The Undying Court
| The Undying Court | ||
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 Varies, but the symbol above is used to represent the faith as a whole |
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| Alignment | Neutral Good | |
| Pantheon | Eberron | |
| Portfolio | Glory, history, patience, revelation, obedience | |
| Domains | 3E: Deathless, Fate, Good, Planning, Protection 4E: Fate, Knowledge, Undeath 5E: Knowledge, Life |
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| Worshippers | Elves, half-elves | |
| Favoured Weapon | Scimitar | |
The Undying Court acts as both the chief faith of the elves of Aerenal and their leading authority - and unlike most of the religions in Eberron, whose existence is mostly a matter of conjecture, the court is a very real group of spooky undead elves that runs the government. In a funny way, this has the pointy-ears steal the whole ancestral worship gig that dwarves usually have to themselves.
The Least Evil Undead
The chief thing to understand about the Court is that they're not exactly undead in the traditional sense. While they are indeed dead, the members of the Court are not resurrected by any means but are instead placed in a manifest zone (A place with a strong connection to another plane) to the Plane of Positive Energy. This turns anyone inside them into not-quite undead called the Deathless. This allows the honored ancestors to still talk to their descendants and guide them. This is best shown in Aerenal's capital, Shae Mordai, where the ruling council is entirely comprised of Deathless elves.
Conversely, the Court sees the Blood of Vol as a bastardization of their preservation, their claims that all humans are inherently divine an absurdity, and the undead this results in as monstrosities. Naturally, this means that devotees of the court spend their time hunting down and destroying the undead.