Archfey were fey beings who gained nearly god-like powers and established a position of preeminence among fey-kind. Each archfey had a unique appearance and set of abilities, most controlled a portion of the Feywild and had self-proclaimed titles.[1][2]
Some of them were powerful fey of many races, others were the awakened spirits of natural places such as forests or rivers, others the sentient incarnations of different types of animals, and others were noble eladrin so old and powerful they transcended the bounds of mortality.[1]
Some archfey were regarded as deities and granted divine abilities to their worshipers.[3] Archfey could be contacted by a willing warlock to form a fey pact.[4][5]
Archfey were difficult to kill, for each one had a nemesis- an item, special condition, or creature- that could slay it, but only the nemesis could destroy them. Nemeses were unique to each archfey.[6][7]
Notable Archfey[]
- Baba Yaga, Mother of All Witches[8]
- Cerunnos, the Horned Lord[9]
- Hyrsam, the Prince of Fools[4]
- Neifion, the Lord of Bats[10]
- Nintra Siotta, the Princess of Shadow Glass[11]
- Oberon, the Green Lord[4]
- The Prince of Frost[4]
- Psilofyr[12][13]
- Queen of Air and Darkness[4]
- The Stag King, a dark fey who dwelled in Rashemen.[14]
- Titania, the Queen of the Seelie Court[4]
- Verenestra the Oak Princess[3]
- Kannoth, the Vampire Lord of Cendriane[15]
- Yarnspinner, an enormous spider archfey that is obsessed with stories. He owns Fablerise, a small domain of delight within Prismeer.[16]
- Zybilna, the Ruler of Prismeer and the patron of the Witchlight Carnival[17][18]
Additionally, the deities Auril (under the name of Aurilandür), Relkath, Sarula Iliene, and Lurue were considered by some as archfey in the late years of the 15th century DR.[3]
Appendix[]
See Also[]
- The Seelie Court
- The Unseelie Court
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Richard Baker, John Rogers, Robert J. Schwalb, James Wyatt (December 2008). Manual of the Planes 4th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 36. ISBN 978-0-7869-5002-7.
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell (2009). City of Torment. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 76–80. ISBN 978-07869-5184-0.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Brian R. James (June 2009). “Realmslore: Sarifal”. In Chris Youngs ed. Dragon #376 (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 59–65.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Steve Kenson, et al. (November 2015). Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide. Edited by Kim Mohan. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 138. ISBN 978-0-7869-6580-9.
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell (2009). City of Torment. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 219. ISBN 978-07869-5184-0.
- ↑ Rodney Thompson, Claudio Pozas, Steve Townshend (2011). Player's Option: Heroes of the Feywild. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 6–7. ISBN 978-0786958368.
- ↑ Stephen Radney-MacFarland (January 2009). “Winter of the Witch”. In Chris Youngs ed. Dungeon #162 (Wizards of the Coast) (162)., p. 31.
- ↑ Alana Abbott (November 2011). “Court of Stars: Baba Yaga, Mother of All Witches”. In Steve Winter ed. Dungeon #196 (Wizards of the Coast) (196)., p. 3.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (2021-06-11). Celtic pantheon (Tweet). theedverse. Twitter. Archived from the original on 2021-06-12. Retrieved on 2021-06-12.
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell (2009). City of Torment. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 79. ISBN 978-07869-5184-0.
- ↑ Brandes Stoddard, Christopher Perkins (March 2021). “The Scrivener's Tale”. In Scott Fitzgerald Gray ed. Candlekeep Mysteries (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 184–188, 190, 193, 195–197. ISBN 978-0-7869-6722-3.
- ↑ Rob Heinsoo, Andy Collins (January 2010). Underdark. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 109. ISBN 978-0786953875.
- ↑ Jeff LaSala (February 2013). “Court of Stars: The Carrion King”. In Steve Winter ed. Dragon #420 (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 12–17.
- ↑ Richard Lee Byers (February 7, 2012). The Masked Witches (Kindle ed.). (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 6. ISBN 0-7869-5982-7.
- ↑ Paul Park (September 2010). “Watchers at the Living Gate”. In Steve Winter ed. Dragon #391 (Wizards of the Coast), p. 67.
- ↑ Adam Lee, et al. (September 2021). Domains of Delight. Edited by Judy Bauer, Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 3.
- ↑ Christopher Perkins (September 2021). The Wild Beyond the Witchlight. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 18. ISBN 9780786967278.
- ↑ Christopher Perkins (September 2021). The Wild Beyond the Witchlight. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 204. ISBN 9780786967278.