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White, 42, wins Palmetto Amateur
Todd White, 42, outlasted Paul Woodbury and Riley Pumphrey in a five-hole playoff on Saturday to win the Palmetto Amateur at Palmetto Golf Club in Aiken, S.C.
Clanton cruises to North and South title
Clanton wins North & South
Cydney Clanton defeated Lisa McCloskey, 3 and 1, to win the North and South Women's Amateur Championship at Pinehurst No. 2. Clanton was runner-up at last year's North and South.
Pavin to meet with Woods about Ryder Cup
American Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin will talk to Tiger Woods at next month's PGA Championship to learn whether he wants to be on his team at Celtic Manor in Wales in October.
After 60, Pettersson 4 back at Canadian Open
Dean Wilson shot his third straight 5-under 65 on Saturday to take a four-stroke lead over record-setting Carl Pettersson, Tim Clark and Bob Estes in the Canadian Open, pulling away with three straight birdies at rainy St. George's.
Flanagan leads Children's Hospital Invite
Nick Flanagan fired a 2-under 69 on Saturday to take a one-shot lead at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational at Ohio State's Scarlet Course in Columbus, Ohio.
Chen tops Dambaugh for U.S. Girls' title
Chen wins U.S. Girls' Jr.
Doris Chen became known this week for her consistent play, and that's exactly what led her to a U.S. Girls' Junior title. Julie Williams reports.
Liu, 14, becomes youngest U.S. Junior champ
Liu, 14, wins U.S. Jr.
Jim Liu replaced Tiger Woods as the youngest U.S. Junior winner in history on Saturday. As Ryan Lavner writes, this is only the beginning.
Langer takes Sr. British lead; Pavin 3 behind
Bernhard Langer took a 3 shot lead at the Senior British Open.
Pettersson fires record 60 at Canadian Open
Carl Pettersson shot a 10-under 60 to break the Canadian Open record, missing a 59 when his 30-foot birdie putt from the fringe on 18 grazed the left edge.
Pressel eagles final hole, leads by 2 at Evian
Morgan Pressel is in front by two strokes after three rounds at the Evian Masters.
Dambaugh goes 1 up at U.S. Girls' Junior
Dambaugh 1 up at U.S. Girls'
South Carolina's Katelyn Dambaugh has taken a 1-up lead over Doris Chen at the midway point of the U.S. Girls' Junior Amateur.
Liu 3 up midway through U.S. Junior final
Liu 3 up at U.S. Jr. finals
Fourteen-year-old Jim Liu has taken a 3-up lead over Justin Thomas with 18 holes remaining at the U.S. Junior Amateur.
Choi, Johnson lead in Sweden; Louis 1 back
K.J. Choi of South Korea and Richard Johnson of Sweden share the lead at the Scandinavian Masters after the third round, and British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen blew a chance to join them.


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CINCINNATI (AP) Semaj Christon scored 18 points on Saturday, and Xavier overcame an early 11-point deficit to beat La Salle 70-63 and remain perfect in the Atlantic 10.
CINCINNATI (AP) Semaj Christon and Brad Redford scored 21 points apiece as Xavier dominated George Washington for a 71-56, Atlantic 10 Conference victory Saturday.
CINCINNATI (AP) Travis Taylor made two free throws with 11 seconds left, and Xavier ended its longest losing streak in 31 years by beating Temple 57-52 on Thursday night despite missing point gua
CINCINNATI (AP) Karl Cochran scored 20 points and Wofford overcame a 14-point deficit to edge Xavier 56-55 Saturday and win for the fourth time in five games.
CINCINNATI (AP) Semaj Christon and Brad Redford lifted the Xavier offense when the Musketeers needed it most.

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Atlanta-based author, pundit and media consultant Phil Kent, former president of the Southeastern Legal Foundation, tells this column that he's hosting a party on the evening of March 9 in the Buckhead section of the city to honor popular Internet blogger "Buckhead" - otherwise known as prominent Atlanta lawyer Harry MacDougald.
"Harry is the bathrobe-clad guy - literally - who 'outed' Dan Rather and CBS less than four hours after they broke the phony Bush National Guard papers" story, Kent says.
