The Religions of the Fae and the Faerie

Unlike many other places in the multiverse, the echoes of the power of the Seldarine and the Dark Seldarine are lesser to the fey beings of Caligos than their Seelie and Unseelie counterparts.  Titania and Oberon as well as the Queen of Air and Darkness are ascendant beings compared to the lesser spirits of Corellon and the dimly known Lloth.

## The Seelie or Sidhe Court

The Seelie Court is largely composed of fae or fey beings.  The Court itself is composed of high faerie and elvish spirits of beauty.  Sometimes called the Court of Light by Fae, the Seelie is a refined and dignified gathering, which spurns the appearance of ugliness.  Unfortunately, this rule of beauty sometimes ignores inward ugliness masked by an illusion of grandeur.

Onagh or Titania is the golden Queen of Light, with her consort Finvarra or Oberon of the elves, fae and faerie folk.  It is said that they switch their roles as ruler and consort.   It is also said the processions of power between queen and king swap places at varied times of either high summer or low winter.  Depending on the individual telling the tale, they live in Sifra, the palace of light or in a mystical travelling court, some even believe they abide in a constantly moving mystical wood.  Most fae or fey of good to neutral alignment fall into observance of the Seelie court.  However, in spite of the doctrinally discriminating tastes of the court some grimmer creatures and those of evil will worship or join the court.

**Greater gods:**

Titania - Sometimes leader of the Seelie Court, goddess of all creatures who are of the type fey.

Oberon - Sometimes leader of the Seelie Court, god of all creatures who are of the type fey.

**Intermediate gods:**

Emmantiensien - Court sage and god of treants, protector of the wood.

Nathair Sgiathach - Court jester and god of pseudodragons and faerie dragons.

**Lesser gods:**

Onagh/Titania - Lady of beasts and non-humanoid fey creatures.

Finvarra/Oberon - Lord of beasts and non-humanoid fey creatures.

Damh - Lord of satyrs, korreds and atomies.

Eachthighern - Lord of Unicorns and Pegesi.

Skerrit - Chief-guardian of Seelie territory, god of centaurs and satyrs.

Verenestra - The Oak Princess, the fey deity of female faeries, dryads, nymphs, sylph, charm, and beauty.  Daughter of Titania.

**Demigods:**

Caoimhin - Lord of the killmoulis, a quiet, seemingly frightened, ugly little figure.  He alone serves as an outreach for beings otherwise considered too ugly to stand in the Court.

Fionnghuala - Demigoddess of transformation and swanmayes.

Sqeulaiche - Court Bard and lord of leprechauns, story, illusion and trickery.

## The Unseelie or Unsidhe Court

The Unseelie Court is a massive collection of disparate beings.  It is also worshiped by and belonged to by an equally varied set of beings including, dark elves, goblinoids, dullahan, the legendary shadar-kai, the horrors known as hags, elemental spirits, boggles, marrow and even the undead.

The fae spirit that rules this court is the shrouded and hidden figure of the Queen of Air and Darkness.  A stark and cruel figure, while her court mirrors the Sidhe court in many ways it also opposes it equally.  She lacks a formal consort, for example.  The Queen also indiscriminately invites equally the hideous, pitiable, weak, broken and unwelcome as well as the powerful, dark, and evil.

**Greater gods:**

The Queen of Air and Darkness - the fey deity of fey, magic (especially illusions), darkness, and murder.

Maglubiyet - The High Chieftain, the chief deity of goblins, hobgoblins.  He is a god of war and leadership.

Illsensine - Court Mage, The sexless deity of magic, psionics and sorcery, deity of mindflayers.  The Tentacled Lord or the Great Brain is the patron deity of the illithids and believed by some to be their creator. It is also the patron of evil mages and psionicists who dominated the minds of others.

**Intermediate gods:**

Panzuriel - god of the sea and of fey of the sea.

Urdlen - The Crawler Below, god of gnomes, greed and destruction.

Kostchtchie - Demon lord of rage and giants.

Kenchelsis - God of vampires, and fey concerns of opulence, drugs and debauchery.

**Lesser gods:**

Cegilune - Court advisor, hag goddess of wretchedness, filth and trickery.

Mellifleur - Death, undead, the grave and lichdom.

Bargrivyek - god of the goblinoids, deity of unity, cooperation, and territory.

Hruggek - Lord of bugbears, ambush, violence, and combat.

Daragor - god of change, pain, torture, werewolves and of lycanthropy.

Squerrik - lesser god of the least things, or ratmen and the downtrodden.

Ferrix - Court librarian, goddess of weretigers, information gathering and knowledge.

Eshebala - Court songstress, goddess of the fox-folk, vanity, charm, beauty, finery, art and song.

**Demigods:**

Vaprak - king of ogres, a demigod of greed, destruction, frenzy, and violence and the patron deity of ogres and trolls.

Gorellik - god of the hunt and of gnolls, hyenas, hyaenodons, animals, travel, creation and protection.

