Editing Ghaunadaur (section)

==History==
Ghaunadaur was probably one of the first gods to come into existence, being "worshipped" by the primordial Oozes of developing worlds, though then, as with now, he has been a particularly passive deity, acting mostly on impulses such as hunger and whimsy. 

The first historical mention of him doing anything was during [[Lolth]]'s rebellion in [[Arborea|Arvandor]], that his arrival led [[Corellon Larethian]] to distraction enough so that he could be wounded and taken out of the fight. However, Corellon would later be healed and cast Lolth out to the Demonweb pits.

In the [[Forgotten Realms]] setting, there is actually a 20,000 year gap between Lolth's exile and her followers actually becoming "[[Drow]]". At that time there were only '''Ilythiiri''' (Dark Elves), who were pretty much just another kind of [[Elf]] and it was all good because there was a huge stigma attached to worshipping Lolth and the Dark Seldarine. It is believed the Dark Elves actually started worshipping Ghaunadaur around 12,000 years after the exile, essentially making him the first god of the Drow pantheon, in front of Lolth by a few centuries. However it was the political climate during the succession of conflicts called '''The Crown Wars''' that allowed Lolth to weasel her way back in to mainstream worship and eventually lead to the transformation of the Dark Elves into the Drow properly.

Ghaunadaur's involvement with the Drow pantheon only extends about as far as this, there is very little evidence of him being particularly active during this time, other than as a patron of the Ilythiiri. Though some say he courted Lolth at some point but was turned down, getting him angry enough to storm off and strike his own followers with madness, practically wiping his own church out and severely diminishing his power. As an unfathomable ancient evil representing alien-minded Ooze monsters, he probably still regarded this as a win.

His power was only restored much later during the rise of humanity when people slowly started turning to him again, as he seems to readily answer anyone who calls out to him, making him a preferable alternative to gods who demand great deeds and sacrifices, or reward only a selected few in the ranks. That being said, Ghaunadaur is just as likely to suddenly ''plane shift'' and eat his own followers as he is to reward then with power or riches. But such is the nature of true primordial [[Chaos]].

Afther Lolth claimed the Demonwebs for herself, Ghaunadaur claimed the '''Dismal Caverns''' for his own. After the conflict between Lolth and the other drow deities, which saw her as victor (though only for 100 years), Lolth tried to destroy Ghuanadaur too, but she quickly refrained from attacking him, as she saw glimpses of an entity possibly older than Ao, and a danger to herself.