Feywild
The Feywild, also known as the Plane of Faerie or simply Faerie, as well as Isan Meidan by the uldra, was an "echo" of the Prime Material Plane suffused with potent magic and unrestrained emotions. It was the place from which fey originated, and from where the first elves arrived in Avalon
The Feywild was a place of awe-inspiring natural beauty. The plane was always bathed in twilight of the setting (or perhaps rising) sun, with lanterns and fireflies providing additional, haunting lights. Visitors to the plane found that all sensations, both sensory and emotional, were heightened. Smells were stronger, colors were more vivid, and sounds were clearer, but at the same time shadows were darker and impulses were harder to control. Strong emotions even altered the landscape of the Feywild itself; despondent travelers would leave a trail of wilting flowers in their wake, and carefree animals traveled alongside chipper and cheerful individuals.
As an "echo" of the Prime Material plane, its geography was similar although not entirely identical to that of Avalon but the natural landscape was markedly more dramatic and beautiful in the Feywild, with mountains standing straighter and sharper, rivers flowing clearer and faster, flowers bloom brighter and more fragrantly, and weather manifesting in supernatural ways. While most Prime locations and landmarks had analogues in the Feywild, sites of civilization in the Prime could be so unimportant in the Feywild as to be easily missed, while natural landmarks might be significantly more majestic or extreme. Navigating the Feywild was further complicated by the fact that distances did not always make sense. While two landmarks might be the same distance apart as in the Prime when travelling in one direction, they might be inexplicably further or closer on the return trip.
Further complicating any visit to the plane was that time did not flow the same in the Feywild as on the Prime. While any visitor would experience time flowing as normal, it was often the case that more time was passing in the Prime, sometimes on the order of weeks, months, or years longer than expected, although it was also possible for little or no time to have passed instead. For this reason, leaving the Feywild could have dire consequences; lost time could suddenly "catch up" to a mortal, sending them into fits of exhaustion or hunger or even killing them instantly if many years had passed. At the same time, those with no fey ancestry might find their memories of time spent in the Feywild becoming hazy or vanishing altogether
Arcane magic ran more freely and powerfully in the Feywild than it did in the Prime, and it was for this reason that so many of its inhabitants and landmarks were suffused with magic. As an additional consequence of this all-encompassing magic, arcane spells tended to be amplified in power or duration when cast in the Feywild, and other times would manifest in entirely unexpected ways.
Motes of energy that originated in the Feywild manifested as feywild sparks. These were highly sought after by adventurers that dared to brave the plane's perilous wilderness. It was believed the barrier between the Feywild
The most common means of traversing in or out of the Feywild was through a fey crossroad, which often required special knowledge of how to pass between the planes
Though much of the Feywild was the same as the Prime geographically, there were differences, and more importantly, the lands answered to different powers than those on Toril. Much of the elven or eladrin civilizations had their earliest roots here and abandoned remnants of their culture littered the landscape. Unlike the elves, however, who had all but abandoned the Feywild, some eladrin remained behind in the Feywild, most notably the "noble" eladrin, who maintained strong kingdoms and citadels. Some notable elven cities and settlements were located at points where the barrier between the planes was extremely thin, and as a result they existed in both the Prime and the Feywild simultaneously. Such locations included Evermeet, Evereska, and New Sharandar.
Some regions in the Feywild were known to attune to the most powerful creature nearby, fey or otherwise. These regions would warp to reflect the emotion or attitude of the creature to which they were attuned, with everything from the weather to the landscape changing to be more dismal, peaceful, or dangerous as best befitted the creature's mood. However, a creature could not exert direct or conscious control over their demesne.
Brokenstone Vale
The Feywild kingdom of lycanthropes attracted outcasts and refugees from across the realms of mortals. It had a long and bloodied history, have been founded by a werewolf lord that fought for his people's freedom from the neighboring eladrin. Despite its past, Brokenstone's residents garnered benefits from choosing to remain in the Feywild that were unavailable to their kin that dwelled on the Prime.
Iliyanbruen
The elven survivor-state of the ancient Faerûnian realm of Illefarn was reformed in the Feywild following its near-complete destruction on Toril. The Iliyanbruen elves were perceived as invaders by the native fey, and were forced to fight for their new home for many centuries.
Nachtur
One of the most powerful goblin kingdoms in all the Feywild. It was labyrinth of underground warrens ruled over by the Great Gark, Lord of All the Goblins. Gark commanded a host of mercenaries that served many malevolent beings such as hags and Winter Fey lords.
Additionally, the demiplane of Sildëyuir, the home of the star elves, was at times said to be part of the Feywild, where it was said to occupy the location there that corresponded to the Yuirwood of the Material plane.
