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Selûne
Basic Information
Title(s) Our Lady of Silver
The Moonmaiden
Symbol Pair of female eyes surrounded by seven silver stars[1]
Aspect(s) Sehanine Moonbow[2]
Power level Greater deity
Formerly: Intermediate deity
Alignment Chaotic good
Favored weapon Rod of Four Moons (heavy mace)
Influence
Dominion Gates of the Moon
Sphere(s) of influence Moon
Portfolio Non-evil lycanthropes
Navigation
Questers
Stars
Wanderers
Domains Arcana, Change, Moon[3]
Formerly: Chaos, Good, Moon, Protection, Travel
Worshipers
Worshipers Female spellcasters, good and neutral lycanthropes, navigators, Sun Soul monks, and sailors
Worshiper alignment(s)
LG NG CG
LN N CN
LE NE CE
Channel divinity prayer Eyes of Selûne

Selûne (pronounced seh-LOON-ay[4]), 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.[5]

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Worshipers Edit

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.

Orders Edit

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.
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The Moonmaiden

RelationshipsEdit

Those who believe in the Dark Moon heresy believe that Selûne and Shar are two faces of the same goddess.[6]

History Edit

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.

ReferencesEdit

  1. Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition, p. 235. Wizards of the CoastISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
  2. Logan Bonner (August, 2009). Domains in Eberron and the Forgotten Realms, Dragon #378, p. 37. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. Logan Bonner. Domains in Eberron and the Forgotten Realms (PDF). Dragon magazine 378 p. 8.
  4. Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition, p. 248. Wizards of the CoastISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
  5. Eric L. Boyd, Erik Mona (May 2002). Faiths and Pantheons, p. 55–58. Wizards of the CoastISBN 0-7869-2759-3.
  6. Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd (March 2006). Power of Faerûn, p. 47. Wizards of the CoastISBN 0-7869-3910-9.

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