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''[[War of the Spider Queen]]'' is a six-book series written by several authors and overseen by R.A. Salvatore. It takes place in the [[Forgotten Realms]].
The series follows the adventures of a group of [[Our Elves Are Better|Drow]] as they search for the reason that Lloth, their goddess, has fallen silent. Their quest will take them around the world, and under it. Meanwhile, back at Menzoberranzan, the status quo has been upset.
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There is a [[War of the Spider Queen/Characters|character sheet]].
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* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: ''Splitter'' and Gromph's magical vorpal blade.
* [[Acquired Poison Immunity]]: {{spoiler|Danifae}} had this in {{spoiler|her Reaver-induced hallucination.}}
* [[Affably Evil]]: Pharaun and Aliisza among others.
* [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]]: Gracklstugh and the Scoured Legion attacked Menzoberranzan thanks to {{spoiler|Nimor's}} influence.
* [[
* [[...And Show It to You]]: Jeggred to {{spoiler|Ryld}}.
* [[Anyone Can Die]]: Six companions set out from Menzoberranzan, picking up two along the way. Guess how many survive?
* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Pharaun and Gromph.
* [[Bar Brawl]]: Ryld seems to have an affinity for them.
* [[Bi the Way]]
* [[Break the Haughty]]: Quenthel in ''Insurrection''. She got better, however.
* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: Greyanna thought this was occurring between Pharaun and his other sister. She later offers herself to Pharaun in exchange for his loyalty only to have him laugh in her face.
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* [[Cobweb Jungle]]: Because everything having to do with spiders is sacred to Lolth, it's actually a crime to destroy a spider web in Menzoberranzan.
* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: Done to Faeryl.
* [[Conveniently
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Pharaun
* [[
* [[Door of Doom]]: The door to Lolth's personal domain in the old Demonweb Pits.
* [[Elaborate Underground Base]]: Menzoberranzan.
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* [[Great Escape]]: Ryld and Pharaun get one in ''Dissolution'' {{spoiler|attempting to escape from the alhoon's cult.}}
* [[Hand Signals]]: The drow have an entire language of these.
* [[Hitchhiker Heroes]]: Halisstra and Danifae. {{spoiler|Of course, since the original party had a hand in making them hitchhikers in the first place, it also ended up being a case of [[Teeth
* [[Ineffectual Death Threats]]: Quenthel constantly makes them to Pharaun throughout the series. {{spoiler|It's eventually averted near the end of ''Resurrection''.}}
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]
* [[Lovable Rogue]]: Pharaun and Valas
* [[Lovable Traitor]]: Pharaun, to Ryld. His traitor status with the others, notably Quenthel, is much more vitriolic.
* [[Make Room for
* [[More Deadly Than the Male]]
* [[Molotov Cocktail]]: The stonefire bombs. Not only did they act as their real-life counterparts, they literally ''burned through stone''.
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* [[No Honor Among Thieves]]: Pharaun barely hesitated before leaving Ryld for dead in ''Dissolution''.
* [[Our Elves Are Better]]: Drow are full of themselves.
* [[Punched Across the Room]]: Things on the receiving end of one of Pharaun's ''Bigsby's (whatever) Hand'' spells are typically subject to this.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: ''[[Oh Crap|Run.]]''
* [[Religion of Evil]]
* [[The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized]]: A good portion of ''Dissolution''.
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