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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 6033001" data-attributes="member: 1210">Possible spoilers for Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil below. Answering not quite in order:According to Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, after the fall of the temple and the imprisonment of Zuggtmoy:Lareth is also the prophesized Champion of Elemental Evil; however, nobody has a clue about this in ToEE, including him.Since the events of the module take place nine years after the fall of the temple, I think it's safe to assume that Lareth was one of the temple priests who Lolth's servants managed to co-opt. As he is the CoEE, I presume that he was a true member of the cult before his suborning.From society? Because he became a known member of the cult of Elemental Evil. From the temple? Because he was suborned by Lolth.I imagine that she sees the following happy outcomes as possible:1. The party is slain, Lareth along with them.2. Lareth dies, and the party smashes the forces of her rivals in the ToEE.3. The party smashes the forces of her rivals in the ToEE.4. The party discovers what happened to Zuggtmoy.5. The party decides to root out the cult of EE, which includes the cult of the Elder Elemental Eye that has infested the drow.Ooh, nice tie-in!I have never read the A1-A4 megamodule, only the originals. It's my understanding that there is some additional material in there, and it's possible that is where the tie-in occurs, but other than the existence of a drow slaver, I can't think of any particular connection.However, you could say that many of the slaves are taken by the giant raids and given to the slavers cheaply.As far as tying ToEE to the Slaver modules, perhaps the Temple forces are buying certain types of people for sacrifice (children, young women, pregnant women, etc). Now that he's good, Lareth wants to put a stop to this- possibly he thinks it would be more efficient to do so at the Slaver end instead of the Temple end.That's an awesome touch and a great way to tie it in to Lolth.</blockquote>

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