Selûne

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Selûne
Title(s)	Our Lady of Silver The Moonmaiden Sehanine Moonbow
Power Level	Greater deity Formerly: Intermediate deity
Subservient Deities	{{{minions}}}
Dominion	Gates of the Moon
Alignment	Chaotic good
Sphere	Moon
Portfolio	Non-evil lycanthropes Navigation Questers Stars Wanderers
Worshipers	Female spellcasters, good and neutral lycanthropes, navigators, Sun Soul monks, and sailors
Cleric Alignments	LG NG CG LN N CN LE NE CE
Domains	Arcana, Change, Moon[1] Formerly: Chaos, Good, Moon, Protection, Travel
Holy Day(s)	{{{holy days}}}
Favored Weapon	Rod of Four Moons (heavy mace)
Channel Divinity Prayer	Eyes of Selûne

Selûne (pronounced seh-LOON-ay^[2]), also known as Our Lady of Silver and the Moonmaiden, is the goddess of the moon. She is also venerated in Faerûn as a goddess of light, stars, navigation, navigators, wanderers, questers, and goodly lycanthropes.

[edit] Worshippers

Selûne's clerics are a very diverse group, including sailors, non-evil lycanthropes, mystics, and female spellcasters. Her church's main objective is to fight evil lycanthropes and summon the Shards, blue-haired female planetar servants of Selûne, to battle the minions of her archnemesis and twin, Shar. The temple also performs fortune-telling, healing, and practices self-reliance and humility.

[edit] Orders

Swords of the Lady 

One order of fanatic Selûnites is known as the Swords of the Lady, who are often referred to colloquially as the "Lunatics". Its members are led by a few Selûnite crusaders who tend to act rapidly in response to threats from Shar and her priesthood, although their behavior is often viewed as bizarre by the public at large.

Oracles of the Moon 

The Oracles of the Moon is a group of female diviners who worship the Night White Lady. They perform fortune-telling rituals and are some of the highest bards and priests in the faith.

Silverstars 

Operating mainly in the north, especially Icewind Dale, these priests and priestesses are dedicated to protecting the vulnerable. Gifted Silverstars are normally gifted with a Moonblade, which has special properties to harm those who are evil.

[edit] Relationships

Those who believe in the Dark Moon heresy believe that Selûne and Shar are two faces of the same goddess.^[3]

[edit] History

Selûne was created from the primordial essence of the universe, along with her twin sister, Shar. Together, they created Chauntea (the embodiment of the world of Abeir-Toril) and some other heavenly bodies and infused these areas with life. The two goddesses then fought over the fate of their creations. From these struggles emerged the original deities of magic, war, disease, murder, death, and others. Selûne reached out of the universe and from a plane of fire, brought forth a flame and ignited a heavenly body in order to give warmth to Chauntea. This greatly enraged Shar, and she began to erase all light and warmth in the universe. Desperate and weakened because of Shar's actions, Selûne hurled some of her divine essence at her sister. Selûne's essence tore through Shar, bringing some of Shar's essence with it. This magical energy combined to form the goddess Mystryl, the original goddess of magic.

[edit] References

• Eric L. Boyd, Erik Mona (May 2002). Faiths and Pantheons. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-2759-3.

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