Arana, the Spider Queen, is the mother-goddess of the cult founded by Veloria after she was humiliated at the court of the sun-king as a “venomous spider”.
| Type | Entity (goddess) |
| Cult | The Spider cult; the drow |
| Spanish entry | Arana |
Origin of the cult
- Her power is born of the insult: the dark elf women become priestesses of the Spider, and the men become suicide squads in the war of the suns, which wipes out the 24 princes.
- With their side defeated, the cult goes into exile underground with the drow, in the world of the extinct sun.
- In the war of the suns the giant Spider presides over the charge of the elves of the Black Poplars against the Liosalfar.
Relationships
- Ariadna apostatized from this dark deity when she embraced Ellistraee, goddess of the redeemed drow.
- In the archive’s greater pantheon she is identified with Lolth.