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Mushroom Man Archfey Warlock

If you ever want a good underdark/feydark warlock background and you love mushrooms, have I got the patron for you: Psilofyr. He's insane, nice enough, and is an archfey. He sometimes needs folks to go take care of the rebel versions of him that pop up and will give warlocks powers to do so

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The Tanwen

The Tanwen were created by Merlin and Eilistraee. They had a physical appearance a lot like Merlin. They had shade of dark blue and purple skin with opalescent scales and swirled on their shin with patterns that were not always perfect and sometimes broken as well as serrated ears and blue-purple coloration on the inside of their mouths. However they had pink flesh and were also elves. Their eyes could see in the dark of the caves as well as in the sun and came in many colours but not red, pink or black. They can reverie and sleep. In a small garden in a corner of their civilization has a artificial sun that shines for nine hour then dims until it is no longer visible than reignites after fifteen hours of dark. It was a gift and its existence allows them to adjust to a bright light. The area they live in is large but has many small passageway to enter and leave to access it so it is very difficult to find. There are lush forests in the area they live in and many under ground rivers and streams. The type of forest changes as they travel as their are forests in the feydark that do not need the sun and forests that can grow in the sun, they are similar. Around four thousand and five hundred of them moved into a different region with a lot of volcanic activity and have a paler purple coloration compared to the others and their markings and scales are red, yellow and orange in colour. These people are referred to as the Tanwyllt. They like Merlin had both a larynx and a syrinx and could make multiple sounds at once this made their language and music very complex. Merlin tried to bring many technologies and science form the non magical world to her people as well as teaching them magic and battle strategy and Eilistraee brought them music, art, her blades and dance. The mixed everything and have are a very smart society. Their most common fashion was of knee length skirts with dye, calf length boots and shirts that only covered their chests with many beaded necklaces. They did wear dresses, pants and shirts that covered their midriff but it was not as common. Their armor often had crystals on it. Crystal were often used as decoration as well as in architecture they were hunk from vines and woven into branches, jewelry and turned into beads. Larger crystal were often used as platforms and supports. Food was foraged and hunted similar to how it would be on the surface though they must stay clear of primal mud as it will kill them with prolonged exposure. Some of them mixed bloodlines with early drow who were of varying shade of grey skin and hair with stretched bark like skin that was glassy and looked painful and pale pink eyes, the children were brought with the drow and eventually the drow had the appearance they have now. The Tanwen refer to their civilization as Tanacetum.

Edit: I thought to make the original drow have skin on their backs like a glass frog that would be see through in direct light like the sun.

Edit: I thought that the scales could be ingredients for magic and a recessive genetic trait. Most Tanwen have them.

Edit: They all have the innate ability to shapeshift similar to changelings and they have true polymorph as well.

Edit: They use shapeshifting and true polymorph to stay hidden and defend themselves in the feydark.

Edit: They mostly have white hair though many have red, yellow or orange hair especially in the volcanic region.

Edit I thought that they could all have wings similar to the yi-qi and have the fur/feathers that matched their hair colours.

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Archfey Merlin continued

The people that saved her were Liam a werewolf fighter that was a reincarnation of a farmer she knew in her youth, Enid a fey eladrin ranger with a golden eagle companion, Morris a fey eladrin artificer and later warlock who was Enid's brother, Orn a LeShay wizard and Elaine fey eladrin a druid who was cursed to stay in her fox form but can cast spells and speak in that form and is often mistaken for Enid's companion. While she wanted to do good things Merlin could be wild, unpredictable and ruthless so they questioned if they should have freed her but quickly became allies and friends with her. Kannoth and Nathaer tried to regain her loyalty and she manipulated them to regain her freedom to leave later destroying the flower. They do not trust each other but are at a truce. They fear she will once more tear open the land and bring the sky down on them. She kept Mithrendain as it belongs to her but the lords in charge would still be in power as it had not been a city when she left. Over the course of sixty years she learned modern language and recreated her own domain in Karasuthra of the beastlands. She lives in a hollow mountain with over sixty windows and have a cave system full of crystal and a river that flows into a lake. She also went to the feydark and learned that the Tanwen survived and had a population of around fifteen thousand and seven hundred. She spoke to Eilistraee about opening the seal but she was worried about how the city would react. Merlin then decided to travel faerun after visiting the non magical earth for a few years.

Edit: Zhudun implied that she saw the end of everything (which was true) and that she would have a hand in it as at the time they had seen her destructive capabilities (which may or may not be true).

