Daughter of the drow

18x27: Oils: 2001
Original: $4000 ©Wizards of the Coast

Cover for the first book in the Starlight and Shadows series, Daughter of the Drow, by Elaine Cunningham. I spent many enjoyable hours on the phone with Elaine, picking her wonderful brain for details and symbols. Especially note the spiders and webs (as in her hair-weave) symbolizing her allegiance to the spider goddess, Lolth..