The Ambition of House Diedre

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The Ambition of House Diedre

Prologue

Of all the noble houses of the great drow city of Menzoberranzan, there are few lower than House Diedre. Most of the other houses patently ignore this lowly house much to the ire of the Diedre nobles. But over the last few decades something more problematic than a lack of respect or, more importantly, fear has become their primary concern.

In their long history House Diedre’s noble females have always held a deep seething hatred for males. Even in a society where males are seen as inferior, second-class citizens, they go beyond contempt. They are seen as little more than slaves or beasts of burden. Now since the time that the current Matron Mother, Faerys Diedre, took leadership of the House from her dying mother slowly the birth rate of females in their noble line has dwindled to a small trickle. To make matters worse they believe someone has begun to assassinate their female members, as one by one they fall to odd “accidents” or in small skirmishes in the wilds of the Underdark. The dwindling supply of superior female warriors and wizards has caused the Matron Mother to entrust important duties to these mere males, something that hasn’t been done in many generations.

Many theories abound of the cause of this curse, of some enemy’s magic, or some unknown slight to their Goddess, Lolth, the Demon Queen of Spiders. For years the priestesses of House Diedre have prayed to Lolth for answers and guidance to no avail. Sacrifices have been made many times, and yet all has fallen on deaf ears of the Spider Queen. Now with their numbers dwindling and their enemies waiting in the shadows to strike the final blow, fevered desperation and borderline madness have taken over the remaining nobles. The twin sisters that stand at the head of House Diedre, Matron Mother Faerys and High Priestess Velize are desperately grasping at straws to find a solution to their problem.

The high priestess Velize has been taking a monumental risk sneaking into the forbidden archives of Arach-Tinilth, the clerical academy of Menzoberranzan. If she were caught, she would face executio