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Arachne, the Betrayer
Patroness of Spiders and Betrayal
(Lesser Spirit)
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Arachne is the patroness of spiders and betrayal. She is the dire
enemy of the Huntress, who she betrayed
while both were still mortal.
Arachne was once the bodyguard of a great queen who became jealous
at her husband’s bodyguard’s beauty. The queen enlisted
Arachne’s help to bring the Huntress. Arachne slipped a sleeping
potion into the Huntress’ drink then, when the Huntress had
fallen asleep, planted a dagger in her hand and claimed that the
Huntress had come to kill the king.
When the Huntress was exiled, Arachne was thrown into the dungeons
for her knowledge of the queen’s treachery. When the Huntress
returned to exact her revenge, Arachne fell to her knees and begged
forgiveness, although she was hardly sorry. She was jealous of the
Huntress’ new status as an immortal, and wished some of this
power for herself.
This became obvious when, as the Huntress struck the queen dead,
Arachne in turn murdered the Huntress. As Arachne bent to drink
of the immortal blood, a black widow spider bit her on the lip and
mixed with that power to create a spider-faced creature that would
become a cult-worshipped goddess.
Arachne’s preferred humanoid manifestation is that of a woman
with the frame of a fighter dressed in blood-stained leather armor,
although most often she appears as a giant spider. In manner, she
is cocky and condescending. Her symbol is a black widow spider on
a field of red.
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