Rather, who will relinquish his anchor chair after 24 years next week, is accused by conservative critics of being motivated by politics in developing the now infamous - and discredited - segment on President Bush's Guard service.
"We'll be watching Dan Rather's last broadcast," Kent says of his party, "and I'll present Buckhead a framed certificate for 'going above and beyond his patriotic duty.'"
Major Garrett, a Fox News reporter and former deputy national editor of The Washington Times, says that contrary to liberal thinking, this country has not seen a rise of supposed "right-wing media giants, such as my employer, the Fox News Channel."
"The media aren't suddenly right-wing or right-of-center, but rather the agenda of the nation has moved in that direction," Garrett argues in his new book, "The Enduring Revolution: How the Contract With America Continues to Shape the Nation."
How so?
"Because since 1994, congressional Republicans (first led by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich) have set the political debate in America," he says. "First, they changed Bill Clinton into a budget-balancing, tax-cutting, welfare-reforming centrist, and later, with George W. Bush in the White House, they had even more power to direct the nation's agenda."
In other words, Garrett concludes: "The media didn't suddenly become captives of conservative groupthink. They simply filtered the dominant political action of the day."
It's time to announce winners of the "Tarnished Halo" awards, presented annually by the Center for Consumer Freedom to America's most notorious animal-rights zealots, environmental scaremongers, celebrity busybodies, self-anointed "public interest" advocates, trial lawyers and other food-and-beverage activists who claim to "know what's best for you."
In the "Reverend Rooster" category, the winner is Al Sharpton, a "publicity-seeking preacher" who joined People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in crowing at KFC restaurants and trying to instigate a boycott by the black community.
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Technical Specialists in the United States pull down an average of $71K annually. Total cash compensation for Technical Specialists runs from $37K to $109K depending on bonuses that can occasionally exceed $11K and profit sharing that can reach almost $9K. The most important factor affecting compensation for this group is residence, followed by tenure and the specific company. Male Technical Specialists are far more common among survey respondents than their female counterparts, who typically comprise less than one-third of the field. Most enjoy medical while a strong majority get dental coverage. Vision coverage is also available to a majority. Work is enjoyable for Technical Specialists, who typically claim high levels of job satisfaction. This report is based on answers to PayScale's salary questionnaire.
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Which would be a better gift? A 60mm refractor or a 10x50 binocular?
The BINOCULARS by far. With them a person can "learn their way" around the sky with a 5 to 7 degree field of view and see many open clusters, nebulae and even split some double stars. The Moon is great in my 10x50's.
A 60mm scope is just too small to see much more than the Moon and a little bit of detail on Jupiter and Saturn. Also, the mounts that come with most 60mm refractors is just too unstable to use and/or find objects.
Just out of curiousity, can your 10x50 see Jupiter in detail? At least Its belts or the great red spot?
My second scope I got is a 60mm and I can't even see details on Jupiter. Maybe it's because I live in a city. :grumpy: The mount is definitely unstable. :grumpy:
7x50s are a little easier to hold steady than 10x50s, and the exit pupil of 7x50's is almost perfect for dark-adapted eyes. 7x50's were really popular for many years and there a LOT of them around used, especially since many folks switched to compact, lightweight roof-prism model with smaller objectives. You may be able to find a really nice pair of 7x50's used for a fair price at a pawn shop, thrift store, etc. I paid about $50 for my Nikons in a close-out sale (this was about 15 years ago). Remember that "coated optics" doesn't mean "multi-coated" or "fully multi-coated". Good coatings greatly improve contrast, so try to get the best optical quality you can find in your price range.
That would be a better choice then. But I doubt I can get any from a pawn shop here.
Yes I can see the cloud belts, but as turbo-1 said, anything above 7x is unsteady to hand-hold. I mount mine on a standard photo tripod and can see much more than just hand-held.
I would go with the 10x50's instead of 7x50's for the increase in power. These would give you an exit pupil of 5mm. Very few people ever actually get "dark-adapted" enough for their eyes to open past 5mm, you would have to be totally away from all lights in a very dark-sky site.
