Many years ago
He walks slowly towards the main hall, the guards stationed outside the entrance are the best warriors this house has to offer. Despite being the Captain of the house guard, he is far from it's strongest soldier. The promotion received years ago was merely due to his loyal and obedient nature, the matron mother, -his- mother needed someone completely obedient to her. The guards performs the standard honorary salute as he walks past them and into the main hall.
As the captain walks past the columns he notices that his sisters are also present, but no one else, not even the guards that are usually stationed here. He looks over his shoulder and back towards the massive door he walked through, a frowns forms on his face as it occurs to him that it did not make any sound as it closed.
The son turns to face his mother, who's expression is as cold and resolute as usual.
"You called for me matron mother?" His voice is firm, but the captains body language betrays his nervousness.
"Yes! Our dark mother has promised to forgive our failures and grant us our favor back, but not without paying a price." She stands up from her throne and walks slowly towards her son. At each step taken, words of magic escapes her lips.
As the incantation continues, a magical circle forms at her feet and grows with each word uttered. It glows a faint red in the beginning but increases steadily as more words are uttered. She stops just in front of him and with a sudden move she throws her head backwards and let's out a loud screeching sound.
Within seconds the entire room begins to darken, but not before i see it. At the feet of the male, hundreds of tiny spiders appear, they are all pitch black except for their eyes, which are bright red. As soon as they appeared they immediately began to swarm the male, crawling up his body, either by going underneath his clothes or on top of them. The male begins to scream loudly, but he appears unable to move, as if paralyzed. Within seconds they cover his entire body.
Matron mother Verzaara looks at her son for a long moment, almost as if uncertain of her next move.
"Lolth be praised" Her expression hardens as she once again utters one last word of incantation. The spiders all starts to bite as the incantation is finally finished.
The male begins to scream in agony as thousands of spiders all bite at once.
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Back at Gloura's Wings
The old man stares at his wine for a moment while holding the glass close to his face.
"The agony i witnessed that day, and the screams that came with it." He shakes his head and lowers the glass back on the table.
"I will never see nor hear it's like again, and perhaps i will be the better for it." A hoarse chuckle escapes the mages throat.
"What happened later is well known, but i know something that not even Gromph himself would know" He leans closer to his companion and whispers.
"Lolth herself was there that day, i saw her. The Spider Queen sent an avatar which remained hidden in the background, i do not know why i could see it, but she was there" He leans back into his chair again.
"She -was- there."
//Edit: Slow work of fixing the typos and other mistakes
