Freth Faith
- Queen of Spiders, Our Liberated Queen
- Faerûnian Heresies: Risen Sun | Three-Faced Sun | Dark Moon | Cult of Shared Suffering | Harlot's Coin | Freth Faith
| Aliases: | Lolth |
| Gender: | Female |
| Demonym: | Lolthite, Frethian |
| Power Level: | Heresy |
| Symbol: | A perfectly symmetrical spider web with nine anchor points |
| Alignment: | Lawful Evil |
| Portfolio: | Assassins, Order, Darkness, Drow, Evil, Spiders |
| Worshipers: | Drow, Depraved Elves, Sentient Spiders |
| Arelith worshippers' alignments[1]: | LE, NE |
| Aspects: | War and Destruction, Trickery and Deceit |
| Synergies |
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| Lolth, Baatorian Archdevils, Gargauth |
Vaunted Freth
In summary, House Freth (honoured as Vaunted Freth; id est Exalted Claddath) is one of the most powerful houses of the drow (ilythiiri, in their tongue) known to be influential in the Arelith under-region. Once cast into exile for unorthodox beliefs, they seized their chance during the City's establishment to seize a metaphorical seat at the Table. Their beliefs, in brief, are much the same as any drow: matriarchy, drow supremacy, and the glories of their spider goddess, Lolth (Lloth, to them).
It could be easy to mistake one for any other drow without care. But where the homicidal masquerade of most drow is a barely concealed veneer of civility over the chaos their goddess favours, House Freth instead seize their urges oppressively, mastering them and stratifying them. If drow society's labyrinthine ranks and strata seem hypocritical to outsiders, the Freth approach could appear to be the more logical one. They do not stop there, however. This philosophical shift stems from a fundamental schism in dogma: Lolth, a Lord of the Abyss and Deity both, revels with and is served by demons of every foul sort. Vaunted Freth, however, claim that their Queen was imprisoned in the Abyss as part of her ancient punishment for her sins against the Seldarine, and Corellon. Spurned by goodly powers and still revering their Queen, they looked around for help and to their left, they found it:
Hell.
Natural enemy of Arvandor and the Infinite Pit both, the Baatezu of Baator have proven ever-eager to respond to their emissaries, summons, demands, and requisitions. Over the centuries, this unlikely partnership has resulted in the Vaunted Freth we know today: bound devils in their legions serve their whim, syncretic rites and pacts mix the spider's web with cloying brimstone. And so, their philosophy has shifted to an iron-fisted simulacrum of orthodox Lolth worship, all in the bizarre belief that she is in need of rescuing. But who dares to correct them? The devils certainly aren't complaining, and they're always too eager to aid House Freth...