dark One laughed
At the seed of evil buried in the goddess

His lies told her she had been betrayed
And she shaped her own children in the depths
Leading them in her profane crusade
A vengeance against the blameless

She swayed the dark gods with bloody promise
And plotted to betray them all
Elhonna, in denial, affected deafness
Giving no sign as she had heard a word

Araushnee’s spiders swarmed the bronzed gate
Distorted beyond all recognition
The Seldarine fought back nigh too late
But lo and behold, the evil ones began to quarrel

As the monstrous gods fell on each other
Their armies failed and faltered
Araushnee now faced both her sisters and her mother
And it was they who cast her down

She, her spiders, and her ebony-skinned children fled
Her name outlawed in the immortal realms
Re-termed Lolth, the Queen of Spiders dread
She and her drow dwell below in the darkness wretched

Elhonna, Elune, Araushnee
The fairest of the Gods
These sisters three ruled eternity
Or so it was…