Dathae

Dathae was a swanmay ranger of Mielikki from Essembra in Battledale in the 12 and 13 centuries DR. She was a noted bearer of the holy Mielikkian spellbook known as Yornar's Trail Companion.Though not explicitly stated, it may be inferred that Dathae was a ranger and a follower of Mielikki. First, swanmays are typically rangers. Second, the 'Rightful Cycle' of ownership of Yornar's Trail Companion is to pass from ranger to priest and priest to ranger among the faithful of Mielikki. Since Dathae carried it from priest to priest, she is likely a ranger. However, it is unclear if this is considered before or at the resumption of the Rightful Cycle.
==Relations==
Dathae was the wife of the ranger Rhighaermon O'Antlers. He was a nobleman of Waterdeep who'd renounced his title and was the bearer of Yornar's Trail Companion.
==History==
Dathae married Rhighaermon in the . Notably, they hung the glowing, crescent-moon-shaped Companion over their bridal bed. Afterward, while on their honeymoon, Rhighaermon finally delivered the Companion to the priest Klavaeron of Cedarsproke in the Gulthmere Forest. During this journey, Dathae's double-life as a swanmay was revealed, and they stayed together all their life.
Many years later, in the , Rhighaermon's path crossed that of the Companion again, when a mind flayer unwittingly tried to trade it to him in a bazaar in Murghyr in Murghôm. Rhighaermon killed the mind flayer and stole back the Companion, then carried it to the closest temple of Mielikki, in Maerlar in Mulhorand, though he suffered mortal injuries from the mind flayer's doppelganger minions. Mielikki herself slew the doppelgangers and carried the dying Rhighaermon to her realm. It was left to Dathae to complete the Companion's journey, carrying it from Maerlar to the next Mielikkian priest in the book's 'Rightful Cycle'.
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Category:Swanmays
Category:Worshipers of Mielikki
Category:Inhabitants of Essembra
Category:Inhabitants of Battledale
Category:Inhabitants of the Dalelands
Category:Inhabitants of North Faerûn
Category:Inhabitants of Faerûn
Category:Inhabitants of Toril