As for the Pawn shop, I would steer clear unless you know a lot about how to "check out" binoculars before you buy. I just got a nice pair of Pentax 8x40's for hand holding for under $100 on sale at Adorama in New York. I also have a pair of 7-pound 20x80's, but the tripod and mount cost more than the binoculars did!
This is one reason I never opted for the big 100mm binoculars. It means one more tripod and mount to carry and a lot more bulk. I have a nice Cassegrain/Newtonian as a wide-field scope, but I never take it out for that reason. Once I've set up the Astro-Physics (with its Vernonscope and 2" 50mm ocular as a finder), I've pretty much got all I need, with the 7x50s for quick scans.
I live in central Maine where there are no big cities and few large towns. A 20-minute drive will get you to skies where the milky way will knock you out and M31 glows like a beacon. The crisp bright images and 7.2 degree field of view of the 7x50s (and being able to use both eyes to integrate the images) are a big plus under these circumstances.
True, you've got to do your homework or deal with a seller that is knowledgeable and trustworthy. If you deal with a pawnshop, you'd better count on the "homework" factor to protect yourself. Go out armed with price lists and specs to make sure you're getting a fair deal. For sure, there are lots of junk binoculars in pawn shops, but there are occasional prizes, too, including some well-made military surplus ones.
Here is a link to a most informative page (from Sky and Telecope) about how to evaluate binoculars.
don't buy junk for 200 dollars.good quality binoculars or telescopes are quite expensive.
I bought Fujinon 16 x 70 binoculars and they are simply excellent,but I had to pay for them 1000 bucks.
Scanning the sky with binoculars is much better on your eyes, go for binoculars.
Where do you live that the Fujinon 16 x 70 binoculars cost $1000?
They can be had for $600 a lot of places. I bought those about 5 years ago when they were selling for about $450.
Also, there are some fine binoculars from Japan and Germany, some small ones costing well over $2000, but there have come onto the market some very good ones, BAK-4 prisms, full (and correct) multicoatings, waterproof, etc., etc. that can be had for far less than the big-bucks that Swarovski, etc. want for their jewel-plated stuff. A lot of the price of the famous names goes into just buying the name, not better binoculars. Some of the $2000+ jobs ARE sharper to the edge, but not enough to justify those prices.
P.S. The Pentax 8x40's I just got retail for over $200, were on sale for $120 and had a Pentax rebate for $40. That's $80 for waterproof, BAK-4, famous Pentax FMC and all. I got them yesterday and just took them out back for a "first-look" and they are VERY sharp. Certainly not junk, but cost me $80.
Adorama will send you the following email when you request a price for the Fujinon 16x70 FMTSX binoculars:
Unfornunately, this binocular has only 10mm of eye relief which is very tight for most people. I sold mine.
I paid for mine 16x70 Fujinon's in Canadian dollars few years ago, that would make about thousand US bucks.Sorry about that.
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It's nearly impossible to describe Forbidden Zone to the uninitiated. It's a musical, a surreal fairy tale, an avant-garde live-action cartoon, and a strangely alluring jab at the boundaries of good taste. It's black-and-white and nutty all over and has become a cult sensation since its 1980 release. A film as singularly odd as Forbidden Zone obviously has one hell of a backstory. Fortunately, I didn't have to sneak through any basement portals to track down director and coscripter Richard Elfman. Now the editor of Buzzine an entertainment and pop culture mag with a bustling Web site, www.buzzine.com Elfman e-mailed and chatted with me over the phone about what's possibly the strangest movie ever made, featuring the first film score by his brother, Danny Elfman.
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SFBG How did you move from the Grand Magic Circus to form the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo?
RICHARD ELFMAN Shortly [after the Toronto festival], the Magic Circus opened a major show in Paris. I was invited to join the company, which I did, and soon brought my younger brother Danny in. I married the leading lady, Marie-Pascale Frenchy in Forbidden Zone. The show was billed as an avant-garde musical, but in fact much of it had roots in both turn of the century absurdism and French classical comedy.
After a year of touring Europe and beyond, I, along with Frenchy and my childhood friend Gene Cunningham [Pa in Forbidden Zone], formed the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo back in Los Angeles. My brother Danny, who went from the Magic Circus to a year in the African bush I'm not joking joined us shortly thereafter. The Mystic Knights incorporated absurdist comedy with an eclectic mix of great older music, pieces [by Cab Calloway and others] that could no longer be heard live elsewhere, along with original avant-garde pieces by Danny. As the '70s moved along, I went off to other projects; under my brother's direction, the Mystic Knights were ultimately bent into a rock band, Oingo Boingo.
