I don't now a lot of deep Lore regarding the Feywild, and I am hoping those of you that do, might have some suggestions for me.
I am helping one of my players build a Lunar based Warlock and we are both thinking that an Archfey will be his Patron.
I know in the Archfeydescription in the 2024 PHB suggests possibilities like the Prince of Frost, Queen of Air and Darkness, Ruler of the Gloaming Court, Titania of the Summer Court, or an Ancient Hag.
My question is, for those of you that now a lot about the Feywild, is there any Archfey that represents the Moon or Lunar Cycles or possibly constellations?
I know that I can Homebrew one, but just wanted to know if there was one that already exists before I do so.
Any help is appreciated :)
Cheers!
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Breathe, dragons; sing of the First World, forged out of chaos and painted with beauty. Sing of Bahamut, the Platinum, molding the shape of the mountains and rivers; Sing too of Chromatic Tiamat, painting all over the infinite canvas. Partnered, they woke in the darkness; partnered, they labored in acts of creation.
You can easily invent one. As far as i know, they don't go into a lot of details for celestial bodies in the other planes. I have never even heard of the moon even appearing in the feywilds. You would think that it would.
As an example i will make one up from whole cloth. " Lunquendial, the cyclical: Messenger of many courts. The moon is often looked to for portents, and embodying that is Lunquendial. They travel through the summer and Gloaming courts regualrly as they proceed from full to new, summer of their life, to waning then regrowth. Each cycle they bring tidings of wisdom from their endless traversal of the sky and seasons. Though wise, they remain aloof, only sometimes deigning to interact with the courts directly through mortal intermediaries. They can he a strange patron, attitude shifting in the cycle as they go from glorious light to brooding dark in their 28 day cycle. Whimsical and melancholic in equal and predictible measure. Their journey between light and dark reflected in their demeanor along with their shining countenance."
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I don’t know of a canonical fae tied to the moon but considering the ones we do have are pretty varied in origin you can probably just google “moon goddess” and choose that. After all from the ones that do appear in D&D lore Titania is an invention of Shakespeare (although her husband Oberon seems to come from an earlier French story), the Queen of Air and Darkness comes from a 1920s poem and the Prince of Frost doesn’t appear to have existed before D&D created him
Much of the fae mythology has its origins in Celtic lore so I looked up “celtic goddes of the moon” and found 4 you could choose from then modify to suite exact needs.
My usual go to lore book for anything Feywild would be 4e's Heroes of the Feywild.
In it they have things like the witch class, very similar to warlock in 5e, which is seperated into two covens: Dark Moon Coven or Full Moon Coven. Dark Moon favours necromacny or curses, Full Moon enchantment and healing. Very much Unseelie and Seelie respectively, and has this note:
"Unlike witches of the Feywild, who usually receive their gift from Sehanine or the archfey, human witches (outside the feywild) are endowed with power from any number of sources, not the least of which include devils and demon lords." (pg.90)
It also notes the Gloaming Fey (a faction) including
"They owe allegiance to a variety of archfey, the most famous of which is the Maiden of the Moon, a formidable hunter and the bane of all lycanthropes" pg .12
Breathe, dragons; sing of the First World, forged out of chaos and painted with beauty. Sing of Bahamut, the Platinum, molding the shape of the mountains and rivers; Sing too of Chromatic Tiamat, painting all over the infinite canvas. Partnered, they woke in the darkness; partnered, they labored in acts of creation.
My usual go to lore book for anything Feywild would be 4e's Heroes of the Feywild.
In it they have things like the witch class, very similar to warlock in 5e, which is seperated into two covens: Dark Moon Coven or Full Moon Coven. Dark Moon favours necromacny or curses, Full Moon enchantment and healing. Very much Unseelie and Seelie respectively, and has this note:
"Unlike witches of the Feywild, who usually receive their gift from Sehanine or the archfey, human witches (outside the feywild) are endowed with power from any number of sources, not the least of which include devils and demon lords." (pg.90)
It also notes the Gloaming Fey (a faction) including
"They owe allegiance to a variety of archfey, the most famous of which is the Maiden of the Moon, a formidable hunter and the bane of all lycanthropes" pg .12
I believe this is the route that we will be going, thank you very much!
Cheers, you are all appreciated!
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Breathe, dragons; sing of the First World, forged out of chaos and painted with beauty. Sing of Bahamut, the Platinum, molding the shape of the mountains and rivers; Sing too of Chromatic Tiamat, painting all over the infinite canvas. Partnered, they woke in the darkness; partnered, they labored in acts of creation.
Oh, or maybe you could go even further back and use Faedornae as inspiration for moon/star themed fey?
Faedorne 'Enchanted Humanoids' from D&D Basic (Creature Catalogue, p. 38)
"Faedornae are female creatures of great beauty. These rare, eldritch creatures live on strange timeless islands which float high above the world. These islands are only visible at night and are indistinguishable from other points of light (or stars) in the night sky. To the few creatures who have travelled there and returned, these 'stars' are known as shining isles."
They seem to prefer neutral creatures, illusion, and elves and are reluctant to ever leave their isles. They're served by silver warriors- also 'Enchanted Humanoids' who are great warriors in silver full plate and wielding silver swords, willing to fight to the death to protect the isles, and are sometimes sent down to favoured elves to help them in quests.
Maybe you could even combine some of this lore with the Maiden of the Moon (who is known to use a silver sword, and is more neutral than her other unseelie Gloaming Fey, but otherwise has little lore on her).
