Description: is the goddess of light, the moon and stars, and liminal spaces. She is an ancient goddess, and belongs to both the Elven Seldarine and the Tuathan Church. While the elves do not normally worship gods, Sehanine (as they know her) has been a member of their paragons for as along as any elf can remember, and they look to her to epitomize the light that shines from the heavens during twilight and darkness. She is also an example of the natural order of things, the turning of the world, and the passage of stars. She is the harbinger of change, in the form of growth and the natural order. Some believe in her guidance to include the natural passage of an elven life, the journey, death, and transcendence.
Selune, along with other elven powers and spirits, became part of the Tuathan Church as the early Tuathans fled through elven lands fleeing an unknown disaster to the south. The elves who sheltered and assisted the Tuathans in their migration passed on some of their beliefs and philosophies, among those the ideals of Sehanine. Tuathans place more of an emphasis on Selune's ties to the moon, the mystical time of twilight, and fate. She is also the patron of travelers, seekers, wanderers, and navigation.
Sehanine usually appears as a tall ageless female elf or human, although she has been know to appear in the form of other races. Her hair is normally a silvery white to gray depending on the phase of the moon. She usually wear silvery-white diaphanous gowns or and togas that seem to drift along wither her as she moves. In any form or state, whenever she was in darkness, Selune's avatar usually emanated a faint blue-white glow like moonlight.
Dogma
Many of the goddess' faithful view life as a series of mysteries veiled by the god herself. The spirits of followers discover new mysteries once they transcend their mortal existences. Selune unveils the next step through dreams and visions revealed during the reverie or dreams. Worshipers of Selune revere the moon, claiming to feel it's pull in their souls like tides in the ocean.
Unlike the followers of Shar, who view secrets as leverage and sources of power, the followers of Selune feel the secrets of the universe are more like mysteries to understand and gain wisdom and understanding from, sharing such knowledge with those capable of understanding it.
Priests serve as spiritual counselors to those who seek to embark on journeys in search of enlightenment so as to transcend their current state of being.
Legends tell of Selune's rivalry with Shar as being unreconcilable, a polarizing conflict of opposing viewpoints. Selune is the light in the darkness, sharing wisdom and knowledge as a teacher would, while Shar works to cover all in darkness, hoarding secrets and power as leverage, and reward for her faithful.
Tenets Of The Faith
Be a light at all times, but especially in the darkness.
Strive for understanding and enlightenment.
The world is a mystical balance, tend to it and teach others to do the same.
"Let your moon be my light, and I shall let my sword be your shining symbol."
Related Faiths
Servitors
Seraphs
Let all on whom my light falls be welcome if they desire to be so. As the silver moon waxes and wanes, so too does all life. Trust in my radiance, and know that all love alive under my light shall know my blessing. Turn to the moon, and I will be your true guide.