Since it had originally been a trap set for Corellon, how could Lolth possibly not have a trump card?
Li Wei had considered that Lolth might have other allies behind her—such as Malar, the god of hunting and her old partner from when she betrayed Corellon, or Velsharoon, the god of liches whom she later hooked up with—but Ghaunadaur's appearance was the one possibility he had scarcely considered.
Because this ancient god of oozes had been missing for a very, very long time.
More importantly, he had been the first victim after Lolth had just been turned into a spider monster by that scumbag Corellon and kicked into the Bottomless Abyss.
According to legends passed down in the lower planes, he had created the first oozes, and many large oozes, gelatinous creatures, slugs, and other crawling creatures were his followers. Worth mentioning was that slimes were a branch descendant of gelatinous creatures.
From that perspective, Ghaunadaur truly could be considered Remlu and the others' creator.
Legend had it that these creatures had originally possessed great intelligence, but Ghaunadaur, enraged by the transgressive offense of certain followers, had brought down Divine Punishment and taken away their original intelligence. As a result, both the number of his followers and his Divine Power had sharply declined.
Yet a starving camel was still bigger than a horse. Back then, Ghaunadaur, who held the Land of Decay in the Abyss, was at least still a demon lord with territory and a name.
Until Lolth appeared.
Lolth, who had possessed nothing at the time and had been transformed into a spider by Corellon, was, in the eyes of the gods, merely a bug that could be crushed at any moment.
Yet through her intelligence and scheming, Lolth won Ghaunadaur's trust and latched onto that soft, squishy