SFBG Obviously, several of the performers in Forbidden Zone were from the theater troupe but how did Susan Tyrrell and Hervé Villechaize get involved?
RE Well, the film had Frenchy [who starred and was the production designer], Gene, my brother, and all of the Mystic Knights, along with Danny's childhood friend and original Knight, Matthew Bright, who played Squeezit and René Henderson. He also cowrote Forbidden Zone and went on to write and direct films like Freeway [1996]. Matthew's roommate at the time was Hervé Villechaize, the king. Hervé's girlfriend was Susan Tyrrell, the queen. Et voilà!
SFBG What were some of the challenges you faced during filming?
RE I didn't know what the fuck I was doing when I started, but I eventually figured things out and got over three arduous years something that gives the sense what our Mystic Knights shows were like. The music was easy, as I had experience staging and choreographing musicals, and my little brother is Mozart. The animation bankrupted me, however. We inked things cell by cell, the old-fashioned way.
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WASHINGTON – Temperatures have been soaring into the triple digits, and this weekend is expected to break heat records. Stay cool with events that keep you distracted from the scorching days.
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Time is running out to enjoy this year's Smithsonian Folklife Festival, which ends Sunday. Stop by Saturday for "Chuck Brown Tribute Day" featuring performances by Cold Hearted Band, No Question Band and Junkyard Band. There will also be a narrative stage session about the history and future of go-go music.
The Paris Opera Ballet makes a rare appearance stateside with its production of the classic "Giselle" at the Kennedy Center through July 8. Run time is approximately hours, and tickets are $29 to $150. Buy online or call 202-467-4600.
Flashback to the days of side ponytails and terrible fashion with AFI's Totally Awesome 6: Great Films of the 1980's series. Summer flicks include "Commando", "First Blood", "Spaceballs" and "Married to the Mob." This weekend, the theater is also offering a Two for $20 special, which gets moviegoers two back-to-back screenings for just $20. On tap for Saturday is "Night of the Comet" and "Fright Night." Check the website for a full list of screenings.
For those brave enough to step outdoors, head out to Oronoco Bay Park Saturday for Alexandria's birthday celebration. Between 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m., enjoy live entertainment, children's activities, birthday cake and fireworks. The highlight of the evening is a concert by the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra featuring "Stardust on the Potomac." Fireworks close out the celebration with Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" at 9:30 p.m. The Marine Corps will provide cannon support.
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Lolth (pronounced LOALTH [5]), sometimes Lloth in the Drow dialect,[note 1] the Queen of Spiders or Queen of the Demonweb Pits, was a goddess of the drow[6], a chaotic evil deity who reveled in chaos. She patterned her life and the lives of her worshipers on a regimen of chaotic acts and the veneration of spiders. The way that new-born spider broods tore each other apart to survive especially appealed to her. She promoted this by encouraging her worshipers to kill their rivals, thus ensuring that they were the strongest of the "brood". Her love of chaos often made her appear mad but the wise saw her as a calculating individual who was always several steps ahead of those who believed that they could anticipate her. She was cruel and domineering, forcing her will upon her followers and her enemies, a will that instructed the strong to crush the weak in the most torturous way imaginable.[citation needed]
Lolth's clerics had no set uniform, but spider motifs and darker clothes were the norm. Some rites required the worshiper to wear no clothing at all. Her sacred animals were arachnids. Lolth was worshiped almost exclusively by drow, though other sentient races venerated the Lady of Spiders as well. Her clergy sacrificed the living and treasure to her glory.[citation needed]
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- The Militant Myrlochar, sometimes known as the Order of Soul Spiders, was an elite fighting organization comprised exclusively of crusader males and found in the dark elven cities where Lolth was worshiped and males were allowed entrance into her priesthood. The Militant Myrlochar directly served the reigning Matron Mothers of the city, as workers of irrepressible chaos.[citation needed]
- Handmaidens of the Spider Queen
