D&D 5E (2024) Feywild technically doesn't mention the Seelie and Unseelie Court

[Kobold Avenger]

The 2024 DMG mentions the Gloaming Court which is the Unseelie Court stand-in and the Summer Court which is the Seelie Court stand-in.

5e Feywild is a mixture of elements from all previous editions, with some of it's own things like Domains of Delight. I remember that 2e Monster Mythology had Titania the Faerie Queen from William Shakespeare's Midsummer's Night Dream as the Seelie Court Ruler and the Queen of Air and Darkness as the Unseelie Court ruler. They are indeed back in 5e, with Titania also being called the Summer Queen, after not being that present in 4e at least, along with the strongly 4e Prince of Frost.

I guess it's a way of also avoiding the Seelie=Good and Unseelie=Evil simplification that most people tend to use, and leaving room for more non-Celtic ideas of the Fey in D&D.

 

[Corinnguard]

I guess it's a way of also avoiding the Seelie=Good and Unseelie=Evil simplification that most people tend to use, and leaving room for more non-Celtic ideas of the Fey in D&D.

The Seelie merely have a better Public Relations department than the Unseelie do.

 

[SkidAce]

The Seelie merely have a better Public Relations department than the Unseelie do.

They are both tricksy vindictive manipulative dirtywords!

 

[Corinnguard]

They are both tricksy vindictive manipulative dirtywords!

They'll probably thank you for that. "We're better than those manipulative, infernal lawyers from the Nine Hells! Woot!"