In the original T1 module, Lareth is only presented as a Chaotic Evil Cleric. No justification was given for his appearance in the module, requiring the individual DM to invent one.
In Mentzer’s T1-4 rewrite, Lareth is apparently allied with Lolth, and the players are warned not to brag about his defeat in her presence. Maybe there is more explanation of their relationship further down the module, but I didn’t get to it.
In the ToEE 3e video game, Lareth is a full-blown Drow and Cleric of Lolth.
My personal setting is monotheistic, and as such Clerics do not function according to “Spheres” and do not have a pantheon to worship. Lareth has an obvious fit into the setting though, as an Anti-Cleric, a man who learned the teachings of the Church but reversed its methods in order to attract the powers of the lower planes. The Anti-Clerics would be cavorting with demons and devils and creating beings of supernatural horror, which to me, is a more sinister character than a worshipper of the queen of spiders.
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