Lord of Beasts
Oberon, called the Lord of Beasts or sometimes King Oberon, is a member of the Seelie Court worshiped as a deity of the wilderness and animals. He is at other times known as Oran, and under that name was called the Green Lord, the mystical master of the Green Faith.
Appearance
Oberon appears as a wingless, unusually tall, and muscular male faerie. His eyes are black and wild, his hair thatched and braided and run through with brambles, and his skin was comparable in color to oak wood. He was known to wear a cloak of green leaves stitched onto brown leather.
Personality
Oberon was a stern protector and warrior, if wild and mercurial at times. He relied less on illusion and camouflage than other members of the Seelie Court, and was unafraid of physical combat.
Abilities
Nonmagical weapons can not harm him. Furthermore, no natural woodland animal, faerie creature, or sentient, nonevil plant creature can be compelled to harm him. Oberon himself is attuned to fey forests he often roams, able to both sense and affect every tree and stream. He is an unrivaled hunter and warrior, powerful enough that even Corellon treats him with cautious respect.
Possessions
King Oberon possesses a staff that can be used as a changestaff once per day, as well as a magical longsword that could be used to cast light or continual light as willed, and sunray once a day. His longbow is no less magical, capable of turning up to 20 normal arrows into magical ones each day. He is also known to carry arrows of slaying for orcs, bugbears, hobgoblins, and goblins, as well as another twenty arrows specially enchanted to inflict nonlethal damage, that he uses when hunting stags.
History
Oberon is ancient and is said to be the awakened spirit of nature, possibly of some great forest. He is known to be part of the Inner Circle of the Seelie Court. The Green Lord was the one to craft Titania's palace of Senaliesse from living wood.
Relationships
Oberon is the consort of Titania and the father of Hyrsam, and presumably the father of Verenestra, and the Prince of Frost as well. However, his relationship with Queen Titania is legendarily tempestuous, at times they were the dearest of lovers, at other times rivals, and at yet other times both.
With the rest of the Court, Oberon is allied with Gozreh, as well as various good deities of nature and hunting, such as Erastil.
He is, like the rest of the Seelie Court, an enemy of the goblinoid pantheon and the hag mistress Baba Yaga, but most particularly the Queen of Air and Darkness, whom he often urged Titania to war against.
He is also the leader of the faction of fey called the Green Fey, which is primarily composed of wilder, more nature-oriented fey such as satyrs, dryads, and treants, as well as some elves that dwell in the Feywild. Other archfey of the Green Fey, such as Hyrsam, also answered to him.
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