The entire Drow Elf city had plunged into utter chaos, as the once covert warfare now became an almost blatant struggle against one another.
The reason was simple—it was because the rules had changed.
Philray stood on the high platform, looking down at the city engulfed by flames, her eyes glittering. After killing all the matriarchs of the Congress, Philray couldn't wait to make her proclamation. She wanted to reveal the hidden truth to all Drow Elves, to make them understand reality—that the deity she worshipped was the true Spider Goddess, and the one that had ruled this city before was nothing but a Heretical Evil God masquerading as the Spider Goddess!
At first, when faced with Philray's pronouncement, nearly all Drow Elf families thought she had gone mad, and the matriarchs and priests of those families received the wrathful decree of the Spider Queen—to utterly exterminate this Blasphemer!
But they all failed.