Ramenous - God of bullywugs, dreams and nightmaresRamenos was the bizarre god of the bullywugs, a dormant deity who seems to exist purely for the sake of doing so. Called the Sleeping God for his perpetual lethargy.

Stalker - Court sage, an elemental power that gave birth to goblinoids and directed the gods thereof to the nascent forms.

Skiggaret - god of goblinoids and lord of fear.

## The Seldarine

Members of the Seldarine have male and female forms, and are often portrayed as both (particularly Corellon), though most as presented as taking on the form of one of the other. In Cormanthor, there were statues of the Seldarine in both their male and female forms.

The many members of the Seldarine, they are as follows.  Note that their annotations of Greater, demi etc are a stature held in much of the rest of the multiverse.  In Caligos they are mere shadows of their power elsewhere.

**Greater gods:**

Corellon Larethian, leader of the Seldarine; he was the elven god of magic, warfare, music, art, and crafts.

Angharradh, consort to Corellon; commonly believed to be a combination of three other elven goddesses (Sehanine Moonbow, Aerdrie Faenya, and Hanali Celanil) formed when Lolth rebelled and was exiled. Sometimes described as Corellon's consort.

**Intermediate gods:**

Aerdrie Faenya, goddess of the wind, weather, avariel and aarakocra.

Deep Sashelas, god of the seas and of the aquatic elves, leader of the Asathalfinare pantheon.

Erevan Ilesere, god of trickery, mischief, and rogues.

Khalreshaar, an interloper goddess in the elven pantheon, aspect of Mielikki. Believed by half-elves to be the daughter of Silvanus and Hanali Celanil, and as such, the first truly half-elven deity.

Hanali Celanil, goddess of romantic love, beauty, joy and celadrins.

Labelas Enoreth, deity of time, history, and knowledge.

Rillifane Rallathil, god of nature, woodlands, and wild elves and/or wood elves.

Elebrin Liothiel, god of abundance, gardens, and the harvest; an aspect of Rillifane Rallathil.

Sehanine Moonbow, goddess of the moon, dreams, mysteries, secrets, travel/journeys; she is also the protector of the elven dead and patron of the moon elves. Often described as Corellon's consort.

Solonor Thelandira, god of hunting, archery, and survival. He was also the guardian of the boundaries between civilization and the wilds.

Tarsellis Meunniduin, god of mountains, rivers, wilderness and snow-elves.

Vandria Gilmadrith, goddess of war, justice, and grief.

**Lesser gods:**

Araleth Letheranil, god of starlight and twilight.

Avachel, the male elven manifestation of the draconic deity, Hlal.

Fenmarel Mestarine, god of outcasts, scapegoats, and isolation.

Kirith Sotheril, goddess of divination and enchantment magic.

Melira Taralen, goddess of bards and minstrels.

Naralis Analor, god of healing and suffering.

Rellavar Danuvien, god of cold and protection from the elements

Sarula Iliene, goddess of nixies and water magic who attached herself to the Seldarine.

**Demigods:**

Alathrien Druanna, demigoddess of runic and conjuration magic.

Alobal Lorfiril, demipower of hedonism and revelry.

Darahl Firecloak, demigod of earth and fire magic.

Gadhelyn, god of independence, outlawry.

Lashrael and Felarathael, twin solars who were worshiped as demigods by some elves, particularly sun elves.

Mythrien Sarath, demigod of mythals.

Shevarash, demigod of vengeance, loss, and hatred of the drow.

Tethrin Veraldé, demigod of bladesingers and swordsmanship.

Ye'Cind, god of music and enchantments.

**Dead power:**

Zandilar, goddess of passionate love, lust, and dance.

## The Dark Seldarine

Between 1375 DR and 1379 DR, the drow pantheon downsized itself to a single deity, Lolth. Ghaunadaur left the Demonweb Pits, the others died. The dead members revived themselves over the course of the Second Sundering, in the 1480s DR.

**The pantheon consisted of:**

Lolth (formerly Araushnee) : Goddess of assassins, chaos, darkness, drow, evil and spiders.

Eilistraee : Goddess of beauty, dance, song, freedom, moonlight, swordwork, and hunting.

Ghaunadaur : God of all things subterranean, jellies, oozes, outcasts, rebels, ropers and slimes.

Kiaransalee : Goddess of undead, necromancy, and vengeance.

Selvetarm : God of drow warriors and slaughter.

Vhaeraun : God of drow males, evil activity on the surface, territory, thievery, and arrogance.

Malyk : An aspect of Talos, who patronized wild magic, faded after Mystra could not endure him infringing on her monopoly over magic. He became a separate deity from Talos after the Second Sundering, god of chaos, rebellion, and wild magic.

Zinzerena : The original goddess of assassins and chaos. Her position was absorbed by Lolth during the Time of Troubles. She returned, as a single being, after the Second Sundering, goddess of assassination, illusion, and lies.

Note that Keptolo was a well known deity of the multiverse, but not a strict member of the Forgotten Realms drow pantheon. He was the god of ambitious male drow seducers, hedonism, beauty, and fertility; consort of Lolth. It was unknown whether he was worshiped in Toril or not.

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