Lorwyn / Shadowmoor
A Plane of Dual Natures
The mysterious plane of Lorwyn-Shadowmoor is one of duality and identity. Due to its twin worldsoul (as opposed to the usual single soul a plane posesses), Lorwyn-Shadowmoor exists in two shifting phases; perrenial day and perennial night. These halves, with ‘Lorwyn’ being the day and ‘Shadowmoor’ being the night, convert the plane and those upon it between two different forms. Each living being (well, most) has a dual-nature, and forms as well as memories stay locked within their respective phase of the plane. The event causing the shift, known as The Great Aurora, was manipulated over centuries by the goddess of Faeries, Oona, to help her consolidate power and keep her memories between the two cycles. Of course, all things end, and the heroic. actions of one of Oona’s failed avatars, Malaren, and a cohort of heroes, put an end to Oona’s scheme and reawakend the plane’s slumbering gods. Now, Lorwyn-Shadowmoor exists as both at the same time, a “marble cake” of day and night where the marbling is ever-shifting.
Aesthetically, the plane of Lorwyn is one of eternal midsummer and day inspired by classic European fairytales, where almost all beings and bright and playful. In contrast, Shadowmoor is one of eternal dusk and finds the denizens of the plane transformed into twisted versions of themselves filled with malice and hatred. Lorwyn and Shadowmoor share mostly the same topographic and populous traits, including being one of the few human-less planes in the multiverse. Beautiful elves, stalwart kithkin, bumbling giants, long-lived treefolk, tricky faeries, rambunctious boggarts, passionate flamekin, and erudite merfolk make up the majority of the plane’s life. However, there are other creatures, such as the ever-shifting changelings, the bizarre and conceptual elementals, and dormant beasts like dragons and great demon-hounds that only emerge during Shadowmoor’s cycle.
Sets FEATURING LORWYN-SHADOWMOOR
Lorwyn - October 2007
Morningtide - February 2008
Shadowmoor - May 2008
Eventide - July 2008
Lorwyn Eclipsed - January 2026
Gods & avatars
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn - The primal elemental god and worldsoul of the Lorwyn aspect of the plane, now free after Oona’s defeat.
Isilu, Carrier of Twilight - The primal elemental god and worldsoul of the Shadowmoor aspect of the plane, now free after Oona’s defeat.
Maralen, Queen of the Fae - Once a hollow creation designed to hold Oona’s essence in the event of her demise, Maralen is now free and avatar of the plane’s Faeries.
Oona, Queen of the Fae - “The Great Mother”, “The Godflower” and ‘avatar of Lorwyn’s faeries, she once controlled the Great Aurora, and with it, the plane itself.
The Spirit-Avatars of Shadowmoor - Ten powerful beings each associated with two colors of mana that emerge during Shadowmoor’s phase.
The Overbeing of Myth
The Deus of Calamity
The Demigod of Revenge
The Oversoul of Dusk
The Nobilis of War
The Dominus of Fealty
The Deity of Scars
The Godhead of Awe
The Ghastlord of Fugue
The Divinity of Pride
The Providence of Night (unknown if cannon)
