Selûnarra

Selûnarra, also known as Opus in Loross, was a surviving Netherese enclave whose patron was Selûne. The city survived the phaerimms' magical assaults by being transported to the Gates of the Moon, Selûne's realm in Ysgard, in the.

Description
Unlike many of the other enclaves of ancient Netheril, the arcanists of Opus founded great magical universities, libraries, and other repositories of arcane knowledge, rather than the schools that were meant to allow spellcasters to gain additional power and personal knowledge. Residents of the enclaves eschewed such uncivilized practices such as public arenas or the allowance of spellcasting duels.

History
The enclaved was founded in by Chever, the famous mentalist that spent much of his life in pursuit of a spell that would allow him to reach out to other planes of existence. After his death in, other arcanists of Opus vied for leadership of the enclave.

Over time, Selûnarra became home to some of the most well-renowned artists, performers, and scholarly minds that were known in ancient Netheril, and a favored cultural hotspot of the Netherese elites.

In the, Lady Arilain discovered that the arcanist Karsus was formulating some unknown spell of tremendous power and went to warn her colleagues in Selûnarra. She even went so far as to confront Karsus himself, but disappeared shortly thereafter.

While the exact circumstances were unknown, it was believed that Selûnarra avoided the cataclysmic effects suffered by so many other enclaves during the event that came to be known as Karsus's Folly. Some legends spoke of how the goddess Selûne intervened directly in the enclave's salvation. Regardless of exactly how it happened, the entire population of Selûnarra was transported to the Gates of the Moon, the divine realm of Selûne.

Centuries later in the, the mortal avatars of gods were set against one another on the face of Faerûn. During the Time of Troubles, Selûne fought the goddess Shar in a great battle in Waterdeep and an artifact known as Selûne's Eye was left with Kyriani Agrivar, half-drow owner of the tavern Selûne's Smile. The artifact, which had the power to temporarily open portals to other planes, was eventually revealed by the goddess to be intended for a special ceremony known as the Ritual of the Waxing.

Rumors & Legends
According to legend, if the Ritual of the Waxing was performed correctly at Elah'zad, a holy site in the Hills of Scent in Anauroch, a portal would open that would summon Selûnarra back from the Gates of the Moon so as to combat the shades of Thultanthar. But apparently the correct time and manner of this ceremony was never discovered, since such an event never took place.