| Type | Fey Court |
|---|---|
| Government | Dictatorship |
| Location | The Feywild |
| Inhabiting Race | Dragons, Corrupted Fey |
The Court of Scales is a fey court located in the Feywild that was founded and ruled by evil dragons in service of the dragon goddess Tiamat. Their ultimate goal was to spread her evil and conquest throughout the Feywild and beyond. The court is ruled by High Regent Veylthar the Verdant Fang, an ancient green dragon and risen archfey.
History
In the earliest days of the Feywild, when the realms were still shaping themselves, the trees that would become the Wildwood rose first. Their roots dug deep into untouched soil, their canopies stretched high into endless skies, and from them was born a queen: Queen Thalyra the Rooted One. She was the spirit of the Wildwood given form, her skin bark and moss, her hair a cascade of leaves and flowers that changed with the seasons. The Rooted One gathered to her side the dryads, satyrs, and woodland spirits. Together they formed the Court of Branches, a circle of guardians sworn to protect the Wildwood. Under her dominion, the Wildwood was a vast paradise of towering silverwoods, flowering glades, and crystal-clear rivers. The air sang with the voices of songbirds and sprites, and there was peace.
But when the War of Many Names bled into the Feywild, the Court of Roots drew the attention of a far greater predator. Tiamat, forever hungry for power beyond her grasp, sought to establish a foothold in the Feywild as she had across the mortal realms. In 834 PR the dragon goddess sent a shard of her will to manifest an avatar within the Feywild, and a terrifying multi-headed shadow that fell upon Thalyra’s forest like a stormcloud. The queen and her court rallied their dryads, treants, and fey knights in resistance, but against the chromatic terror, they stood little chance.
The killing blow was not struck by Tiamat herself, but by her chosen instrument: Veylthar the Verdant Fang, an ancient green dragon and one of Tiamat's most cunning generals. With guile as much as might, Veylthar lured Thalyra into parley, feigning willingness to negotiate terms of surrender. When the dryad queen arrived, the dragon unleashed his venomous breath, stripping the life from Thalyra’s body and twisting her sacred tree into a blackened husk. Before the horrified eyes of the fey, Veylthar devoured their queen, consuming not only her body but also the magice that bound her to the land.
With her death, the Wildwood faltered. The trees wailed, their roots bleeding sap. Once-clear rivers stagnated into dark, sluggish streams. The fertile forests twisted into a choking swamp of thorns, fungal blooms, and venomous growths. Fey creatures that had danced in sunlight found their forms warped: pixies grew dragonlike wings, sprites became venom-fanged predators, and dryads fused with brambles or rotted trees. The Wildwood was no more. Now there was only the Mirewood, a fetid swamp, crawling with warped beasts and the servants of dragons. And upon this ruin the dragon Veylthar declared itself High Regent, and that henceforth, the Court of Branches would forever be known as the Court of Scales.
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