Selûne

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Selûne
Selûne
Titles Our Lady of Silver, The Moonmaiden
Symbol Pair of female eyes surrounded by seven silver stars
Home Plane Gates of the Moon
Alignment Chaotic Good
Portfolio Non-evil lycanthropes, Navigation, Questers, Stars, Wanderers
Worshipers Female spellcasters, good and neutral lycanthropes, navigators, Sun Soul monks, and sailors
Domains Chaos, Good, Moon, Protection, Travel
Favored Weapon Morning Star
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Selûne (pronounced seh-LOON-ay), also known as Our Lady of Silver and the Moonmaiden, is the goddess of the moon. She is also venerated in Faerûn as a goddess of light, stars, navigation, navigators, wanderers, questers, and goodly lycanthropes.

Clergy and Temples

Selûne's clerics were a very diverse group, including sailors, non-evil lycanthropes, mystics, and female spellcasters. Her church's main objective was to fight evil lycanthropes and summon the Shards, blue-haired female planetar servants of Selûne, to battle the minions of her archnemesis and twin, Shar. The temple also performed fortune-telling, healing, and practiced self-reliance and humility.[citation needed]

One order of fanatic Selûnites was known as the Swords of the Lady, who were often referred to colloquially as the "Lunatics". Its members were led by a few Selûnite crusaders who tended to act rapidly in response to threats from Shar and her priesthood, although their behavior was often viewed as bizarre by the public at large.

The Oracles of the Moon was a group of female diviners who worshiped the Night White Lady. They performed fortune-telling rituals and were some of the highest bards and priests in the faith.

Operating mainly in the north, especially Icewind Dale, the priests and priestesses known as Silverstars were dedicated to protecting the vulnerable. Gifted Silverstars were normally gifted with a Moonblade, which had special properties to harm those who are evil.

A large temple to Selûne was raised in the small state of Ruqel along the Sword coast.