Feywild

A magical reflection of the material plane, the Feywild is a strange land most closely tied to the Material Plane within Rouyenne’s Deep Forest.

Geography

Neth Glade

The northernmost forest exists in an eternal state of summer. The air is always warm, the flowers always in bloom, and the denizens always celebrating.

• Bar’Ris

• The city sits within the Neth Glade and is the home of the Summer Court and Seelie Fey. The physical appearance of the Seelie Court mirrors nature, to which the fey are intrinsically linked. White ash trees, strong and stately, with their branches intertwining to create a living ceiling, line the throne hall like marble columns. Gossamer streamers of iridescent blues, pinks and purples wind their way through the boughs. Phosphorescent flowers gleam like lanterns amidst the treetops. Semi-precious jewels of amethysts, tiger's eyes and topaz decorate flowers that float down the waterways lining the path to the throne. Statues carved of gold and adorned with gems further attest to the wealth and beauty of the current ruler, as each queen must display more splendor than the previous one or risk the gossip and scorn of her subjects. The throne itself, a and queen who sits on it, are the focal points of the room. The throne of the Seelie Court is shaped like a large ice dragon, as brilliantly cold and glittery as the fey nobility.

• Aelina

• The crystal clear waters of the enchanted lake are said to give whoever consumes it whatever they need most at the time.

Noldo Hills

The eastern hills

Hag’s Teeth

The western mountains

Traveling Woods

A dense mazelike forest full of Fey Gates that open and close unpredictably.

• Sylduir

• The city is the melting pot of the Feywild, full of lost travelers, seelie, and unseelie alike.

Roch Lands

The central plains are prime hunting grounds for the large predators of the Feywild.

Exisles

The islands are dangerous for those who are susceptible to the influences of beauty.

Dhark Forest

The thick tangled forest exists in a state of eternal darkness and is a hot humid jungle during the day and a dangerous freezing forest at night.

• Bar’Rein

• After a millennia of indiscriminate breeding, the physical appearance of the Unseelie Court mirrors the macabre. Twisted columns, trees forced into unnatural growth by royal gardeners, are scattered haphazardly through the hall. Curtains of shadows hide blood-soaked alcoves. Drawn back for times of celebration, the gaping crevasses reveal uninvited guests captured for the amusement of the court. Riotous blooms of nightshades and blood warts glow red in the evening, providing a maddening light to the misshapen court. The throne of the Unseelie Court is shaped like a great shadow dragon, a creature of midnight and darkness.

Fauna & Flora

Races by Region

• Neth Glade: Dryad, Awakened Trees/Bushes, Treants, Faerie Dragons, Blink Dogs
• Bar’Ris: Summer Queen, Gentry, Eladrin
• Aelina: Naiads
• Noldo Hills: Gnomes, Boggles, Satyrs
• Hag’s Teeth: Hags, Meenlock, Korred, Medusa, Basilisk
• Traveling Woods: Quickling, Sprite, Pixie, Satyr, Shambling Mounds, Displacer Beasts, Harpy
• Sylduir: Eladrin, Elves
• Roch Lands: Centaur, Nightmares, Pegasi, Minotaur, Hippogriff
• Exisles: Siren, Merfolk
• Dhark Forest: Darkling, Yeth Hound, Meenlock, Redcap, Quickling, Blights
• Bar’Rein: Queen of Air and Darkness, Gentry, Eladrin
• The Gulp: Nereid, Sirens, Merfolk
• Selkie Sound: Selkie, Merfolk
• Sea of Graves: Sea Hag, Kelpie, Merrow

Seelie Fey

People tend to think of fey as lovely creatures of almost unearthly beauty and grace. This image epitomizes the fey of the Seelie Court. Many artists and bards, both fey and other, have striven to capture the beauty of the Seelie Court. Most have gone mad; none have truly succeeded. Pure manifestations of nature and beauty, the members of the Seelie Court view themselves as the pinnacle of perfection. This elitist attitude restricts status in the court to only pure-blood fey. A court fey can trace his or her lineage back several millennia, showing nothing but true fey.

Politics thrive in this elitist environment. Seelie fey form cliques and factionalize amongst themselves. In the endlessly politicking and gossiping world of the Seelie Court, status can be won by hosting guests (willing or unwilling) or attracting followers with great skill in a craft or performance art.

Seelie Court fey occasionally tolerate the company of beautiful or gifted creatures, preferring those of fey, elven, or celestial blood. These "court friends" may provide companionship and amusements, but only those with pure lineage may hold positions of importance.

Admittance to the Seelie Court for outsiders is extremely rare, even more so if the outsiders are not of pure fey blood. Upon entrance to the court, visitors must be prepared with valuable and unusual gifts for the Queen of Light, or they might find themselves lost in an endless hedge maze. The Seelie court are known to warn those who have accidentally offended them, and to return human kindness with favors of their own. Still, a fairy belonging to this court will avenge insults and could be prone to mischief.

Queen Titania and King Oberon are the current rulers of the Seelie Court. An undisputed beauty, Titiana looks unfavorably upon female courtier or visitors whose appearance rivals hers. This attitude is caused, in part, by the occasional wanderings of King Oberon's affection. The Seelie Court fey find the Unseelie fey absolutely repellent.

Unseelie Fey

Unlike the selective, restrictive Seelie Court, the Unseelie Court welcomes anyone and everything with even a drop of ancestral fey blood. Fey can and do breed with anything, creating odd, mixed creatures. Most species consider the offspring grotesque monsters. The mutant creatures gravitate towards the Unseelie Court, which welcomes them and gives them an environment where peculiar physiologies and abilities are the norm.

The Unseelie Court is a more hospitable place for non-fey as well. Court nobles eagerly provide patronage for creatures who are extremely strong, dexterous, clever, beautiful, or talented. Obtaining the sponsorship of a court noble is not without its rewards, nor without its dangers. For instance, a gifted bard whose playing impresses a fey nobleman might be invited to his castle as a guest. Once there, the bard will be feted and asked to play every night -- and never be permitted to leave. Unlike the Seelie Court, no offense is necessary to bring down their assaults. Like the beings of the Seelie Court who are not always benevolent, neither are the fairies of the Unseelie Court always malevolent. Most Unseelies can become fond of a particular human if they are viewed as respectful, and would choose to make them something of a pet.

Outsiders not of fey blood are rarely admitted to the Unseelie Court. Visitors must be prepared with unusual and powerful gifts for the Queen, or they might find themselves the quarry of a nightmarish hunt.

King Warren, was the King of the Unseelie Court for several centuries. He and the former Queen had been on and off lovers since the beginning of time. She had many children, some by Warren some not, but she never named any her heir. Eventually Warren turned her children against her and overthrew the Queen, banishing her to the Material Plane and cutting her off from the magic of the Feywild.
He attempted to transform the Unseelie Court, establishing the same sort of elitist attitude as the Seelie fey and shunning those he considers undesirable or unworthy from the Court, but after centuries of exile, the Queen returned with a Champion wielding a blade out of legend, slew the unfaithful King, and regained her throne.

Style

• Colorful
• Dramatic
• Revealing
• Beauty before practicality
• Silks and Satins