#lolth is anything but that … like ik they’re all brainwashed but I’m so 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 at the concept of them being willing to jump ship when | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

swordmaid · 3 months

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AM thinking that if shri’iia had not been kidnapped by the nautiloid she would’ve still been tadpoled and enthralled by the absolute just because they were targeting drows and I’m thinking shri’iia’s matriarch had told her to investigate the drows that have disappeared like specifically a baenre highborn and her army disappeared when they went to the surface? that’s sus and her matriarch is like in everyone’s business anyway. SO in like a companion au if she isn’t recruited, shri’iia become one of the absolute goons you see in moonrise. probably a guard or something. likewise, i like to imagine in her playthrough she’s kind of like 🧍‍♂️ once they’ve visited moonrise and she saw that most of the guards there were the drows she was sent out to investigate. kind of like oh so THATS what happened to them. then when she finds that journal in ketheric’s desk talking abt how they were specifically targeting drow exiles she’s like …huh.

#but something about how the absolute promises love and power to her followers and how that would be SO appealing to lolth sworn drows bc #lolth is anything but that … like ik they’re all brainwashed but I’m so 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 at the concept of them being willing to jump ship when #they’re promised love bc it’s something that they don’t get from their goddess …#and lolth’s relationship with the drows being an allegory of domestic abuse bc she’s the reason why they were exiled at the first place …#and she treats them like dog shit and keeps them paranoid and fearful but they stay with her anyway #and to reroute it back to shri’iia - her projecting Lolth on The Matriarch and their relationship being similar in nature #but it’s less physical abuse and more of a mental manipulation #like her Matriarch keeping her isolated so shri’iia becomes codependent #which she DID. and she still is. so when she broke her oath she literally did not know what to do #then she goes into that whole journey of reclaiming her self agency bc she used to just think of herself #her person / her body as a vessel to carry out her Oath and her Oath was the only thing that mattered to her #and it DEFINED her. like that’s her entire existence. but now it’s gone so she has to learn be a person again or else she’ll spiral #so now she is…!! and it’s a long journey but one worth taking ..#also I imagine she never had any boundaries when it came to The Matriarch so she is def learning the power of the word No #and learning what she likes to do instead of being down for whatever the person wants to do #bc she just wants to please them so badly #every time I think of her animal sona I’m like a bunny would be so cute but lbr she is a dog. a hound even

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