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

[MonsterEnvy]

In 5e’s hag entry it’s mentioned that both the Seelie and Unseelie don’t like them much because they both prefer pretty things.

 

[Parmandur]

Lol Unseelie court coming in with the anti-immigration rhetoric

I mean...that sort of works?

 

[Chaltab]

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.

Titania was in 4E, just renamed as Tiandra.

 

[Pale Violet Light]

Lol Unseelie court coming in with the anti-immigration rhetoric

They don’t realise the vital function the mortals provide to the Feywild. Low-paid jobs like “Wild Hunt quarry”, or “Queen’s entertainer”.

 

[Hriston]

Personally, I would associate the Seelie with the Feywild proper and the Unseelie with the Shadowfell and pretty much everywhere else which includes parts of the Material Plane which are adjacent to the Feywild but sundered from its light and thus "dark".

 

[Yaarel]

So what is going on with the Drow?

Are those of the court of Lolth unseelie, while those of other courts seelie?

If so, what is the relation between the Spider Queen and the Raven Queen? I cant see them being too enthused about the other.

 

[Corinnguard]

So what is going on with the Drow?

Are those of the court of Lolth unseelie, while those of other courts seelie?

They could have been former Seelie who were banished from the Seelie Court and found a new home with the Unseelie.

 

[Yaarel]

They could have been former Seelie who were banished from the Seelie Court and found a new home with the Unseelie.

That probably makes most sense. The Raven Queen is the preexisting unseelie court, with the Spider Queen allying with her after banishment.

Drow actually have many cities with diverse cultures, and each is a local Fey Court. The ones without Lolth are probably seelie by default.

 

[Yaarel]

Even though the 2024 Goblinoids in the MM aren't mentioned outright as being Unseelie Fey, a bit of their description certainly makes them sound like they are. Which IMO is cool because I am currently playing a Bugbear Ranger. A friendly ambush predator.

Goblins are unseelie, pretty much by definition. Bugbear are spooky, likewise unseelie.

I tend to view the "hobgoblin" as the puck of Shakespeare, being good-natured but inflicting pranks with a painful sense of humor. This hobgoblin Puck is part of the seelie court of Oberon.

 

[Corinnguard]

I tend to view the "hobgoblin" as the puck of Shakespeare, being good-natured but inflicting pranks with a painful sense of humor. This hobgoblin was part of the seelie court of Oberon.

The version of the Hobgoblin in Mordenkainen's Monsters of the Multiverse is definitely Seelie compared to its' current 5.5 version. Puck would be one of the former.