Astrazalian, the eladrin City of Starlight governed by Lady Shandria, niece of Titania.
Cendriane, an ancient city that was taken over by the eladrin vampire named Lord Kannoth.
Evermeet, the center of Elven culture on Faerûn was transported to the Feywild for over a Torillian century,
Mithrendain, the Autumn City of the Feywild was built atop a perilous passageway leading down to the Feydark below.
Shinaelestra, the Fading City of rangers that wavered between the Feywild and the Howling Forest on the world of Nerath.
Feydark
The Feydark was the echo of Toril's Underdark in the Feywild. Like most parts of the Feywild, it was more majestic and fantastic than its natural counterpart, with cavernous maze-like tunnels filled with exotic fungi.
Malabog'sCastle
Not all fomorians remained within the Underdark. King Malabog ruled his vast kingdom from his mighty castle.
Harrowhame
The domain of the fomorian King Bronnor, it was built inside an enormous cavern of quarried salt.
Mag Tureah
The most powerful of the Feydark's fomorian realms stood within a country-sized cavern lit by precious gems and stones. This kingdom was ruled by the fomorian king Bres.
Realm of Malabog
The domain of Malabog, the fomorian king that extended his area of conquest beyond the Feydark into the wilderness up above.
Vor Thomil
This filthy subterranean realm was ruled by the malevolent fomorian Queen Connomae. Outsiders captured by the resident giants were mocked and humiliated for the queen's amusement, forced to masquerade as courtiers in a twisted mockery of royal assembly.
Domains of Delight
Within the Feywild were numerous demiplanes created by the Archfey, independent realms that were each formed to reflect the whims and emotions of its creator. They grew or shrunk in size depending on the power of their Archfey, occasionally leading to discontent among their leaders when borders of neighboring domains overlapped with one another.
One of the more prominent domains of delight was Prismeer, the realm of Zybilna. The domain was shattered by the Hourglass Coven of hags and reformed as three splinter-realms of Hither, Thither, and Yon.
Also found within Prismeer was the lesser domain of Fablerise. This gloomy forest was created by Yarnspinner, an enormous fey spider that attracted myriad awakened animals with his near endless supplies of stories and tales.
The inhabitants of the Feywild varied in temperament from kind to malicious, but almost all had a mischievous side to them and few stopped to consider the needs or worries of visitors to their home. While many of those living in Faerie were untamed, large numbers also congregated according to race or by political allegiance. Just as the geography was reminiscent of Toril's, some of its inhabitants existed as fey "echoes" of Prime creatures.
All manner of fey species were found within the Feywild.
The leShay were an enigmatic species that were among the Feywild's most powerful inhabitants; though the various archfey were undoubtedly even more powerful.
Fey eladrin were the beings that had the closest thing to a civilization in the Feywild. They were the descendants of the elves that never left the Feywild, and over the millennia had become suffused with the plane's primal magic.
Other creatures that dwelled within the Feywild included moonstone, mirage, and faerie dragons; fomorians and their servitor cyclopes ruled much of the Feydark; and harengon, who were blessed with good fortune.Goblinoids, ogres, giants, and blights could all be found in the more sinister regions of the plane.
Most but not all fey served one of two godlike archfey queens, Titania the Summer Queen or the Queen of Air and Darkness, who shared an ancient and bitter rivalry. Those who belonged to Titania's Seelie Court were known as seelie fey, and were generally good-aligned and represented or celebrated the beauty of nature. They were known to be honorable toward visitors to the Feywild, if a bit mischievous, but they did not welcome non-fey to join their Court. Those who belonged to the Queen of Air and Darkness's Unseelie Court were known as unseelie fey, and were generally evil-aligned and represented or celebrated the darker and more macabre aspects of the natural world. They were generally more dangerous and untrustworthy in their dealings with visitors, however they were known to be more welcoming of non-fey into their Court. The Unseelie Court worked tirelessly to undermine the Seelie Court, sometimes violently but more often through games and cruel mischief.
The remaining inhabitants of the Feywild either held no allegiances except at their own whims, or served another of the archfey, such as Oberon, Hyrsam, or the Prince of Frost. Uglier inhabitants of the Feywild, such as fomorians and hags, were generally not welcome among either the Seelie or Unseelie Courts.
Dara Algwynenn Kalinoth, a moon elf princess that became the prophet of the Cult of the Howling Hatred.
Sharlario Moonflower, one of the first elves to emigrate from Faerie to Avalon
Description
The Feywild was a place of awe-inspiring natural beauty. The plane was always bathed in twilight of the setting (or perhaps rising) sun, with lanterns and fireflies providing additional, haunting lights. Visitors to the plane found that all sensations, both sensory and emotional, were heightened. Smells were stronger, colors were more vivid, and sounds were clearer, but at the same time shadows were darker and impulses were harder to control. Strong emotions even altered the landscape of the Feywild itself; despondent travelers would leave a trail of wilting flowers in their wake, and carefree animals traveled alongside chipper and cheerful individuals.
