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to seduce Deirdre to the cause of supplanting the
Earthmother’s pre-eminence in the Moonshaes with
the Faerûnian gods. Appearing in an attractive form
he called Malawar, Sinioth appeared to Deirdre, to
whom he provided vast amounts of magical knowledge-knowledge
Deirdre was too immature to handle.
Deirdre did not submit immediately, though. She
acted to end the legendary “Elf-Eater’s” rampage
through the elven community on the Isles, and later
she also acted to save her father from his imprisonment
in the sahuagin’s coral kingdom.
Eventually, however, in love with “Malawar” and
enticed by the possibilities of the power before her,
she swore an oath of service to Talos, giving herself
over to the will of the new gods and losing claim to
her own soul at that moment.
After Deirdre joined her mother and sister in rescuing
her father, the magical mirror that had been a
gift from Talos was shattered and the razor-sharp
shards of glass-as if alive-flew to and penetrated
Deirdre’s body, suffusing it with the evil of Talos and
making her the living tool of the new gods.
Deirdre resisted this fate as best she could for as
long as she could stand it, but she was already too
much in the grasp of the new gods to ever succeed.
Physically, mentally, and spiritually exhausted,
Deirdre finally gave in to the power that was now
coursing through her veins.
With this victory, Talos and the other new gods
began their master plan. Raising an army of giants to
destroy the Earthmother’s power base of human worshipers,
Deirdre sought to release their long-imprisoned
leader.
Successful, she soon came into conflict with other
members of her family who tried to convince themselves
that this was no longer Deirdre. The girl they
knew was already dead and gone.
Robyn, great druid of the Earthmother, and the
others entered battle with Deirdre and the forces of
the new gods. Events reached their climax when
young Alicia Kendrick stabbed and killed the body
of what had been Deirdre, thus defeating the new
gods’ plan by destroying the linchpin of that plan.
Motivations/Goals: While she lived, Deirdre
sought something, anything, to fill the emptiness
she felt within herself. She seized magical power
and was consumed by it, becoming nothing more
than a tool of the new gods to inflict themselves on
the peoples of the Moonshae Isles. Deirdre is a
tragic example of someone who wants something so
badly that she became lost in the quest for achieving
the goal.
Campaign Uses: It’s certainly possible that the
Faerûnian gods, especially the evil ones, would not
want to lose as valuable a tool as they have in
Deirdre and they could resurrect or grant her some
new form or life in the Moonshaes to again begin the
process of infiltrating the Isles and weakening the
Earthmother. Though all their past plans failed, they
may try again.
Deirdre also may appear in other areas where the
Faerûnian gods are looking to make inroads. Chult,
Mulhorand, or even Zakhara or Kara-Tur could become
the next target for expansion by the Faerûnian
deities. This desire is endemic to all gods, not just
evil deities, as gods need worshipers to supply their
power.
Sources: Prophet of Moonshae, The Coral Kingdom,
The Druid Queen.
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