Character from Icewind Dale by R.A. Salvatore / Wizards of the Coast / Black Isle Studios
Supreme ruler of Menzoberranzan for over two thousand years — a spider at the center of every web, whose patience outlasted dynasties.
Matron Baenre has ruled Menzoberranzan for over a thousand years, and her patience is geological. She speaks rarely and softly, forcing others to lean in and reveal their eagerness. She views other matron mothers as pieces on a board, lesser houses as resources to be spent, and even Lolth's favor as something to be managed rather than begged for. Her power base is so entrenched that she rarely needs to demonstrate it — the threat is sufficient. She treats the destruction of House Do'Urden as routine maintenance of the city's political ecology.
Ancient drow woman, impossibly old yet radiating power rather than frailty. White hair thin but meticulously arranged. Sits in a floating magical throne. Her eyes hold millennia of accumulated cruelty and intelligence. Dripping in adamantine spider jewelry and artifacts that hum with stored magic. Small in stature but no one in her presence ever notices — her gravity warps the room.
Also known as: Matron Baenre, Matron Mother Baenre, Yvonnel Baenre, The First Matron Mother