Editing Selvetarm (section)

==In the Dark Seldarine==
Selvetarm was born of a union between [[Vhaeraun]], the God of Male Drow, and an elf demigoddess named [[Sharess#History|Zandilar the Dancer]]. Initially a conflicted, neutral soul who was uncertain of what he wanted out of life, Selvetarm rejected both aspects of his heritage for a long time. Ironically, this led to him becoming an ally of [[Eilistraee]], who began convincing him to embrace the cause of good.

[[Lolth]] refused to countenance this; she manipulated Selvetarm into slaying a [[Demon Prince]] named Zanassu, claiming that this would impress Eilistraee and grant him greater power. Instead, the demon's essence corrupted Selvetarm and drove him half-mad, whilst also leaving him vulnerable to Lolth's magical binding; she took him as her champion and, arguably, as her consort, a position he has remained in ever since.

Selvetarm's mind has broken under this treatment; he feels nothing but overwhelming, bloodthirsty hatred for everything and everyone, especially his captor Lolth; yet at the same time those magical bindings compel him to love and adore her as much as he hates her, and so he is utterly loyal to her - even during the [[Silence of Lolth]], he could not muster the will to oppose her, and in fact stood against his own father when he tried to slay Lolth. 5th edition amped up Selvetarm's berserker status, declaring that Lolth actually imprisons him in her own magical webbing whenever she doesn't have a task for him to do, as she fears that he would turn on and slaughter every other creature in the Demonweb Pits if left to run loose - more importantly, even she isn't sure that he wouldn't turn on her after there was nobody else left to kill.

For his weakness, Vhaeraun hates his wayward son and would destroy him without hesitation if he could.

Eilistraee misses Selvetarm as he was, and pities his current state, but must temper sympathy with survival, as he would destroy her if Lolth so commanded.

The only member of the Dark Seldarine Selvetarm is on anything resembling good terms with is [[Kiaransalee]], due to her also being compelled to serve the Goddess of Drow.