Faerinaal
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Faerinaal is a powerful eladrin
prince, in the Dungeons & Dragons
roleplaying game. He counsels and provides company for the eladrin queen, oversees the defense of the Court of Stars, and works to liberate eladrins captured by evil forces.
in 1995, including among them Faerinaal, Queen's Consort, Gwynarwhyf the Veiled, and Faerie Queen Morwel.
(the other is Gwynharwyf
). Faerinaal adores Morwel more than any other being in the multiverse. Vaeros, Faerinaal's predecessor, perished during a mission to the Abyss
to liberate eladrins captured by the forces of evil.
Dwaecor and by the lillend bard Karasel.
. This timeless, autumnal realm seems eternally in twilight, and it can manifest on any of the three layers of the plane. There is no aging, hunger, or thirst on within the Court of Stars, although inhabitants may eat and drink for their enjoyment. Morwel dwells within a palace of crystal.
to chronicle events there. One day it will return to Faerinaal and recount its tales of glory. Faerinaal sometimes sends Karasel to the Material Plane in search of it.
Eladrin
The Eladrin are a fictional race of creatures appearing in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Introduced in the Planescape setting of AD&D 2nd edition and D&D 3rd edition, Eladrin were described as a type of celestial of chaotic good alignment and hailed from the plane of Arborea...
prince, in the Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. . The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997...
roleplaying game. He counsels and provides company for the eladrin queen, oversees the defense of the Court of Stars, and works to liberate eladrins captured by evil forces.
Creative origins
Eladrins debuted as several cards in the Blood Wars Card GameBlood Wars Card Game
Blood Wars is a collectible card game produced by TSR, Inc., based on the Planescape campaign setting from Dungeons & Dragons. The game was released in 1995 as part of TSR's 20th anniversary. Players use cards representing Warlords and Legions for combat to claim Battlefield cards.Blood Wars was...
in 1995, including among them Faerinaal, Queen's Consort, Gwynarwhyf the Veiled, and Faerie Queen Morwel.
Description
Faerinaal is a handsome, elflike being wearing a robe of midnight blue, covered in symbols resembling stars. He can also appear as an orb of scintillating, rainbow light four feet in diameter. A master politician and a shrewd negotiator, Queen Morwel relies on Faerinaal to handle particularly difficult matters.Relationships
Faerinaal is one of two current consorts of the eladrin queen MorwelMorwel
Morwel is the queen of the eladrins, a race of chaotic good celestials inhabiting the plane of Arborea, in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Her titles include Faerie Queen, Queen of Stars, and Lady of the Lake. These shouldn't be taken literally; eladrins are not fey, she doesn't literally...
(the other is Gwynharwyf
Gwynharwyf
Gwynharwyf is a powerful bralani eladrin and the celestial patron of barbarians, in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. She is also known as the Whirling Fury...
). Faerinaal adores Morwel more than any other being in the multiverse. Vaeros, Faerinaal's predecessor, perished during a mission to the Abyss
Abyss (Dungeons & Dragons)
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the Abyss or more fully, the Infinite Layers of the Abyss, is a chaotic evil-aligned plane of existence. It is one of a number of alignment-based Outer Planes that form part of the standard Dungeons & Dragons cosmology, used in the Planescape...
to liberate eladrins captured by the forces of evil.
Minions
Faerinaal is served by the djinniGenie (Dungeons & Dragons)
In the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, genies are outsiders composed in part of the element of their native Elemental Planes.-Dungeons & Dragons :...
Dwaecor and by the lillend bard Karasel.
Realm
Faerinaal dwells with his lovers Morwel and Gwynharwyf in the Court of Stars on the plane of ArboreaArborea
Arborea is a town and comune in the province of Oristano, Sardinia, Italy, whose economy is largely based on agriculture, with production of vegetables and fruit.- History :...
. This timeless, autumnal realm seems eternally in twilight, and it can manifest on any of the three layers of the plane. There is no aging, hunger, or thirst on within the Court of Stars, although inhabitants may eat and drink for their enjoyment. Morwel dwells within a palace of crystal.
Artifacts and relics
Faerinaal is associated with Hwyrr, the Clarion Harp, an artifact that moves from bard to bard on the Prime Material PlanePrime Material Plane
The Prime Material Plane is the central plane of existence in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game...
to chronicle events there. One day it will return to Faerinaal and recount its tales of glory. Faerinaal sometimes sends Karasel to the Material Plane in search of it.
Additional reading
- Stark, Ed, James Jacobs, and Erik MonaErik Mona-Career:Erik Mona served as the editor-in-chief of Dragon magazine since 2004 and Dungeon magazine from 2004 to 2006; at the time, both magazines were published by Paizo Publishing, until the license through Wizards of the Coast expired in September 2007...
. Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the AbyssFiendish Codex I: Hordes of the AbyssFiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss is an optional supplemental source book for the 3.5 edition of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.-Chapter 1: Demonic Lore:...
. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2006.