Vhaeraun
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| Alignment | Chaotic Evil | |
| Divine Rank | Lesser God | |
| Pantheon | Dark Seldarine | |
| Portfolio | Thievery, drow males, evil activity on the surface | |
| Domains | 3E: Chaos, Drow, Evil, Travel, Trickery 5E: Trickery |
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| Home Plane | Great Wheel: Ellaniath (Carceri) World Tree: Demonweb Pits (Abyss) |
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| Worshippers | Drow (Males, Halfbreeds, Rebels, Disenfranchised, Surface-Dwellers), Rogues, Assassins, Poisoners, Wielders of Shadow Magic | |
| Favoured Weapon | Shadowflash (Short sword) | |
Vhaeraun is one of the more intneresting gods in D&D. He is a member of the Dark Seldarine that actively seeks to rebel against his mother, Lolth, although unlike Eilistraee and Zinzerena he is mostly malevolent in nature.
We say "mostly" because one of his biggest criticisms of his mother is the way she has male drow treated. In fact, the way he and his priests are written are vaguley reminescent of 60s and 70s era feminists, with the caveat that their egalitarian attitudes towards the sexes does not extend to races; once he has male and female drow united, he wants them to take their rightful place as the masters of the world by returning to the surface and enslaving everyone there.
Dogma
"The shadows of the Masked Lord must cast off the tyranny of the Spider Queen and forcibly reclaim their birthright and rightful place in the Night Above. The existing drow matriarchy must be smashed, and the warring practices of twisted Lolth done away with, so that the drow are welded into a united people, not a squabbling gaggle of rival Houses, clans and aims. Vhaeraun will lead his followers into a society where drow once again reign supreme over the other, lesser races, and there is equality between males and females."