Sehanine Moonbow

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name=Sehanine Moonbow
title=Daughter of the Night Skies, Goddess of Moonlight, the Lunar Lady, Moonlit Mystery, the Mystic Seer, the Luminous Cloud, Lady of Dreams
home=Olympian Glades of Arborea
power=Intermediate
alignment=Chaotic Good (Neutral Good tendencies)
portfolio=Mysticism, dreams, far journeys, death, transcendence
domains=Chaos, Elf, Good, Illusion, Knowledge, Moon, Travel| alias=Angharradh (Forgotten Realms only)
super=Corellon Larethian

In many Dungeons and Dragons campaign settings, Sehanine Moonbow is the elven goddess of the moon. She is one of the more powerful members of the Seldarine. The Lady of Dreams actively opposes the nefarious schemes of the Spider Queen and the other drow powers. She is said to be the wife of Corellon Larethian. Her preferred weapon is the Moonstaff (quarterstaff)

Publication history

Sehanine has traditionally been a goddess of the elves.

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition (1989-1999)

Sehanine (Moonbow) was first detailed as a deity in the book "Monster Mythology" (1992), including details about her priesthood. [Sargent, Carl. "Monster Mythology" (TSR, 1992)]

Sehanine was one of the deities described in the "From the Ashes" set (1992), for the Greyhawk campaign. [Sargent, Carl. "From the Ashes" (TSR, 1992)]

Her role in the cosmology of the Planescape campaign setting was described in "On Hallowed Ground" (1996). [McComb, Colin. "On Hallowed Ground" (TSR, 1996)]

Sehanine received a very detailed description for her role in the Forgotten Realms in "Demihuman Deities" (1998). [Boyd, Eric L. "Demihuman Deities" (TSR, 1998)]

Sehanine is described as one of the good deities that celestials can serve in the supplement "Warriors of Heaven" (1999). [Perkins, Christopher. "Warriors of Heaven" (TSR, 1999)]

Dungeons & Dragons 3.0 edition (2000-2002)

Sehanine's role in the 3rd edition Greyhawk setting was defined in the "Living Greyhawk Gazetteer" (2000). [Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. "Living Greyhawk Gazetteer" (Wizards of the Coast, 2000)]

Her role in the Forgotten Realms is revisited in "Faiths and Pantheons" (2002). [Boyd, Eric L, and Erik Mona. "Faiths and Pantheons" (Wizards of the Coast, 2002).]

Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 edition (2003-2007)

Sehanine was detailed again in "Races of the Wild" (2005). [Williams, Skip "Races of the Wild", Wizards of the Coast, 2005]

Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition (2008-)

Sehanine appears as one of the deities described in the Players Handbook for this edition (2008). [Heinsoo, Rob, Andy Collins, and James Wyatt. "Player's Handbook". (Wizards of the Coast, 2008)]

Profile

As befits the elven goddess of mysteries, Sehanine is cloaked in secrets and illusions and rarely speaks her mind directly [Williams, Skip "Races of the Wild", page 23. Wizards of the Coast, 2005] , preferring to communicate through a process of dreams, visions, and other mystic experiences. The Goddess of Moonlight is truly spiritual and ephemeral being who evades any attempt to define her and whose serenity surrounds her like a mantle of moondust.

Sehanine lives in the realm of "Arvandor" on the plane of Arborea.

Clergy and temples

Worshipers of Sehanine Moonbow seek out and destroy undead creatures, for Sehanine holds such creatures — with the notable exceptions of baelnorn and other good-aligned undead beings who voluntarily prolong their existence in order to serve their kin — to be blasphemous.Sehanine's temples are situated so that they are bathed in moon light when it is full, with open ceilings that reveal the night sky. They often adorned with moonstones, silver and surrounded by a garden of night blooming flowers.

eldarine

In many campaign settings, the elven pantheon of gods (also known as the Seldarine) consists of the leader Corellon Larethian, as well as Aerdrie Faenya, Deep Sashelas, Erevan Ilesere, Fenmarel Mestarine, Hanali Celanil, Labelas Enoreth, Rillifane Rallathil, Sehanine Moonbow, and Solonor ThelandiraFact|date=November 2007. Other elven gods may be present in different campaign settings.

ehanine in the Forgotten Realms

In the Forgotten Realms, with the rise of humanity and its rapacious expansion into traditional elven homelands, Sehanine has found her energies increasingly occupied by thwarting the destructive ravages of gods such as Auril, Cyric, Malar, Talos, and Umberlee.

ehanine in Greyhawk

In the World of Greyhawk, Sehanine's following is strongest on the mysterious Lendore Isles.

References

Additional reading

*Living Greyhawk Journal no. 3 - "Gods of Oerth"