Eladrin

The **eladrin** are a type of extraplanar creature which resembles an elf. They are found on the plane of Thelanis.

## History

Eladrin and elves may share a common ancestry.

At one time the eladrin clashed with the fomorians in Thelanis.

## Appearance & Personality

Eladrin originate in Thelanis, where the power of story holds sway. Individual eladrin have appearances reflective of the story of their feyspire and the archfey that dominate it.

Some eladrin warriors wear wooden masks.

## Abilities

Eladrin have the ability to teleport short distances by briefly passing through another plane.

Some eladrin are adept shapechangers and can assume abstract forms such as a ball of light or a whirlwind.

## Society

Eladrin dwell in the feyspires of Thelanis, where they are divided between the various courts overseen by the archfey of the Faerie Court.

Specific kinds of eladrin are known by titles including *bralani, coure*, and *ghaele*. These **noble eladrin** attain these ranks mostly on their own merit, and stand above their peers in individual power.

## Notable Personalities

The most powerful among the eladrin are known as *ghaele*, a title reserved for archfey.

* **Luca Syara, Playwright of the Diamond Theater:** Luca Syara is the playwright of the Diamond Theater in Lower Menthis Plateau of Sharn. She is secretly a ghaele eladrin that has settled in Sharn and masquerades as a human. She originally left her home plane of Thelanis, the Faerie Court to fight in the Last War on behalf of Cyre and a righteous cause. Luca grew so disaffected by the war that she vowed to never return to her home or do battle ever again. Her plays deal with heavy themes from the Last War.
* **Shan Lian Doresh, the Lord of the Fading Dream:** Shan Lian Doresh is a former ghaele eladrin that was banished to Dal Quor after an ancient war with the giants of the Cul'sir Empire of Xen'drik. He is the lord of Taer Lian Doresh, the Fortress of Fading Dreams. Shan Lian Doresh appears as a major antagonist in *The Fading Dream*, the last novel in the Thorn of Breland series.
* **Shan Syraen, the Lord of Winter:** Shan Syraen is the ghaele eladrin embodying the power of winter. He is lord of Taer Syraen, the Winter Citadel, a feyspire that resides in the Karrnwood of Karrnath. He rules a large force of mainly eladrin, with some gnome and other kinds of fey servants as well.

## Notes

In 4th edition eladrin were changed in from their previous status as outsiders embodying pure chaotic-good to being more feylike elves hailing from the Feywild.

In Eberron, they remained the native inhabitants of Thelanis, the Faerie Court but were changed to reside within seven feyspires which alternate between Thelanis and Eberron. *Ghaele* became a specific title for an eladrin-like archfey rather than a specific type of eladrin.

## References

1. ↑ In the Eberron Campaign Guide the eladrin change from being residents of Thelanis to being located in the Feyspires that traveled between Eberron and the Faerie Court until they were bound to the Material Plane after the Day of Mourning.
2. ↑ In 3.5e the eladrin can communicate with any creature that has a language using its Tongues special ability
3. ↑ Per the Eberron Campaign Setting, eladrin speak Sylvan.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 ***Monster Manual***.
Skip Williams, Jonathan Tweet, and Monte Cook (July 2003). Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-2893-X.
5. ↑ ***Eberron Campaign Setting***.
Keith Baker, Bill Slavicsek, and James Wyatt (2004). Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-3274-0.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 ***Eberron Campaign Guide***.
James Wyatt and Keith Baker (2009). Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-5099-4.
7. ↑ "**Eye on Eberron - Taer Syraen, the Winter Citadel**" (November 2011) by Keith Baker. *Dragon Magazine* issue 196. , *p. 2*.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "**Eye on Eberron - Taer Syraen, the Winter Citadel**" (November 2011) by Keith Baker. *Dragon Magazine* issue 196. , *p. 1-4*.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 ***The Fading Dream*** (Thorn of Breland).
Keith Baker (2010). Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-5624-0.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 ***Monster Manual***.
Mike Mearls, Stephen Schubert, and James Wyatt (2008). Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-4852-3.
, p. 102-103
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 ***Monster Manual 2***.
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, p. 96-97
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 ***Sharn: City of Towers***.
Keith Baker and James Wyatt (2004). Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-3434-4.
, p. 76
13. ↑ ***Eberron Campaign Guide***.
James Wyatt and Keith Baker (2009). Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-5099-4.

, p. 60
14. ↑ ***Eberron Campaign Guide***.
James Wyatt and Keith Baker (2009). Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-5099-4.

, p. 143-144
15. ↑ ***Eberron Campaign Guide***.
James Wyatt and Keith Baker (2009). Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-5099-4.

, p. 102