# The Night Council ## Category [[Shadowfell]] Political Power ## Known Facts - The Night Council is a major power in the [[Shadowfell]]. - It has existed for thousands of years. - It has become more organised and powerful in the last millennium. - It is led by Nera and Nerul. - [[Shadowfell]] politics are fragmented and unstable. - The Night Council is one of the few powers that has grown increasingly influential. ## Known Members / Associated Figures - Nera - Nerul - Unknown council agents or factions ## Known Methods - Unknown - Political influence in the [[Shadowfell]] - Possible control over [[Shadowfell]] territories ## Known By - [[Pipe]], through research - Full party, partially - Scholars of planes ## Connected To - [[Shadowfell]] - Evernight - Dark Lands - Black Rift - Nera - Nerul - Planar creatures, possibly - [[Solland]] cough, possibly ## Open Questions - What does The Night Council want? - Are Nera and Nerul connected to events in [[Solland]]? - Are the planar creatures attached to people’s backs from the [[Shadowfell]]? - Is the Night Council connected to the cough? - Does it have agents on [[Tarin]]? - Is it connected to [[Nyxthys]], [[Whune]], [[Bavar]], or Traitor Hands? ## Notes The Night Council is not yet confirmed as part of the current main plot, but its connection to the [[Shadowfell]] makes it worth tracking. ## Session 49 Archive Research - The Council is led by [[Nera]] and [[Nerul]]. - They are treated by many as queen and king of the Shadowfell, although they are not formally married. - Nerul is described as a warlord; Nera holds a different form of authority. - The Council’s long-term aim appears to be order, status and independent power for the Shadowfell. ## Session 58 Update - [[The Final Days of Whune]] refers to **the land of Shadow**, which the party interpreted as possibly the [[Shadowfell]]. - The tablets say Whune travelled beside an unnamed **Lord of Death** after the world was sundered and that her faithful later hoped she could remain hidden in the land of Shadow. - This creates a new question around whether [[Whune]], the unnamed Lord of Death, [[Nera]], [[Nerul]] and the Night Council are historically connected. - No such connection is confirmed by the tablets.