- The Handmaidens of the Spider Queen were an order of female crusaders with no permanent ties to any individual city. Also known as the "Daughters of the Yochlol", the Handmaidens served as instruments of Lolth's will in times when the Spider Queen needed to bring an entire city into line. At least three times in recorded history the Handmaidens of the Spider Queen assaulted and destroyed an entire dark elven city that threatened to drift from Lolth's web of chaos. When not assembled into an army of chaos and vengeance, the Handmaidens worked in small companies scattered throughout the Underdark, harassing merchant trains that looked to other deities for protection and conducting hit-and-run raids on cities ruled by the clergy of other deities.[citation needed]
RelationshipsEditLolth was a fervent enemy of the Seldarine, especially Corellon Larethian, Sehanine Moonbow, and Fenmarel Mestarine, for the parts they played in foiling her scheme to overthrow the Seldarine. She was also an enemy of both her children Vhaeraun and Eilistraee (who knew her as "the Tyrant Poisoner"),[7] though she appreciated all the effort her son put into his plans to get rid of her. It was in accordance with her views on the chaotic nature of the drow.[citation needed]Gruumsh was a former ally, later her enemy. He blamed her for the failed attack on his arch-nemesis Corellon.[citation needed]
Lolth shared an enmity with Ghaunadaur, another former ally who went mad with rage when she refused his romantic interests. She also opposed every non-drow deity of the Underdark.
Lolth had tentative alliances with Loviatar, Malar, and several tanar'ri lords, including Errtu, who was the caretaker of Menzoberranzan, her favorite city, during the Time of Troubles. The only alliance she ever had that could possibly be described as solid would be the one she had with Selvetarm. He was her consort and, although he was not hugely enamored of that fact, he guarded her vigilantly. In 1375 DR, however, Selvetarm was slain by a worshiper of Eilistraee wielding the Crescent Blade (with the help of the transformed Halisstra Melarn), leaving her alone to fend off external threats.[citation needed]
AraushneeEditLolth was formerly Araushnee, elven goddess of destiny, artisans, and dark elves. She was the lover of Corellon and had him completely smitten by her grace and beauty, but she grew power-hungry and a sense of never-before-seen greed and cruelty entered into her mind. She began to aid Corellon's enemies. In a fight with his nemesis Gruumsh, Araushnee aided the orc god and Corellon had to flee.[citation needed] She then sent her new ally Malar to hunt her weakened lover but, through sheer skill of arms, Corellon, with the help of Sehanine Moonbow, managed to defeat the Beastlord.[citation needed]
Corellon still had no idea that his beautiful consort was behind the attacks but Sehanine Moonbow found out the truth after discovering that Araushnee had started an affair with Fenmarel Mestarine in an effort to have him aid her in an upcoming rebellion. Although at first entranced by her advances, he eventually spurned her. Sehanine confronted Araushnee and was imprisoned as a result.[citation needed] With her subtle plans failed, she instead organized an attack on the entire Seldarine with her "Anti-Seldarine" consisting of Vhaeraun, Malar, Ghaunadaur, Gruumsh, Auril, and a host of other gods of goblinoids, orcs, giants, and kobolds, as well as Eilistraee, who was only an unwitting participant in her schemes. Sehanine escaped from her imprisonment and warned Corellon of the impending attack. Despite their force of numbers, the anti-Seldarine were defeated. While her allies fled, Araushnee directly confronted her former lover but then Sehanine, Hanali Celanil, and Aerdrie Faenya came to the rescue, merging their powers together to become a single deity, Angharradh. Araushnee was defeated and cast into the Abyss along with both of her children (despite the fact that Corellon knew Eilistraee had been tricked). Araushnee's banishment also involved Corellon turning her into a bloated spider demon so that he could not be persuaded by her beauty to reconsider his decision.[citation needed]
LolthEditAraushnee took the name "Lolth" and turned the 66th layer of the Abyss into her new home. Without another home, Vhaeraun, Eilistraee, and Ghaunadaur took up small residences there, though Vhaeraun and Eilistraee rarely visited them, preferring to wander in the Plane of Shadow and Arvandor respectively. Ghaunadaur took the opportunity of living in the same realm as Lolth to announce his love for her but Lolth prized physical beauty, an attribute Ghaunadaur did not have and rejected his advances. The drow demi-power Kiaransalee created a tower of bones in the realm and was thusly subjugated by Lolth's will into becoming her reluctant vassal. Lolth also learned of the demon prince Zanassu, who claimed divine dominion over spiders. Considering her new body, she thought it was her sole right to own such a portfolio and angrily tricked Selvetarm into attacking the demon prince, killing him. She gained a divine portfolio and a new consort. She used her regained divinity to turn the 66th layer into the Demonweb Pits, morphing it into a giant funnel-shaped web to fit her spidery appearance.
