Promenade-in-Exile

The Promenade-in-Exile

Temple of Eilistraee

Waterdeep

Founded 1490 DR

Personages

• Population: 28 total 11 clergy (x clerics, x priests; x ordained priests, x acolytes) 8 lay worshippers 9 Protectors of the Song (4 Darksong Knights, 5 temple guards) • High Priest: Lady of the Promenade xxx xxx • Noble Patrons: None • Allies: Lady Remallia Haventree (Harper and noble woman), the Dark Brother's Own (small local cult of Vhaeraun)

Services

Curse removal, healing, ritual, social

Faction Details

Common Descriptors: Musical, guarded, celebratory Primary Classes: Cleric (Eilistraee), paladin, fighter, bard Alignments: CG, NG, CN, N

Faction Ranks

• Acolyte: Rank 1+. xxx. • Sword Dancer: Rank 3+. xxx. • Moon Dancer: Rank 7+. xxx. • Lady of the Promenade (Rank 10): Rank 10. You are the high priestess of this temple, and responsible for its well-being, its growth, and the cultivation of its clergy and laity.

With the Sundering and the return of the Dark Maiden, the Sword Dancers of Ardeep received an unmistakable message: the time had come to return and reclaim the Promenade. The years since its fall had not been kind, however, and the Moonspring network of portals was long-since devastated and disrupted. Moreover, the night they arrived in Waterdeep, as they came upon the city gates, they saw an unmistakable blessing: the Dark Maiden herself, dancing along the cliffs, above the level of the walls so that many Waterdhavians saw her, and dancing above a portion of the Field Ward.

Since then, the new temple without a temple, the Promenade-in-Exile, has taken upon itself a two-fold goal: to reclaim the Promenade, yes, but also to found a temple and dancing place above ground, within the city itself. Rather than a hidden dell tucked away in the forest, they will raise a hill within the city's walls, to show that the time for drow to take their place in the Lands of Light (even if that light is only the moonlight for some).

In pursuit of this goal, they have set up what community they can, finding homes and work for the drow of their temple within the city, and endeavoring to achieve their goals to the best of their ability. Yes, they have found allies in this – the noble elf lady Remallia Haventree, a known Harper, chief among them – but the opposition is terrible and vicious as well. Homes vandalized, and those who travel alone often attacked. But the Lady Leliana Vrinn knows that there is hard work ahead of them all, and it is work she is anxious to see underway.

Today, they meet in the Shrines of Nature during the nights of the full moon to celebrate, a favor arranged for them by Lady Remallia Haventree. They gather in one anothers' homes as they are able, or in private rented rooms of an inn or festhall sometimes. It isn't ideal, but it serves for the moment.

Rites & Celebrations

• The Evensong: Daily Rite. xxx
• The Sword Dance: Any Night. xxx
• Circle of Song: Any non-new Moon. xxx
• Moonwright's Blessing: Full Moon. A simple blessing performed upon the materials that the faithful intend to use to create something. These materials must be holy to Eilistraee's faith: silver, moonstone, moonbar, and mithral, in specific. The materials become lucky and easy to work, and hold magic more readily. This is performed with a ceremony cast at the 2nd level during the full moon. The items in question are considered to be worth 25% more than their normal value for the purpose of crafting items, both magic and mundane, although their value cannot contribute to more than half of what is needed to create the item.
• The High Hunt: Once per Season. xxx
• The Run: Once per Year. xxx
• The Love-Binding: Marriage Rite. xxx
• The Last Dance: Funerary Rite. xxx
• The Grand Chorus: As Needed. xxx

Temple Titles & Perks

• Protectors of the Song: Rank 3+. xxx

Clergy Titles

• Lady of the Dance: Rank 5+ xxx
• Councilor of the Song: Rank 7+. xxx
• Guardian of the Moonspring: Rank 7+. xxx
• Lady of the Promenade: Rank 10. xxx

Defender Titles

• Hand of the Protectors: Rank 5+. xxx
• Right Hand of the Lady: Rank 7+. xxx

Temple Personages

	Leliana Vrinn Lady of the Promenade • Rank 10 Among those drow transformed into ancient dark elves, Leliana's devotion to Eilistraee has not wavered. She has lived to see miracles: the return of her goddess, the renewal of her magic, and the voice of her singing sword in her mind once more. She, too, is renewed and fiery, with a devotion to see the Dark Dancer's goals accomplished and more.
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