The Return of Lloth

Many years ago, Lloth the spider goddess of the drow-elves was banished by Solitaire, Heather, and Torock, using the Staff of the Damned, a powerful staff made to destroy Lloth, created by the great goddess Whisper. Mordecia, a foolish god infatuated with Lloth, put his own counter spell upon the staff, making it possible for Lloth to return when the moons and planets aligned.

Upon the last alignment, Lloth returned first in drow form. She sent out her minions of evil drows to search. The good people of Merentha, along with an old powerful prophet, retrieved the pieces of the staff and recreated it. But in an ugly twist of fate the drows of today stole the staff and gave it to Lloth, assuring her existence and reign of terror. Cardania now sits under the evil watch of Lloth, stronger, meaner, and more bitter than ever before.