Some time afterward, the moon elf Kethryllia Amarillis intruded into the demonweb, reminding Lolth of a way to regain more of her divinity by having the surface elves worship her once more.[citation needed]
She began corrupting the surface elves, especially the dark-skinned and warlike Illythiri of whom she used to be the sole patron. It was her actions during the Second Crown War that ended up causing the Illythiri to turn to darkness when she sent the balor lord Wendonai and other demonic servants to offer corrupting power to the dark elves. Just before the Illythiri were turned into drow, they had begun openly worshiping Lolth.[8]
Although she attempted to inspire a couple of invasions of Evermeet, Lolth seemed to have been content to sit and watch her worshipers killing each other in the Underdark, at least until the Time of Troubles. She spent most of her time as an avatar tracking down the new drow demi-power in the realms, Zinzerena. She killed Zinzerena easily and became more chaotic in nature as a result, actually spreading the faith of Zinzerena (who wanted to rebel against Lolth) in Menzoberranzan, and granted spells in her name seemingly just for the sheer irony. When the Time of Troubles ended, Lolth also began granting spells to the followers of Moander after he was killed by Finder Wyvernspur.[citation needed]
Silence of LolthEditThe Silence of Lolth came in 1372 DR. Clerics suddenly could not receive spells, throwing the entire theocratic drow society into turmoil. Two great drow cities were destroyed, while others were taken over by Vhaeraunites. A band of drow led by Quenthel Baenre, the Mistress of Arach-Tinilith in Menzoberranzan, attempted to discover what had happened to their goddess. They sought the help of Tzirik Jaelre, a high priest of Vhaeraun. Through communion with his god, Tzirik discovered that Lolth was denying contact to everybody but did find that she was still alive, simply sealed in the Demonweb Pits. The group felt they had been summoned to the Demonweb Pits and so they traveled there with Tzirik via astral projection. They found Lolth's black temple but were unable to enter or provoke a response. Tzirik opened a gate for Vhaeraun, who attempted to destroy Lolth. However, Selvetarm, the champion of Lolth, appeared. They fought and fell from Lolth's temple as the group escaped the plane by killing Tzirik.[9]
Lolth eventually re-emerged. She had moved the Demonweb Pits from the Abyss to its own separate plane, where spiders destroyed each other every day and Lolth weeded out the weak, even from among her dead as they had to traverse the plane's barren, mad spider-infested lands to get to the Demonweb itself.[citation needed]
Lolth had taken the soul of a drow, Danifae Yauntyrr, and added her as the eighth aspect of her divinity. Whether this was a replacement or addition to Lolth's combined mind was not clear.[citation needed]
Several key events occurred that led up to Lolth holding her undisputed place and status as queen of the drow:[citation needed]
- Eilistraee defeated and subsumed her brother Vhaeraun, in a botched attempt to slay her.[citation needed]
- An uncooperative, joint effort between Lolth and her daughter destroyed Kiaransalee (represented in a cosmic game resembling the drow game of sava).[citation needed]
- Ghaunadaur retreated from the Demonweb Pits to the Dismal Caverns.[citation needed]
- During Flamerule, 1379 DR,[10] Eilistraee, while inhabiting the body of Qilué Veladorn, was killed by the mad demi-power, the Lady Penitent (aka Halisstra Melarn) using the Crescent Blade.[11]
However, just after Eilistraee's death, Lolth discovered too late that her daughter had managed to redeem about 20% of the entire drow race, and that Q'arlynd Melarn's High Magic ritual managed to turn those drow back to their dark elven status. Corellon Larethian took those elves under his protection, allowing them into Arvandor.[12]
At some point in the years leading up to 1479 DR, Lolth ordered her servants to begin collecting blue fire items and relics important to Mystra.[13] Her ultimate goal was to become the new goddess of magic.[14]