Edit: I know you've picked, but just because this set me on a li'l rabbit whole, Lurue might also be a good pick: https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Lurue. (Also, I realise this should be in Story & Lore, so I'll shift this over for folk looking in the future)
The Domains of Delight charity supplement available on this very site is Feywild-focused and may have lore you'll find useful. In particular, it has a detailed "creating an Archfey" section that should allow you to make a Moon Archfey that is decently fleshed out, or tweak an existing one.
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Greetings D&D Beyond and Community,
I don't now a lot of deep Lore regarding the Feywild, and I am hoping those of you that do, might have some suggestions for me.
I am helping one of my players build a Lunar based Warlock and we are both thinking that an Archfey will be his Patron.
I know in the Archfey description in the 2024 PHB suggests possibilities like the Prince of Frost, Queen of Air and Darkness, Ruler of the Gloaming Court, Titania of the Summer Court, or an Ancient Hag.
My question is, for those of you that now a lot about the Feywild, is there any Archfey that represents the Moon or Lunar Cycles or possibly constellations?
I know that I can Homebrew one, but just wanted to know if there was one that already exists before I do so.
Any help is appreciated :)
Cheers!
Breathe, dragons; sing of the First World, forged out of chaos and painted with beauty.
Sing of Bahamut, the Platinum, molding the shape of the mountains and rivers;
Sing too of Chromatic Tiamat, painting all over the infinite canvas.
Partnered, they woke in the darkness; partnered, they labored in acts of creation.
You can easily invent one. As far as i know, they don't go into a lot of details for celestial bodies in the other planes. I have never even heard of the moon even appearing in the feywilds. You would think that it would.
As an example i will make one up from whole cloth. " Lunquendial, the cyclical: Messenger of many courts. The moon is often looked to for portents, and embodying that is Lunquendial. They travel through the summer and Gloaming courts regualrly as they proceed from full to new, summer of their life, to waning then regrowth. Each cycle they bring tidings of wisdom from their endless traversal of the sky and seasons. Though wise, they remain aloof, only sometimes deigning to interact with the courts directly through mortal intermediaries. They can he a strange patron, attitude shifting in the cycle as they go from glorious light to brooding dark in their 28 day cycle. Whimsical and melancholic in equal and predictible measure. Their journey between light and dark reflected in their demeanor along with their shining countenance."
He/Him. Loooooooooong time Player.
The Dark days of the THAC0 system are behind us.
"Hope is a fire that burns in us all If only an ember, awaiting your call
To rise up in triumph should we all unite
The spark for change is yours to ignite."
Kalandra - The State of the World
I don’t know of a canonical fae tied to the moon but considering the ones we do have are pretty varied in origin you can probably just google “moon goddess” and choose that. After all from the ones that do appear in D&D lore Titania is an invention of Shakespeare (although her husband Oberon seems to come from an earlier French story), the Queen of Air and Darkness comes from a 1920s poem and the Prince of Frost doesn’t appear to have existed before D&D created him
Much of the fae mythology has its origins in Celtic lore so I looked up “celtic goddes of the moon” and found 4 you could choose from then modify to suite exact needs.
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ModeratorMy usual go to lore book for anything Feywild would be 4e's Heroes of the Feywild.
In it they have things like the witch class, very similar to warlock in 5e, which is seperated into two covens: Dark Moon Coven or Full Moon Coven. Dark Moon favours necromacny or curses, Full Moon enchantment and healing. Very much Unseelie and Seelie respectively, and has this note:
It also notes the Gloaming Fey (a faction) including
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Thank you all so much for this information and suggestions!
In doing more research, I found the following page, but it was not as much help as your information:
https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Archfey
Cheers!
Breathe, dragons; sing of the First World, forged out of chaos and painted with beauty.
Sing of Bahamut, the Platinum, molding the shape of the mountains and rivers;
Sing too of Chromatic Tiamat, painting all over the infinite canvas.
Partnered, they woke in the darkness; partnered, they labored in acts of creation.
With this information I researched Sehanine, and found this page:
https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Sehanine_Moonbow
I believe this is the route that we will be going, thank you very much!
Cheers, you are all appreciated!
Breathe, dragons; sing of the First World, forged out of chaos and painted with beauty.
Sing of Bahamut, the Platinum, molding the shape of the mountains and rivers;
Sing too of Chromatic Tiamat, painting all over the infinite canvas.
Partnered, they woke in the darkness; partnered, they labored in acts of creation.
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ModeratorOh, or maybe you could go even further back and use Faedornae as inspiration for moon/star themed fey?
Faedorne 'Enchanted Humanoids' from D&D Basic (Creature Catalogue, p. 38)
They seem to prefer neutral creatures, illusion, and elves and are reluctant to ever leave their isles. They're served by silver warriors- also 'Enchanted Humanoids' who are great warriors in silver full plate and wielding silver swords, willing to fight to the death to protect the isles, and are sometimes sent down to favoured elves to help them in quests.
Maybe you could even combine some of this lore with the Maiden of the Moon (who is known to use a silver sword, and is more neutral than her other unseelie Gloaming Fey, but otherwise has little lore on her).
Edit: I know you've picked, but just because this set me on a li'l rabbit whole, Lurue might also be a good pick: https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Lurue. (Also, I realise this should be in Story & Lore, so I'll shift this over for folk looking in the future)
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The Domains of Delight charity supplement available on this very site is Feywild-focused and may have lore you'll find useful. In particular, it has a detailed "creating an Archfey" section that should allow you to make a Moon Archfey that is decently fleshed out, or tweak an existing one.