As an "echo" of the Prime Material plane, its geography was similar although not entirely identical to that of Avalon but the natural landscape was markedly more dramatic and beautiful in the Feywild, with mountains standing straighter and sharper, rivers flowing clearer and faster, flowers bloom brighter and more fragrantly, and weather manifesting in supernatural ways. While most Prime locations and landmarks had analogues in the Feywild, sites of civilization in the Prime could be so unimportant in the Feywild as to be easily missed, while natural landmarks might be significantly more majestic or extreme. Navigating the Feywild was further complicated by the fact that distances did not always make sense. While two landmarks might be the same distance apart as in the Prime when travelling in one direction, they might be inexplicably further or closer on the return trip.
Further complicating any visit to the plane was that time did not flow the same in the Feywild as on the Prime. While any visitor would experience time flowing as normal, it was often the case that more time was passing in the Prime, sometimes on the order of weeks, months, or years longer than expected, although it was also possible for little or no time to have passed instead. For this reason, leaving the Feywild could have dire consequences; lost time could suddenly "catch up" to a mortal, sending them into fits of exhaustion or hunger or even killing them instantly if many years had passed. At the same time, those with no fey ancestry might find their memories of time spent in the Feywild becoming hazy or vanishing altogether
Arcane magic ran more freely and powerfully in the Feywild than it did in the Prime, and it was for this reason that so many of its inhabitants and landmarks were suffused with magic. As an additional consequence of this all-encompassing magic, arcane spells tended to be amplified in power or duration when cast in the Feywild, and other times would manifest in entirely unexpected ways.
Phenomena
Motes of energy that originated in the Feywild manifested as feywild sparks. These were highly sought after by adventurers that dared to brave the plane's perilous wilderness. It was believed the barrier between the Feywild
The most common means of traversing in or out of the Feywild was through a fey crossroad, which often required special knowledge of how to pass between the planes
Notable Locations
Though much of the Feywild was the same as the Prime geographically, there were differences, and more importantly, the lands answered to different powers than those on Toril. Much of the elven or eladrin civilizations had their earliest roots here and abandoned remnants of their culture littered the landscape. Unlike the elves, however, who had all but abandoned the Feywild, some eladrin remained behind in the Feywild, most notably the "noble" eladrin, who maintained strong kingdoms and citadels. Some notable elven cities and settlements were located at points where the barrier between the planes was extremely thin, and as a result they existed in both the Prime and the Feywild simultaneously. Such locations included Evermeet, Evereska, and New Sharandar.
Some regions in the Feywild were known to attune to the most powerful creature nearby, fey or otherwise. These regions would warp to reflect the emotion or attitude of the creature to which they were attuned, with everything from the weather to the landscape changing to be more dismal, peaceful, or dangerous as best befitted the creature's mood. However, a creature could not exert direct or conscious control over their demesne.
Realms
Brokenstone Vale
The Feywild kingdom of lycanthropes attracted outcasts and refugees from across the realms of mortals. It had a long and bloodied history, have been founded by a werewolf lord that fought for his people's freedom from the neighboring eladrin. Despite its past, Brokenstone's residents garnered benefits from choosing to remain in the Feywild that were unavailable to their kin that dwelled on the Prime.
Iliyanbruen
The elven survivor-state of the ancient Faerûnian realm of Illefarn was reformed in the Feywild following its near-complete destruction on Toril. The Iliyanbruen elves were perceived as invaders by the native fey, and were forced to fight for their new home for many centuries.
Nachtur
One of the most powerful goblin kingdoms in all the Feywild. It was labyrinth of underground warrens ruled over by the Great Gark, Lord of All the Goblins. Gark commanded a host of mercenaries that served many malevolent beings such as hags and Winter Fey lords.
Additionally, the demiplane of Sildëyuir, the home of the star elves, was at times said to be part of the Feywild, where it was said to occupy the location there that corresponded to the Yuirwood of the Material plane.
Settlements
Astrazalian, the eladrin City of Starlight governed by Lady Shandria, niece of Titania.
Cendriane, an ancient city that was taken over by the eladrin vampire named Lord Kannoth.
Evermeet, the center of Elven culture on Faerûn was transported to the Feywild for over a Torillian century,
Mithrendain, the Autumn City of the Feywild was built atop a perilous passageway leading down to the Feydark below.
Shinaelestra, the Fading City of rangers that wavered between the Feywild and the Howling Forest on the world of Nerath.