Edit: I think she would have opened up a small portion eventually and allowed the Tanwen to trade and interact with Mithrendain before she left. While keeping it small and location mostly unknown to people outside both cities.

Edit: The relationship between Merlin and Eilistraee was not very genuine at the any point and they were friends, then later not as close due to their relationship.

Edit: The water from the river is rumored to have strong magic and healing properties.

Edit: There is 127 years between when she wakes up and current time.

Edit I was thinking that she died shortly after Kannoth as some of his allies would not rest until they found her so she tricked them into thinking she was gone, but she reincarnated quickly to a couple from the volcanic region. She is still the child of Mystryl and Bahamut . She still has bright blue mouth and flesh as well as the iris of her eyes but she is shorter and only a little taller than most humans closer to six feet seven inches tall and she has a dark purple complexion with red, orange and yellow scales and patterns and blonde hair with a few orange streaks and a lot of red streaks, most likely in a ponytail with braids. Her knew parents are aware of what she is and was and have a complicated relationship with it though they did agree to watch over her reincarnation before she died they worried about her at times. Her reincarnation is currently 125 years old and does have memories of her past self. One of her grandparents is a Tanwen the rest of her reincarnated family are Tanwyllt.

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Archfey Merlin story

Mystryl and Bahamut had a child and named Her Merlin. They took her to a non magical land in hope that she would grow up with a understanding of life outside of the realms many were used to. Merlin was disguised as a human and later used her own magic to change into a human boy and later forgetting how she was born. When Merlin was young their mother was traveling with them and lost then a kind man helped them and allowed them to stay at his house. Mystryl proclaimed them family before she left. Later in life Merlin lived in Camelot and while shapeshifting into various different ages created a legend. After Arthurs death Merlin relearned the past and revealed herself to Guinevere. The queen accepted this and became her first warlock, they were like sisters. Through family she learned that the man who helped her mother was the knight Percival's father though Percival was not as keen to have a familial bond. Slowly rising hostility with the church and Gwen's second husband drove Merlin to seek out the realms of Magic at time using the name Lillian which was given to her by Gwen. Merlin learned how to use her magic to travel though time telling no one due the how volatile it was. She traveled mostly through what is now the feywild and tried to be allies with every archfey she met. Eventually she made her way to Cendriane and was offered Mithrendain if the helped lord Kannoth build it into the biggest city in the feywild, she accepted. Kannoth had a wife who was a dark elf vampire named Nathaer Everhzynge who had dark purple red hair. Mithrendain was a fortress at the time and she often fought in his wars as a trusted ally as a show of loyalty despite being a archfey of her own now, she did this thinking it would keep his loyalty. Eventually all her time magic tore a hole through the realms and there was now a entrance to the feydark in the middle of Mithrendain. She refused to tell how it happened and people started to grow weary of her. She began a affair with Eilistraee and conspired with her to create a new race. They mixed their tears of happiness with their magic and created the Tanwen. Eventually they decided that they would end their relationship but stay friends and allies because they both would never wish to lose each others friendship and would not under mine their platonic love. The Tanwen passed though the hole through realms between the feydark and Mithrendain as well as keep the existence of it secret from the fomorians. Seeds of distrust were being sown to Kannoth and Nathaer by a star named Zhudun who had unknown goals. In battle she was known to take out large armies so swiftly they did not know if they would be able to defeat her so they wondered if Zhudun would help. He gave them a terrible prophecy for Cendriane. Nathaer and Kannoth wanted her dead but then thought that it would not be bright to get her parents wrath so they asked Zhudun how to imprison her. He gave them a spell that would put her into a sleep in a weak sate for ever as time would not pass in the room she was in as long as it was sealed. He would return for what he was owed. She knew something was wrong when she saw them and they gave chase. she was caught and brought deep into the vaults below Cendriane and put into a sleep in a room with a door that was sealed and hidden so that she may never leave. Kannoth carried a lily with a long stalk as a weapon which the scent of would break her curse as well as open the door. Later during the crown war Cendriane fell and all its people disappeared as Zhudun glowed in the sky. They did not regret this decision because of the danger she posed. The hole in Mithrendain was sealed to keep the feydark and monsters from there out, though almost none knew of the existence of the Tanwen. She was written out of history in the feywild and was only a rumor of a monster that was so evil it was unspeakable in the vaults. Eventually she was released many thousands of years later by a group of people.