After the event known as the Sundering, Lolth was no longer unrivaled as the goddess of the drow (even if she still retained her position of dominance).[15] Eilistraee and Vhaeraun, her two children, were alive again:[16][17] they personally appeared to their followers through avatars and manifestations, and their cults began to practice once again.[16] Kiaransalee and Selvetarm were also restored during the Sundering, and their faiths saw a resurgence as well.[17]
Like all religions, the worship of Lolth involved a number of rituals and rites. Many of them included sacrifice. The following was a secret sacrificial prayer in Abyssal known only to high priestesses: "Great Goddess, Mother of the Dark, grant me the blood of my enemies for drink and their living hearts for meat. Grant me the screams of their young for song, grant me the helplessness of their males for my satisfaction, grant me the wealth of their houses for my bed. By this unworthy sacrifice I honor you, Queen of Spiders, and beseech of you the strength to destroy my foes."[18]
- ↑ The name "Lloth" was mentioned in The Dark Elf Trilogy, when Jarlaxle was talking to one of the svirfneblin.
- Novels
- Evermeet: Island of Elves
- Starlight & Shadows trilogy
- War of the Spider Queen series
- The Lady Penitent trilogy
- ↑ Richard Lee Byers (August 2003). Dissolution. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 214. ISBN 0-7869-2944-8.
- ↑ Richard Lee Byers (August 2003). Dissolution. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 200. ISBN 0-7869-2944-8.
- ↑ Elaine Cunningham (March 2003). Tangled Webs. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 0-7869-2959-6.
- ↑ Logan Bonner (August, 2009). "Domains in Eberron and the Forgotten Realms". In Chris Youngs ed. Dragon #378 (Wizards of the Coast), p. 32.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 245. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell, Ed Greenwood, Chris Sims (August 2008). Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 80. ISBN 978-0-7869-4924-3.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (2004). Silverfall. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 66. ISBN 0-7869-3572-3.
- ↑ Richard Baker, Ed Bonny, Travis Stout (February 2005). Lost Empires of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 52. ISBN 0-7869-3654-1.
- ↑ Richard Baker (May 2003). Condemnation. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 0786932023.
- ↑ Lisa Smedman (June 2008). Ascendancy of the Last. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 19. ISBN 978-0-7869-4864-2.
- ↑ Lisa Smedman (June 2008). Ascendancy of the Last. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 292. ISBN 978-0-7869-4864-2.
- ↑ Lisa Smedman (June 2008). Ascendancy of the Last. (Wizards of the Coast), p. Epilogue. ISBN 978-0-7869-4864-2.
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell (June 2012). Sword of the Gods: Spinner of Lies Kindle Edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 2765. ISBN B005C5QS90.
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell (June 2012). Sword of the Gods: Spinner of Lies Kindle Edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 3549. ISBN B005C5QS90.
- ↑ Kim Mohan ed. (2015). Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 108. ISBN 978-0786965809.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 The Hooded One (2015-04-17). Questions for Ed Greenwood (2015). Candlekeep Forum.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Kim Mohan ed. (2015). Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 23, 108. ISBN 978-0786965809.
- ↑ Richard Baker (May 2003). Condemnation. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 237. ISBN 0786932023.
Further readingEdit
- Ed Greenwood (July 1991). The Drow of the Underdark. (TSR, Inc). ISBN 1-56076-132-6.
- Ari Marmell, Anthony Pryor, Robert J. Schwalb, Greg A. Vaughan (May 2007). Drow of the Underdark. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 978-0-7869-4151-3.
- Elaine Cunningham (1999). Evermeet: Island of Elves. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 0-7869-1354-1.
- Anne Gray McCready et al. (March 1994). Elves of Evermeet. (TSR, Inc). ISBN 1-5607-6829-0.
- Steven E. Schend and Kevin Melka (1998). Cormanthyr: Empire of the Elves. (TSR, Inc). ISBN 0-7069-0761-4.
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