Talk:Eilistraee

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Rewrote[edit]

rewrote this entire article on the temp page a few days back

Er... War of the Spider Goddess?[edit]

Shouldn't something be mentioned about the War of the Spider Goddess? I mean, Eilistraee herself gave the weapon meant to destroy Lolth, chose the former followers of Lolth, and has quite a stake in the whole outcome, at least as much as her brother (though I'm unsure if she actually made an appearance in the series).

That's War of the Spider Queen ;) And yes, she has an incredible stake in Lolth's disappearance/death. The only appearances she made were giving Halisstra powers and the like; she never appears flat-out like Vhaeraun does. Kyou 05:16, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to question the notion that male priests of Eilistraee are beginning to appear. Granted, I haven't read any of the Mary Sue Baenre books past Daughter of the Drow, and am not terribly familiar with the Dark Maiden's lore in 3E aside from her promotion to the "A-list" of Faerunian deities, but I've not seen anything in any novel or sourcebook I've read to suggest She is calling males to the priesthood. Please cite an official source? --Kylenne 07:18, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

--Official source: The Lady Penitant series, by Lisa Smedman. Eilistraee kills her twin brother Vhaerun when he attempts to assassinate her, and usurps his Portfolio. She also accepts all his clerics and followers. - JP

Lady Penitent Trilogy[edit]

Someone needs to add Book 3. Eilistraee sacrificed herself to redeem her followers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Brooklynknight (talk • contribs) 20:49, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Eilistraee is alive post Sundering[edit]

I've added a new section, explaining Eilistraee's comeback after the Sundering.

The source is the passage from the novel Spellstorm that I've added to the article, and a clarifying quote from Ed Greenwood, on the Candlekeep forums, through his voice there (a poster named The Hooded One). [1] --Irennan (talk) 19:17, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Further books with this bit of info have come out, and have been added.--Irennan (talk) 19:07, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

disambiguation[edit]

I fixed all the non D&D links I could find in the article. If there's any other link, let me know.--Irennan (talk) 00:49, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Verification[edit]

I understand that the Verification tag probably refers to the links to Ed Greenwood's forum posts. I also understand why it may appear that those need verification. However, within the context of the Forgotten Realms, Mr. Greenwood's word is indeed official, because of his contract with TSR, which was then inherited by WotC. Much of the information that he provided on that forum is exclusive, and can't be found in published sources (which is also the case for some of the posts that I've used as citations. What has been said in the posts that talk about Eilistraee's return can be also found in novels and D&D books; more in depth lore is however absent in those, and comes from Ed Greenwood's posts). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Irennan (talk • contribs) 18:31, 27 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Splitting the article, notability[edit]

I personally don't think that this article should be merged with the one about the Drow Deities. That's because most of those gods have their own article, and because Eilistraee is a character that has become iconic to the drow in the Realms--even (arguably) as much as Lolth is, when it comes to that setting. She is well known among the fanbase, and is popular as well, having been featured in many novels and sourcebooks, being some her followers iconic characters of the Realms (like Liriel Baenre, or Qilué Veladorn), and having brought a deep change in how the drow are perceived (with whole communities/societies of non-evil drow, which are unique to the Forgotten Realms).--Irennan (talk) 14:37, 6 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

About the length, the article could be split into a part about Eilistraee herself, and another about her followers. However, followers of Eilistraee alone could not meet the notability criteria. It may be added to the main drow (D&D) article, under the drow in the Forgotten Realms section. The page about Eilistraee would then include only a general description of her followers and redirect to the main drow page for more info.--Irennan (talk) 17:43, 6 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This article should definitely not be further split into more articles. 65.126.152.254 (talk) 22:19, 6 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, that's why I suggested that the info about Eilistraee's followers could be moved to the "Drow in the Forgotten Realms" section of the Drow (D&D) article.--Irennan (talk) 14:05, 7 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]