Shevarash

Shevarash was the elven deity of revenge, loss and hatred of the drow. He never displayed any emotion aside from anger and the occasional exultation after the death of an enemy. The Black Archer was disdainful of moderation in the pursuit of revenge, and would often strike preemptively against his foes.

Possessions
Shevarash's weapons were the Black Bow and the sword Traitorbane. In his aspect of Elikarashae, he wields the spear Shama, the sling Ukava and the club Maelat.

Relationships
Shevarash was a member of the Seldarine, and specifically considered Fenmarel Mestarine his superior, though the two had little in common besides opposing the drow. His endless untiring crusade was such that the only long-term divine allies he made after his apotheosis were those who shared his hatred of the drow, such as Psilofyr and Callarduran Smoothhands, though as humans began to venture more often into the Underdark he began to work with some deities of theirs such as Shaundakul and Hoar.

Shevarash first and foremost held himself as an enemy of Lolth, and then of the rest of the Dark Seldarine (save for Eilistraee). To a lesser extent, he was an enemy of other evil deities of the Underdark, including Blibdoolpoolp, Pisaethces, Deep Duerra, Diirinka, Diinkarazan, the Great Mother, Gzemnid, Ilsensine, Maanzecorian, Ilxendren, and Laduguer.

Much to the dismay of other members of the Seldarine, Shevarash's bitterness and grief led him to, as of 1371 DR, begin to seek solace in Shar's embrace.

Worshipers
The church of Shevarash was tiny, but rigidly disciplined. Clerics spent their days drilling, designing tactics, mapping out the Upper Underdark, and leading hit-and-run raids and assaults on drow territories.

Clerics of the Black Archer prayed for their spells at dusk, just as the drow snuck into the surface world. The holiest day of the year for the church was Midwinter night, during which the Dark Court Slaughter was remembered. Inductions into the ranks of the clergy occurred at this time. Each new cleric screamed vows of vengeance into the night air and swore neither to laugh nor smile until the Spider Queen and her followers were no more.

History
In the year, in an event that would eventually be called the Dark Court Slaughter , an army of drow and duergar emerged from the Underdark and assaulted a meeting between the surface elves and dwarves. Shevarash was one of the few survivors. Falling to his knees amongst the carnage, the Black Archer swore an oath to Corellon Larethian to neither laugh nor smile until Lolth and her brood were destroyed.

In the year, Shevarash the Black Archer died, but with the help of Fenmarel Mestarine underwent Apotheosis to become the Night Hunter and Arrow Bringer. This green elf demigod of the Seldarine was still a hunter and vengeful destroyer of drow, but now hunted Lolth and Vhaeraun directly (though he came to no longer consider Eilistraee and her worshipers to be among his prey).

Connections
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