Emerald Enclave

The Emerald Enclave is a centuries-old order devoted to preserving the natural balance between civilization and the wild. Known across Faerûn for both its compassion and its ferocity, the Enclave is equally remembered for healing the wounded and for delivering swift retribution against those who despoil the land. Stories of their deeds—true and exaggerated alike—have become cautionary tales in frontier taverns and noble courts alike.
The Enclave is not bound by the tenets of good or evil, but by neutrality. Its members walk the narrow path between extremes, committed to restoring harmony where imbalance threatens. Though druids form its heart, the Enclave also welcomes rangers, bards, and others who venerate nature and its rhythms.
While the organization spans the continent, its presence in Waterdeep is presently diminished. A significant portion of its strength has been recalled to address an unnamed threat to the northeast. As a result, only a handful of agents remain to safeguard the city’s natural sanctuaries. Roywyn Daergal, Autumnreaver, now stands as the most senior representative of the Emerald Enclave in Waterdeep.

Purpose and Function

The Emerald Enclave intervenes wherever the natural order is threatened. In cities, this might mean restoring overtaxed soil, purging magical blight, or maintaining sacred groves. In the wilds, it may call for more direct action—opposing unchecked deforestation, subduing corrupted beasts, or removing planar intrusions.
Members are often itinerant, observing, healing, and guiding others to coexist with the world rather than dominate it. While peaceful by nature, the Enclave is not passive. Those who poison rivers, defile sacred lands, or desecrate the dead have found their punishment swift and merciless.

Structure and Ranks

The Enclave is divided into formal ranks, granted in recognition of service and attunement to nature.
Master of the Wild – The highest formal rank, granted only to those who have become one with the natural order in both body and soul. These individuals often vanish into the deep wilds or planes beyond, never to return.
Winterstalker – Winterstalkers are enforcers of the balance. When threats to nature must be eradicated, it is often the Winterstalker who delivers the Enclave’s final answer.
Autumnreaver – Autumnreavers are seasoned members who hold positions of leadership within a region or sanctuary. They are entrusted with interpreting omens and guiding others through crisis.
Springwarden – The entry rank of the Enclave, Springwardens are newly accepted members who serve as scouts, gardeners, and caretakers of sacred spaces.

Circles of the Enclave

The Emerald Enclave divides its members into circles based on calling rather than hierarchy. These include:
Circle of Initiates – For new members learning the Enclave’s teachings
Circle of Earth – Scouts and travelers who monitor politics, kingdoms, and disruptions to balance
Circle of Air – Members capable of taking wild shape or who have rendered exceptional service
Eldath’s Circle – Guardians of waterways and sacred springs
Circle of Alluvium – Tenders of renewal, rot, and rebirth through soil and decay
Planar Circle – Agents whose work carries them beyond the Material Plane
Elder Circle – Also known as the Circle of Three, the highest governing body of the Enclave

Known Members

Roywyn Daergal – Circle of Earth, Autumreaver
Sporlun – Circle of Alluvium, Summerstrider
Thistledown le Gronx – Circle of Earth, Summerstrider (deceased)
Brambleshroom Greentide – Circle of Earth, Winterstalker (deceased)
Aeris Trollskull – Circle of Earth, Summerstrider (deceased)

Controlled Territories

• Ilythiir's Garden
• Roywyn's Sanctuary

Notable Members

• Roywyn Daergal