Aerdrie Faenya

Aerdrie Faenya, also known as Queen of the Avariel, is an elven goddess of the Seldarine.

Personality

She is free, chaotic and impulsive, and does not like to stay in any one place for too long.

While she delights in creating unpredictable weather, including some fairly severe thunderstorms, her primary joy is simply to feel the air around her as she flies high above the ground.

Somewhat distant, Aerdrie seldom involves herself in the culture of her fellow deities.

Usually disregarding the other elves of Faerûn, Aerdrie mainly concerns herself with the affairs of the few remaining avariel.

Worshippers

The church of Aerdrie Faenya was small, with little organization and only a few scattered temples. The clergy was primarily concerned with exploration and maintaining good relations with other sentient avian races, such as giant eagles and aarakocra.

As the avariel declined in number, few elven clerics of Aerdrie could fly without magical aid. As a result, many of her priests worked to create new spells and items by which magical flight became possible and were sometimes given the gift to levitate by the deity herself.

Clerics and druids of Aerdrie Faenya prayed for their spells at dawn, just as the first breeze was felt drifting across the land.

Aerdrie Faenya was worshiped by almost all aarakocra anywhere in Faerûn, and she was known to appear to them in the form of a brilliant white giant bird. The feathers that fell from her plumage during these apparitions became some of the most treasured items in an aarakocran nest.

Some of the djinn of Zakhara also paid homage to Aerdrie Faenya, and she had a mosque at their Citadel of Ice and Steel.

Clergy

The church of Aerdrie Faenya was small, with little organization and only a few scattered temples. The clergy was primarily concerned with exploration and maintaining good relations with other sentient avian races, such as giant eagles and aarakocra.

As the avariel declined in number, few elven clerics of Aerdrie could fly without magical aid. As a result, many of her priests worked to create new spells and items by which magical flight became possible and were sometimes given the gift to levitate by the deity herself.

Clerics and druids of Aerdrie Faenya prayed for their spells at dawn, just as the first breeze was felt drifting across the land.

Aerdrie Faenya was worshiped by almost all aarakocra anywhere in Faerûn, and she was known to appear to them in the form of a brilliant white giant bird. The feathers that fell from her plumage during these apparitions became some of the most treasured items in an aarakocran nest.

Some of the djinn of Zakhara also paid homage to Aerdrie Faenya, and she had a mosque at their Citadel of Ice and Steel.

Rituals

The Dance of Swirling Winds, held semiannually on the vernal and autumnal equinoxes, celebrated the changing of the seasons in honor of Aerdrie. The winds always blew strongly on such days when followers gathered. Celebrants offered beautiful feathers and performed an aerial ballet danced to the music of wind instruments played by others.

Relationships

Aerdrie served Corellon, working closely with the rest of the Seldarine. She opposed the drow pantheon, with the exception of Eilistraee. Aerdrie also works against the Deities of Fury and was allied with like-minded deities of wind, flight and rain; these included Akadi, Cyrrollalee, Isis, Koriel, Lurue, Remnis, Shaundakul, and Sheela Peryroyl. She had a very close relationship with Syranita, the aarakocra goddess, to the point that it was theorized the two deities might have merged together considering the gradual decline of the aarakocra population.

Aerdrie Faenya

Intermediate deity

Basic Information

Titles

Bringer of Rain and Storms
Lady of Air and Wind
Queen of the Avariel
She of the Azure Plumage
The Winged Mother

Adjectives

Aerdrian

Pantheons

Seldarine
Aarakocra

Serves

Corellon Larethian

Attributes

Alignment

Chaotic Good

Symbol

A bird silhouetted in a cloud

Realm

Olympian Glades of Arborea/Olympus/Arvandor/Aerie

Portfolio

Air, Avariels, Avians, Fertility, Rain, Weather

Favored Weapon

Thunderbolt (quarterstaff)

Following

Worshippers

Avariels
Bards
Elvish druids
Rangers
Those with winged animal companions
Sorcerers
Travelers
Winged beings

Alignments

NG, CG, CN

Domains

Air (Lightning, Wind)
Animal (Feather)
Good (-)
Weather (Monsoon, Storms)

Favored Aspects

Animals/Plants

Birds
Grasshopper swarms
Tressyms

Monsters

Aarakocra
Aasimar
Air elementals
Androsphinxes
Avorals
Cloud giants
Djinn
Griffons
Hippogriffs
Lammasus
Lillends
Pegasi
Pixies
Silver dragons
Storm giants

Minerals

Hornbill ivory
Sapphire
Turquoise

Colors

Sky blue

Manifest- ations

Powerful storms

Rain

Strong wind