Eachthighern
| Eachthighern | ||
|---|---|---|
| Unicorn Horn | ||
| Aliases | Lord of Unicorns & Pegasi | |
| Alignment | Chaotic Good | |
| Divine Rank | Lesser Deity | |
| Pantheon | Sylvan | |
| Portfolio | Healing, Loyalty, Protection, Bravery | |
| Home Plane | The Seelie Court, Arborea, Beastlands, Ysgard | |
| Worshippers | Pegasi, Unicorns, Fey, Elves, Paladins, Healers, Guardians | |
Eachthighern is the patron god of the pegasi and unicorns from Dungeons & Dragons, and part of the original pantheon of Archfey for the Great Wheel. He debuted in Monster Mythology, and received some slightly increased attention from a Planescape perspective in both Planes of Chaos and On Hallowed Ground.
Appearing as a magnificent white & gray winged unicorn stallion, Eachthighern's origins are a mystery; the most common myth portrays him as child of Koriel, patron god of the ki-rin, but he's also been described as a gift to Titania by an unnamed sky-god or as the son of a humanoid trickster god - Erevan Ilesere is a common candidate, supposedly having been impregnated with him in female form as part of some scheme or another.
Whilst he has been depicted as a steed for Oberon, Fionnghuala and Hanali Celanil, Eachthighern is largely an independent deity who serves the Seelie Court as a guardian and protector, especially of their holy sites such as forest glades and stone circles. Whilst he spends most of his time in the Upper Planes with the rest of the Seelie Court, he sometimes either visits the Prime Material or sends avatars to guard fey holy sites there. Avatars of Eachthighern have been known to seek out elves or fey in need of healing, or who are in dire need of an ally to defend their homes from evil.
In the Forgotten Realms[edit | edit source]
As a deity from Monster Mythology, Eachthighern is largely associated with Greyhawk as his world of choice, but he has a certain subtle presence in the Forgotten Realms as well. The unicorns of Evermeet are believed to be his mortal descendants, and there are arguments that Kamerynn, the divine unicorn of the Moonshaes, is actually an aspect of Eachthighern. There is speculation that he is the father of either the unicorn goddess Lurue, the pegasus demigoddess Yathaghera, or both.
Eachthighern's Realmslore largely amounts to passing mentions in the splatbooks "Powers & Pantheons" (and its 3e equivalent "Faiths & Pantheons") and "Elves of Evermeet", and in the article “Forgotten Deities: Lurue; Nobanion” in Polyhedron Magazine #115.