Transformation of Lolth

Before Lolth became Lolth.

I did not write this, but it's necessary to post for background on the artwork that is posted. This is from the Dungeons & Dragons Wikia. This is the story of how Lolth came to be...

Lolth was once known as Araushnee, the "Weaver of Destiny", a Lesser deity of the elven pantheon of gods. As a goddess of weavers and a spinner of fate, the destiny of the dark elves was placed in the hands of Araushnee by the decree of Corellon Larethian, Creator of the Elves and leader of the elven gods, 

 Araushnee was a jealous schemer who envied Corellon and secretly planned to overthrow him and replace him. Allying herself with Gruumsh, leader of the orcish pantheon and an undying foe to Corellon, Araushnee attempted to have her consort assassinated by using her position as a loved one of Corellon. Her many attempts to kill Corellon failed and eventually these plots were discovered bySehanine Moonbow, the most powerful goddess of the elves, who had also been suspicious of Araushnee's true motivations. Upon confronting the Weaver of Destiny, Sehanine Moonbow was imprisoned by the traitor goddess. Seeing an opportunity, Araushnee was roused to action and she, Gruumsh and her son Vhaeraun, another co-conspirator in Araushnee's plots, gathered together a great alliance of Greater and Lesser deities of the orcs, goblinoids, kobolds, giants, ogres and many other gods of the evil races.

The god-army marched on Arvandor, facing Corellon Larethian and the rest of the elven gods (bar Sehanine Moonbow, who was still imprisoned) During the battle that followed, Araushnee and Vhaeraun feigned to fight for the elven gods while attempting to aid the opposing army, Araushnee even going so far as to redirect an arrow fired by her daughter to hit Corellon. Amid the course of the battle, Sehanine Moonbow managed to escape her imprisonment and revealed the treachery and betrayal of Araushnee to Corellon. The battle for Arvandor was eventually won by the forces of light, the evil army of beast gods eventually driven off by the combined might of the assembled elven gods and the other fey deities of Arborea. As the battle was being fought, Corellon Larethian faced his betrayer.

Araushnee once again tried to kill her former lover but the intervention of three elven goddesses prevented this. Sehanine Moonbow, Hanali Celanil and Aerdrie Faenya had all come to battle Araushnee the Weaver and, coalescing their collective powers into a new form they created the goddess Angharradh, a new consort to Corellon and an equal to him in power. Araushnee was swiftly defeated by Angharradh. Corellon looked upon the defeated form of his betrayer, mother of his children and once beloved by him, it was then that the First of the elven gods broken-heartedly cursed his love, Araushnee the Weaver of Destiny, into the form of a hideous spider-bodied tanar'ri, stripping her of her divinity and branding her with the name Lolth and casted her into the Abyss, never to return.