Tantras.
Inside a gloomy temple, a group of scantily clad women gathered near the altar.
"Lady Tini."
A beautiful, dark-skinned woman hurried into the temple and said urgently, "Trina is dead. A group of rogues attacked her as she passed through Lake Bottom Alley. Everyone accompanying her was killed. By the time we arrived, there was nothing left but bodies strewn across the ground."
As soon as she finished speaking, the women near the altar looked horrified, then exchanged helpless glances.
Many of these women had dark skin, but most were strikingly beautiful. They were not humans, but half-elves of mixed drow and human descent. The faith of the Maiden of Pain also spread through the Underdark. As one of the deities who upheld female supremacy, she had a small number of followers there as well. Because every high-ranking member of her church was female, just as in the church of the Spider Queen Lolth, a handful of female drow and some half-breed drow served as her high-ranking priests. These half-breed drow were currently responsible for corrupting Tantras.
"Have you found any trace of those assassins?"
The woman named Tini was a half-elf with alluring features, though her complexion suggested she was not of mixed drow descent.
"No." The woman who had entered shook her head.
Tini gave a bitter smile at that, then waved a hand to seal the doors. Her expression turned grave as she addressed the others present. "Sisters."
"The situation is critical."
"The true god [Soren], who governs shadows, rogues, half-elves, theft, and tracking, has launched an attack on our church!"
"With our church's strength, we can barely hold him off."
"Yet the deity we serve still has not appeared! If this continues, everyone here will likely die at those assassins' hands! The enemy has far