Danifae Yauntyrr

Danifae Yauntyrr was a stunningly beautiful drow cleric who eventually would became the Yor'thae (Chosen of Lolth), a part of Lolth herself.

Description
Danifae was described as very beautiful. She was curvaceous and had silver-toned hair with unusual gray eyes.

Danifae wore a chain shirt and buckler and wielded a morningstar. In Gracklstugh in 1372 DR, she was able to obtain new equipment: drow chainmail with the emblem of a minor house, a buckler, and an enchanted morningstar of black steel with a horned demon face.

Personality
Danifae was quite astute. She recognized immediately that the true source of power in Quenthel Baenre's group was the wizard Pharaun Mizzrym. She was not averse to using her beauty and charm to seduce others, including Quenthel, for her own benefit.

Background
Danifae was born in the city of Eryndlyn, where she studied magic with the house wizard before becoming a priestess of Lolth.{[fact}} Naturally beautiful, Danifae soon found she could use her looks to her advantage, and was willing to seduce both men and women to get what she wanted in life. Unfortunately, circa 1362 DR Danifae was captured in a battle. She ended up in a whole new city, in the possession of Halisstra Melarn of Ched Nasad. Halisstra placed a Binding spell upon Danifae in the form of a locket. She could not touch it, nor speak of it (her tongue would be bound). She was forced to serve her mistress. As an added effect, the binding ensured that if Halisstra died, Danifae would follow, further ensuring that Danifae would remain loyal.

War of the Spider Queen
In 1372 DR, House Zauvirr attacked and destroyed House Melarn. Danifae was forced to aid and rescue her mistress; they then joined up with a group of drow from Menzoberranzan led by Quenthel Baenre. The group were able to escape the city just as it was (literally and metaphorically) collapsing in on itself as a result of the Silence of Lolth, the duergar mercenary band Clan Xornbane's attacks with stonefire, and the rampage of two guardian spiders.

During the expedition, Halisstra defected to the Eilistraeeans and Danifae traveled with Valas Hune to Eryndlyn, where she was able to free herself from the Binding. Upon her return to Quenthel's group, she found Quenthel despondent and Jeggred turned his loyalties to Danifae, who, now free, did not doubt Lolth. They returned to the Abyss only to find that Lolth had removed the Demonweb Pits to its own planar space.

The expedition then traveled to the new Demonweb Pits. Danifae competed with Quenthel and Halisstra for the position of Yor'thae, the Chosen of Lolth. Lolth chose Danifae, consuming her and turning her into the eighth spider manifestation of the goddess. Halisstra became the Lady Penitent, a tortured creature obligated to serve Danifae/Lolth for the rest of eternity. Quenthel, enraged, was sent back to back to her position as Mistress of Arach-Tinilith in Menzoberranzan.

As a divine agent
In 1480 DR, Lolth sent Danifae, as an avatar of herself to all the cities of the drow so that her followers would know of her wish to create the Demon Weave, thereby elevating predominantly male wizards to a higher social standing - a mandate that threatened to cause much upheaval in drow society.

Halisstra Melarn
As her unwilling servant, Danifae hated Halisstra but needed her because of the magical Binding. Danifae hated the binding, hated Halisstra, but learned to hide it. She seemingly served her mistress well, but was always seething with hate at the situation.

Appearances
War of the Spider Queen:
 * Insurrection
 * Condemnation
 * Extinction
 * Annihilation
 * Resurrection