I have created a warlock, specifically to use as an NPC. I'm leveling him at 5th with some experience and skill primarily as backfill in a family tree story for a related band of siblings and their father. Essentially this warlock is a never-really discussed uncle. Not evil, but leaning shady and known to be a mover and shaker in some darker doings. I'm imagining some earlier travel having led him to or caused him to stumble into a fey-world encounter, one that caused an allegiance that estranged him from his family...But I want to write it well so that it will read well and stay true to what is accepted fey-lore. So, anyone willing:
1) In Faerun lore: are there any regions that were noteable "hot-spots" for Fey activity/interactions...Maybe adventure modules/campaigns that would serve as reference...I mean that Fey-world is a whole different plane than Faerun from what I'm gathering and portals can be anywhere...BUT if there are particular places coincidentally near where this family I created are from, a wander into the woods backstory would help build some continuity. I'm a lifelong fan and player because I love the telling, playing, living out of stories through the eyes of the characters in it but I'm a bit oblivious to details and parameters so I want to do it in a way that keeps it mostly possible in the world this warlock is to exist in.
2) Is a Fey patron or Archfey patron likely a named one and leader of sorts, or just a random troublemaker?
In FR there are a number of Fae rich areas - almost any elven ruled wild wood would actually do. However, my 2 favs are shadowdale in the dales - the lord there has welcomed fae after the spellplague, and the border forest north of Teshendale - virtually unexplored but reputed to have fae connections. Also the woods near Phlan where one set has seelie connections and the other has unseelie. As for patrons they would have names almost certainly but might not give them out. Names grant power in Fae so while they might have a number of titles or “nicknames” their true names are not known or given.
My planned archfey warlock found some odd things as a child while snooping in his grandfather's study, touched the wrong thing and was sucked into the feywild by it. The grandfather is a retired adventurer for reasons and had stuff stashed from a lifetime spent doing grand things and my character just touched the wrong thing. https://routerlogin.uno/
That's as far as I got into it to be honest lol but I plan to have him growing up in the feywild and such with hooks for my DM to use if he wants to.
In the PHB, there is a brief mention of romantic interests with a patron. I was all over that in a heartbeat. My warlock fell in love with a devil and pledged her life to service. The patron agreed to granting some power in exchange for getting the warlock's soul after death. Now all the warlock must do is get enough power and prestige in life so that they earn the love and respect of their patron.
I have created a warlock, specifically to use as an NPC. I'm leveling him at 5th with some experience and skill primarily as backfill in a family tree story for a related band of siblings and their father. Essentially this warlock is a never-really discussed uncle. Not evil, but leaning shady and known to be a mover and shaker in some darker doings. I'm imagining some earlier travel having led him to or caused him to stumble into a fey-world encounter, one that caused an allegiance that estranged him from his family...But I want to write it well so that it will read well and stay true to what is accepted fey-lore. So, anyone willing:
1) In Faerun lore: are there any regions that were noteable "hot-spots" for Fey activity/interactions...Maybe adventure modules/campaigns that would serve as reference...I mean that Fey-world is a whole different plane than Faerun from what I'm gathering and portals can be anywhere...BUT if there are particular places coincidentally near where this family I created are from, a wander into the woods backstory would help build some continuity. I'm a lifelong fan and player because I love the telling, playing, living out of stories through the eyes of the characters in it but I'm a bit oblivious to details and parameters so I want to do it in a way that keeps it mostly possible in the world this warlock is to exist in.
2) Is a Fey patron or Archfey patron likely a named one and leader of sorts, or just a random troublemaker?
Thanks for any help
In FR there are a number of Fae rich areas - almost any elven ruled wild wood would actually do. However, my 2 favs are shadowdale in the dales - the lord there has welcomed fae after the spellplague, and the border forest north of Teshendale - virtually unexplored but reputed to have fae connections. Also the woods near Phlan where one set has seelie connections and the other has unseelie.
As for patrons they would have names almost certainly but might not give them out. Names grant power in Fae so while they might have a number of titles or “nicknames” their true names are not known or given.
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My planned archfey warlock found some odd things as a child while snooping in his grandfather's study, touched the wrong thing and was sucked into the feywild by it. The grandfather is a retired adventurer for reasons and had stuff stashed from a lifetime spent doing grand things and my character just touched the wrong thing. https://routerlogin.uno/
That's as far as I got into it to be honest lol but I plan to have him growing up in the feywild and such with hooks for my DM to use if he wants to.
In the PHB, there is a brief mention of romantic interests with a patron. I was all over that in a heartbeat. My warlock fell in love with a devil and pledged her life to service. The patron agreed to granting some power in exchange for getting the warlock's soul after death. Now all the warlock must do is get enough power and prestige in life so that they earn the love and respect of their patron.
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