They also tried to make other settings more like the new default one, sometimes with a local explanation for the change. And this version of Vecna is probably not the same as the one from Greyhawk either. But the Bane of Points of Light has a vastly different backstory from the Bane of the Forgotten Realms, the PoL one having never been a mortal. It took me forever to understand the relationship between the default 4e setting, also known as Points of Light, Nentir Vale or The Dawn War, and everything else.Īpparently, it borrows things from other settings, such as the names of certain gods. Of course, you mentioned the Spellplague, so you're probably talking about Faerûn, in which case I don't know.didn't the spellplague affect all Material Planes? And don't the Feywild And Shadowfell strength into all Material Planes? The vampire lord Strahd, and the Ravenloft area, were put in there 4e I believe. Anything intelligent with a Shadow origin, including undead powerful enough to hide from or resist the Raven Queen, would make sense. The Raven Queen (once-human goddess of Death, Winter, and Fate) lives there, but I'm not sure what other powers are to be found there. I think souls pass through it on their way to their appropriate afterlife. The Shadar-kai race comes from there, along with many creatures with the Shadow keyword. In base 4e lore, the Shadowfell was where the Primordials put all the bits that were 'too dark' (while the Feywild got the bright bits) while they were crafting the world. Of course, you mentioned the Spellplague, so you're probably talking about Faerûn, in which case I don't know. The place is less compatible with life and power, so I think you don't get an exact mirror of the Archfey in the Feywild.

Now, I understand the Shadowfell is where the undead get the magical energy needed to exist, but what else is there? Are there denizens who populate it? Are there Archfey equivalents in the Shadowfell like there are in the Feywild? what are they like?In base 4e lore, the Shadowfell was where the Primordials put all the bits that were 'too dark' (while the Feywild got the bright bits) while they were crafting the world. So, my barest understanding of the Shadowfell is that after the Spellplague, necrotic energy was taken and shoved into the Plane of Shadows, turning it into the Shadowfell.

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