Feydark
The Feydark was the echo of Toril's Underdark in the Feywild. Like most parts of the Feywild, it was more majestic and fantastic than its natural counterpart, with cavernous maze-like tunnels filled with exotic fungi.
Malabog'sCastle
Not all fomorians remained within the Underdark. King Malabog ruled his vast kingdom from his mighty castle.
Harrowhame
The domain of the fomorian King Bronnor, it was built inside an enormous cavern of quarried salt.
Mag Tureah
The most powerful of the Feydark's fomorian realms stood within a country-sized cavern lit by precious gems and stones. This kingdom was ruled by the fomorian king Bres.
Realm of Malabog
The domain of Malabog, the fomorian king that extended his area of conquest beyond the Feydark into the wilderness up above.
Vor Thomil
This filthy subterranean realm was ruled by the malevolent fomorian Queen Connomae. Outsiders captured by the resident giants were mocked and humiliated for the queen's amusement, forced to masquerade as courtiers in a twisted mockery of royal assembly.
Domains of Delight
Within the Feywild were numerous demiplanes created by the Archfey, independent realms that were each formed to reflect the whims and emotions of its creator. They grew or shrunk in size depending on the power of their Archfey, occasionally leading to discontent among their leaders when borders of neighboring domains overlapped with one another.
One of the more prominent domains of delight was Prismeer, the realm of Zybilna. The domain was shattered by the Hourglass Coven of hags and reformed as three splinter-realms of Hither, Thither, and Yon.
Also found within Prismeer was the lesser domain of Fablerise. This gloomy forest was created by Yarnspinner, an enormous fey spider that attracted myriad awakened animals with his near endless supplies of stories and tales.
Inhabitants
The inhabitants of the Feywild varied in temperament from kind to malicious, but almost all had a mischievous side to them and few stopped to consider the needs or worries of visitors to their home. While many of those living in Faerie were untamed, large numbers also congregated according to race or by political allegiance. Just as the geography was reminiscent of Toril's, some of its inhabitants existed as fey "echoes" of Prime creatures.
All manner of fey species were found within the Feywild.
The leShay were an enigmatic species that were among the Feywild's most powerful inhabitants; though the various archfey were undoubtedly even more powerful.
Fey eladrin were the beings that had the closest thing to a civilization in the Feywild. They were the descendants of the elves that never left the Feywild, and over the millennia had become suffused with the plane's primal magic.
Other creatures that dwelled within the Feywild included moonstone, mirage, and faerie dragons; fomorians and their servitor cyclopes ruled much of the Feydark; and harengon, who were blessed with good fortune.Goblinoids, ogres, giants, and blights could all be found in the more sinister regions of the plane.
Seelie and Unseelie Fey
Most but not all fey served one of two godlike archfey queens, Titania the Summer Queen or the Queen of Air and Darkness, who shared an ancient and bitter rivalry. Those who belonged to Titania's Seelie Court were known as seelie fey, and were generally good-aligned and represented or celebrated the beauty of nature. They were known to be honorable toward visitors to the Feywild, if a bit mischievous, but they did not welcome non-fey to join their Court. Those who belonged to the Queen of Air and Darkness's Unseelie Court were known as unseelie fey, and were generally evil-aligned and represented or celebrated the darker and more macabre aspects of the natural world. They were generally more dangerous and untrustworthy in their dealings with visitors, however they were known to be more welcoming of non-fey into their Court. The Unseelie Court worked tirelessly to undermine the Seelie Court, sometimes violently but more often through games and cruel mischief.
The remaining inhabitants of the Feywild either held no allegiances except at their own whims, or served another of the archfey, such as Oberon, Hyrsam, or the Prince of Frost. Uglier inhabitants of the Feywild, such as fomorians and hags, were generally not welcome among either the Seelie or Unseelie Courts.
Notable Inhabitants
Dara Algwynenn Kalinoth, a moon elf princess that became the prophet of the Cult of the Howling Hatred.
Sharlario Moonflower, one of the first elves to emigrate from Faerie to Avalon
Geography
Cosmography
Using the first iteration of the Great Wheel cosmological model, the Faerie existed as one of the Outer Planes, one that was coexistent with that of the Prime. This unique quality allowed creatures and fey beings to sometimes pass between the two planes at matching geographical locations without needing to traverse the Astral Plane. Indeed, the Plane of Faerie held no connections to most transitive planes, including the Astral Plane, Ethereal Plane, or the Plane of Shadow.
During this era, each location on the Prime held a duplicate in Faerie, albeit one altered in form and appearance by the plane's unique traits Additionally, Faerie maintained some traits that were not observable during other times of history, such as lighter force of gravity than that felt on the Prime.
Faerie's other planar traits, like the aforementioned extended perception of the passage of time, were experienced by planar travelers
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