#feydark

The Tanwen were created by Merlin and Eilistraee. They had a physical appearance a lot like Merlin. They had shade of dark blue and purple skin with opalescent scales and swirled on their shin with patterns that were not always perfect and sometimes broken as well as serrated ears and blue-purple coloration on the inside of their mouths. However they had pink flesh and were also elves. Their eyes could see in the dark of the caves as well as in the sun and came in many colours but not red, pink or black. They can reverie and sleep. In a small garden in a corner of their civilization has a artificial sun that shines for nine hour then dims until it is no longer visible than reignites after fifteen hours of dark. It was a gift and its existence allows them to adjust to a bright light. The area they live in is large but has many small passageway to enter and leave to access it so it is very difficult to find. There are lush forests in the area they live in and many under ground rivers and streams. The type of forest changes as they travel as their are forests in the feydark that do not need the sun and forests that can grow in the sun, they are similar. Around four thousand and five hundred of them moved into a different region with a lot of volcanic activity and have a paler purple coloration compared to the others and their markings and scales are red, yellow and orange in colour. These people are referred to as the Tanwyllt. They like Merlin had both a larynx and a syrinx and could make multiple sounds at once this made their language and music very complex. Merlin tried to bring many technologies and science form the non magical world to her people as well as teaching them magic and battle strategy and Eilistraee brought them music, art, her blades and dance. The mixed everything and have are a very smart society. Their most common fashion was of knee length skirts with dye, calf length boots and shirts that only covered their chests with many beaded necklaces. They did wear dresses, pants and shirts that covered their midriff but it was not as common. Their armor often had crystals on it. Crystal were often used as decoration as well as in architecture they were hunk from vines and woven into branches, jewelry and turned into beads. Larger crystal were often used as platforms and supports. Food was foraged and hunted similar to how it would be on the surface though they must stay clear of primal mud as it will kill them with prolonged exposure. Some of them mixed bloodlines with early drow who were of varying shade of grey skin and hair with stretched bark like skin that was glassy and looked painful and pale pink eyes, the children were brought with the drow and eventually the drow had the appearance they have now. The Tanwen refer to their civilization as Tanacetum.

Edit: I thought to make the original drow have skin on their backs like a glass frog that would be see through in direct light like the sun.

Edit: I thought that the scales could be ingredients for magic and a recessive genetic trait. Most Tanwen have them.

Edit: They all have the innate ability to shapeshift similar to changelings and they have true polymorph as well.

Edit: They use shapeshifting and true polymorph to stay hidden and defend themselves in the feydark.

Edit: They mostly have white hair though many have red, yellow or orange hair especially in the volcanic region.

The people that saved her were Liam a werewolf fighter that was a reincarnation of a farmer she knew in her youth, Enid a fey eladrin ranger with a golden eagle companion, Morris a fey eladrin artificer and later warlock who was Enid's brother, Orn a LeShay wizard and Elaine fey eladrin a druid who was cursed to stay in her fox form but can cast spells and speak in that form and is often mistaken for Enid's companion. While she wanted to do good things Merlin could be wild, unpredictable and ruthless so they questioned if they should have freed her but quickly became allies and friends with her. Kannoth and Nathaer tried to regain her loyalty and she manipulated them to regain her freedom to leave later destroying the flower. They do not trust each other but are at a truce. They fear she will once more tear open the land and bring the sky down on them. She kept Mithrendain as it belongs to her but the lords in charge would still be in power as it had not been a city when she left. Over the course of sixty years she learned modern language and recreated her own domain in Karasuthra of the beastlands. She lives in a hollow mountain with over sixty windows and have a cave system full of crystal and a river that flows into a lake. She also went to the feydark and learned that the Tanwen survived and had a population of around fifteen thousand and seven hundred. She spoke to Eilistraee about opening the seal but she was worried about how the city would react. Merlin then decided to travel faerun after visiting the non magical earth for a few years.

Edit: Zhudun implied that she saw the end of everything (which was true) and that she would have a hand in it as at the time they had seen her destructive capabilities (which may or may not be true).

Edit: I think she would have opened up a small portion eventually and allowed the Tanwen to trade and interact with Mithrendain before she left. While keeping it small and location mostly unknown to people outside both cities.

Edit: The relationship between Merlin and Eilistraee was not very genuine at the any point and they were friends, then later not as close due to their relationship.

Edit: The water from the river is rumored to have strong magic and healing properties.

Edit: There is 127 years between when she wakes up and current time.