In the surface world, many residents have heard the horror legend about the spider queen, and she is also regarded as synonymous with those terrible hordes. Few surface elves are willing to mention these underground cousins and leave these fallen and abandoned people to the dark god who is as corrupt as them. Only priests who believe in Elise Rey are willing to talk about Ross-but these believers hate the slavery imposed on their compatriots by the spider god, and their anger is even fiercer than that of the surface elves. In the dark, her church is notorious for all kinds of evil deeds. Dwarves, underground dwarves and many races deeply hate her cruel priestess. Many dark elves who believe in other evil spirits (even many male drow elves who are "loyal" to Rose) secretly curse the great power of the church after Spider God-even though they yearn for the same power themselves.
Priests who believe in roses (all must be women) pray every day before or after entering a trance state to gain magical power. Ross asked her pastor to show their loyalty regularly: swear obedience in prayer and sacrifice. Only sacrifice can get Rose's favor-usually the victim is a drow believer or a prisoner, who drinks and spills the blood of the victim with a spider-shaped dagger (eight legs extend downward and converge into a sharp blade). Every full moon night, the priestesses will hold a sacrificial ceremony in the evening to kill a surface elf, as a blatant blasphemy against Sehanine, the goddess of dreams and death in the elf god system, who is the old enemy that Rose hates. Traditionally, only women can participate in ceremonies held in shrines (or shrines), but when extra brute force is needed or as a public display, it will be held in public and men can also participate. As for those grand blasphemy ceremonies, there has never been any record, and few non-Zagreb foreigners have witnessed them. The ceremony of praising roses includes burning precious sesame oil or incense, offering sacrifices to the living and offering various treasures (especially precious stones). Traditionally, the priestesses put a brazier on the black altar and threw various sacrifices into the black and red dance flames. If the gods are unhappy (or there are any false believers on the scene), the black and red flames will even jump out of the brazier and devour other objects, such as magic items, jewelry, clothes and so on. As a rule, eight braziers were placed at larger important ceremonies to provide more fire sources-and to highlight Ross's eight feet.
Only when Rose is happy will believers be allowed to communicate directly with her (such as "commune"-)-generally speaking, such a call can only be answered by a wax melting demon (yochlol, a demon with uncertain prototype, which can be transformed into an elf or a spider). When Ross was unhappy, he even sent a wax melting demon or a soul-eating spider (myrlochar) to attack the priest. Priests who believe in roses sometimes work part-time as Lacny, a soldier or a warlock.
History/relationship with God History/relationship:
Ross, formerly known as Araushni, is the wife of Corellon Laresia. At that time, she was the patron saint of artists, in charge of the fate of the elves, and later (under Corell's command) guarded the elves who also had Jeter's beautiful skin. The Weaver of Fate (another name for Irosinia) gave birth to two children for her husband-VHAERAU and Iris Cui. However, she later betrayed Ke Ruilong and tried to attack alvan Duo (where the fairy gods lived) with evil gods such as Ganudor and Mara. In order to punish her sins, Elosinine was turned into a spider demon and exiled to the abyss, where she changed her name to Rose. Because she was originally the guardian goddess of the dark elves, Rose quickly established an unbreakable dominance among the dark elves. Occasionally, for the benefit, she will make a temporary alliance with Lovetta or Mara. When times went bad, she began to imitate Moanda, the ancient god in charge of corruption, decadence and degeneration, to attract believers. Her enemies include the God Seldarin, Iriz Trey, and other gods in the dark world who do not belong to the drow family.
Doctrine dogma:
Remember-fear is a more powerful tool than steel, and love and respect are weak and useless. You should make other pagan drow elves begin to believe in Rose-the hopeless will be destroyed. You should get rid of the weak and half-hearted, and eliminate the sinners who dare to desecrate the spider queen. You should sacrifice all men, slaves and people of other races who do not obey the orders of the spider queen and her priestess to the spider queen. You should educate your children from an early age and let them know that you should praise and fear roses. Every family must have at least one priestess to serve the spider queen. It is unforgivable to question Ross's motives and wisdom, help non-Zall foreigners against Zall, and even resist Ross's orders for stupid love. You should respect all kinds of spiders, and those who dare to kill or abuse spiders will only die.
The clergy &; Priests and temples; Temple:
The priestess of Ross is the ruler, judge, law enforcement force and executioner of Zall society. These powerful priestesses are as cruel and capricious as their goddesses, and often manipulate their followers with brutal power, making them gradually become as evil as their goddesses. What every priestess cares about most is trying to win (and keep) Ross's favor. They are convinced that the soul cared for by the goddess will go to the deep pit magic net to serve the goddess in the form of wax melting demon (or other creatures) after death. Those who fail Ross will suffer forever in another realm after death (these unfortunate souls may return to Phelan one day and be reincarnated as snakes or spiders-there are often many versions of this rumor at different times and places). Although she often rewards the betrayal and cruelty of believers, she will not be kind to those individuals who humiliate or defeat the whole family, clan, city and team because of personal jealousy or hatred.
Every dark elf family has its own temple, and every city ruled by the Rose Church will have at least one large-scale public assembly area for large-scale ceremonies or gathering troops to meet the needs of war. In addition, most cities will also have a teaching college for the Spider Queen to train new priestesses. In addition to the scale, luxury and importance may be different, there are many similar and fixed features between each rose temple. For example, the inner hall is used to worship roses and other related affairs (mostly for casting spells). These halls are always shrouded in darkness, and only when casting spells or offering sacrifices will there be light. The front hall is used for holding battle meetings and other daily affairs-such as the priestess receiving men or other outsiders. Most temples have guards, mostly spiders hidden in the dark, with some magical qualities. Small icons of roses (mostly carved from black rocks) will be placed in all the halls of the temple. Obsidian and black marble are the favorite materials for dark elves to make statues and various temple utensils. In addition, the temple must also have a big brazier, an altar carved with black stones, and various luxurious sculptures in spider style.
When offering sacrifices, the priestesses of roses are usually naked or wearing black robes with purple or dark red edges (low-ranking or civilian priestesses wear robes with dark purple or dark red edges). In some cities, priestesses also wear gorgeous helmets with many twisted spiders carved on them. In addition, they will wear platinum badges-platinum rose badges with a diameter of at least three inches, with black enamel or platinum relief on them.
The church in Ross is extremely chaotic, and there is almost no formal clergy system-everything is in power by powerful members and can be changed at any time according to the will of the goddess. In cities ruled by priestesses after Spider God (such as the legendary city of Menzoberranzan), high-ranking priestesses are also the leaders of powerful families, and they jointly form a ruling parliament, led by the mistress of the first family; In other cities, perhaps only one family (and a mistress) monopolizes power. In most cases, the hierarchy of clergy in a city is inseparable from the political status quo of the city.
Ross's head: Ross's Avatar;
Ross often sends her avatar around to see if the priestess is still loyal or intimidates her enemies.