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Originally posted by Cosmar

So, there's some lore about the Fey in general in the Realms - like about Crossroads, burial mounds and such - but maybe I'm just not looking in the right books, but it seems like there's a dearth of information about important fey figures in the Realms.

All the player races and most of the monster races have published examples of named, important/notable figures representing their races. But I can't seem to find much about important/named fey. Am I missing something? What books should I read to learn more about them?

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Originally posted by Seethyr

Here’s a clip of obscure lore from Monster Manual IV from 3rd edition.

“Unknown to all but the eldest son and daughter of each generation, the Adarbrent noble family of Waterdeep has for decades sent their firstborn to the Kryptgarden forest to pledge an oath to King Witchthorn, a verdant prince. These children must perform an unspecified service for the prince by their eleventh year. In exchange, the family’s businesses and homes gain secret fey guardians. The bargain has worked well for the family; King Witchthorn has never asked any- thing of them. Now the Adarbrents view the verdant prince as a fatherly benefactor, thinking nothing of chaining another generation to whatever dark plans the fey has in store.”

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Originally posted by ericlboyd

Auzkovyn Tangle
For nearly two centuries, the stretch of forest between the Lost Peaks and the Star Mounts known as the Auzkovyn Tangle has been a nigh-impenetrable thicket of thorny vines wrapped around twisted trees with interwoven limbs. The Auzkovyn Tangle, as this region came to be known, was fashioned through the fell sorcery of Clan Auzkovyn, a tribe of Vhaeraun-worshiping drow that attempted to establish a small fastness in the Realms Above after centuries spent as itinerant wanderers in the Underdark. Relentless attacks by the Fair Folk of fallen Eaerlann drove the drow of Clan Auzkovyn to abandon their hard-won home in the Year of the Unstrung Harp (1371 DR), when they fled the High Forest via the Harp Gate in the Tower of Swirling Shards (see page 96) for Battledale, only to come under attack by the Sisterhood of Essembra.
In their wake, this stretch of forest remains a nigh-impassable landscape of nightmares, inhabited by carnivorous plants and dark fey creatures, such as banshrae (MM5) and evil dryads, and ruled by a verdant prince (MM4) known as the Masked King. (The Masked King was born of an evil dryad and Lord Ord Artemel of Waterdeep (CN male Illuskan fighter 9), who found himself stranded in the western High Forest, after uncovering the truth behind the Hunt Lords of Noanar’s Hold. Lord Ord eventually made his way back to Waterdeep and now seeks fitting revenge.)
In the Year of the Unstrung Harp (1371 DR), the Masked King forged an oath bond with Lord Marigaer Ahmaquissar of Teuveamanthaar (see page 139). Under the terms of their agreement, the Masked King agreed to trade drugs from the Underdark to House Ahmaquissar in exchange for information about the movement of wood elf clans through the High Forest. The Masked King uses the information provided by Lord Marigaer to safeguard his kingdom and identify small groups of wood elves to attack.
The Masked King acquires the drugs from Vhaeraun-worshiping drow in the Underdark. He sends various dark fey under his rule via the perilous passages through Rornfaern into the Underdark to prearranged meeting points. The dark fey bring valuable surface goods (rare herbs and foodstuffs) provided by House Ahmaquissar to exchange for drugs by the drow. The Masked King then sends dark fey with the drugs to prearranged meeting points in the High Forest between the Auzkovyn Tangle and Teuveamanthaar. There the dark fey meet with agents of House Ahmaquissar to trade the drugs for sealed scrolls penned by Lord Marigaer.

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