Selûne

"The Moonmaiden"
Pantheon:	Faerûnian
AoC:	Moon, stars, navig- ation, wanderers
Symbol:	Female eyes in a circle of seven stars
Home P/L/R:	Ysgard/Ysgard/ Gates of the Moon

Selune seems to have as many faces as does the moon for which she stands. To some folks, she's as vivacious as a dancer beneath the starry sky; to others, she's as tranquil and enveloping as a moonlight swim; and to some, she's as cold and merciless as a howl that echoes through a dark, moonless night. The versatile goddess is worshipped by many mortals, including spellcasters (especially females), cutters embarking on sea voyages, folks looking for a glimpse of the future, and couples eager to bear children.

Most important, though, is the attention given Selune by planewalkers. Not only is she a power of wanderers and navigators, but the deity also watches over good people who search for their place in the cosmos - and that includes just about everyone, from time to time.

Selune occasionally chats with Hermes, Celestian, and other powers venerated by planar travellers. Shefeels some kinship with Eilistraee, the goddess of good-aligned drow, who urges her faithful to cleanse their spirits by dancing under the light of the moon. Among her own pantheon, she counts the friendship of Lathander, Mystra, and Sune (who she once served under), though she fiercely opposes Shar.

The goddess shares her misty realm, the Gates of the Moon, with another power: Soma, the Vedic god of moonlight, plants and prophecies, With Selune's blessing, Soma's petitioners distill the juice of special flowers that grow around the realm; chant is those who taste the droplets gain insight into the future.

'Course, the main reason that planewalkers come to the Gates of the Moon is to take a trip on the Infinite Staircase, a conduit that supposedly leads from Argentil (Selune's hall of silver) to every burg that ever was, is now, or ever shall be. Some bubbers brag about using the staircase to jump through time or take a shortcut between infinitely distant cities, but it's not that simple. First of all, the Staircase can literally make a traveller sick - it leads in all directions at once, and gravity often depends on where a body's feet are planted. But ever worse, a sod who climbs it alone - without the benefit of a group's strength of will - might end up in the city of his greatest desire, a place he'll never want to leave.