Feywild

The Feywild is one of the three Material Planes of Somara, along with the Prime Material Plane and the Shadowfell. It was intended to be a more perfect reflection of the Prime Material Plane, and contains fantastical elements that seem to defy the natural laws that govern the Prime Material Plane.

## Creation

The Feywild was created by Syvl and Valazar during the First Era. It began when Feyan, the Goddess of Charm, asked her father to create for her a plane of existence. She disliked many aspects of the Prime Material Plane, and wanted her own realm that lacked these things. This list of grievances (and later rules) are collectively known as Feyan's Terms.

So, he went to Valazar, and the two began fashioning a mirror of the Prime Material Plane, with many of the darker aspects removed. However, all this negative energy was displaced, and eventually coalesced into its own plane, forming the Shadowfell.

Thus, the Feywild was born. Feyan ruled over the land where magic and beauty were everywhere.

## Environment

In contrast with the Shadowfell, the Feywild is a place of beauty and wonder. Color is everywhere, and everything is more vibrant. Food tastes richer, colors are brighter, and magic is stronger than in the Prime Material Plane.

One of the most notable features of the Feywild is the fact that time flows differently there from the Prime Material Plane. If one were to spend an hour in the Feywild, they can re-emerge into the Prime Material Plane to find that as little as one second or as much as one century has passed. This fact, coupled with the dangerous creatures occupying the land, make it a dangerous and risky place to visit.

## Geography

The Feywild follows a similar geographical layout to the Prime Material Plane (as seen below), but each land can be vastly different than its counterpart. Most are attuned to either some season or time of day, and that state is the constant norm in that land.

For example, the continent Ezelun in the Feywild is the Land of Summer, which is covered in forests, and experiences a permanent summer. Maltou is the Land of Winter, Gardefüng is the Land of Fall, and Zaneth is the Land of Spring. The Illithian Isle and the Redflame Island are the Isles of Sunrise and Sunset, respectively. The Morkov Island is the Island of Daytime, and the Everstrom Isle is the Land of Night.

The Isle of Dreams is the Feywild's version of Windrest Island, and is a fantastical land constantly in flux with absurd, outlandish creatures. The Isle of Nightmares (Khegur Bhru in the Prime Material Plane) is the dark opposite.

The Isle of Stars is a reflection of the Fangclaw Isle, and is stuck in a permanent starry night.

There are only two locations in the Feywild that experience regular cycles of both day and night, as well as all four seasons. They are the Atoll of Seasons (an echo of the Outbow Atoll), and Outcast Island (similar to Rishi Island).

Furthermore, unlike the Shadowfell, distance in the Feywild is not consistent with that of the Prime Material Plane. One may enter a portal in Maltou and find themselves in the Land of Fall, or enter in Windrest Island and emerge in the Isle of Nightmares.

Finally, the Feywild also has its version of the Underdark, known as the Feydark. The Feydark was created when Maryphal, in his attempt to escape his prison in the Underdark, stumbled upon a portal to the Feywild. It contains many of the same creatures as the one on the Prime Material Plane (including drow and illithids), but most notably contains Fomorians, a race of giants once native to the surface that were cursed by Feyan when they defied her.

## Inhabitants

The main inhabitants of the Feywild are the Fey, a race of supernaturally powerful elf-like creatures created directly by Feyan. For a while, she ruled over them as their god-queen, until she mysteriously disappeared during the Eighth Era. After her disappearance, some of the more powerful fey began to take her place as rules of the respective lands.

Each land holds its own court, usually ruled by a King or Queen. The two most powerful fey are two sisters: Mab (also known as the Queen of Air and Darkness, or the Winter Queen) and Titania (also known as the Queen of Summer). They both have deity-level powers, and rule over their lands with absolute power. These two (as well as some of the other powerful fey) will often make pacts with mortal warlocks under the Pact of the Archfey, offering power in exchange for service.

The only mortal species native to the Feywild are the eladrin, a race of elves that went to live in the land as a gesture of goodwill between Valen and Feyan.

Other than that, there are an enormous number of fey creatures that reside in the feywild, most creations of Feyan or corruptions of creatures she has created.