Moontide Crown

The Moontide Crown is an artifact with strong ties to the Moonweaver and Catha's constant light in the Feywild. It apparently originally belonged to the Keeper of the Moontides. It came to be possessed by the Unseelie Court, who was building a device related to the appearance of Ruidus in the Feywild. It was stolen by Birdie and Oleander Calloway, and they and Ira Wendagoth used it as a central component of the Veilscatter Scope, a telescope to observe Ruidus. After using the scope shortly after completion, Ira stole the crown again.

Description
The Moontide Crown is a silvery crown made of metals and an "immaterial" type of crystal. It is described as gossamer, suggesting that it is very light and delicate. It is an artifact with strong ties to the Moonweaver and Catha's constant light in the Feywild.

The crown gives the wearer the ability to access powerful magic, including illusory magic, and draw power from Catha and Ruidus. It also enhances their darkvision and allows them to always know their precise location and the location of the moons.

History
Given its name, that Yu Suffiad said Keeper of the Moontides is invested in its theft, and that Birdie said it did not originally belong to the Unseelie Court, it most likely originally belonged to the Keeper of the Moontides.

The crown was in the possession of the Unseelie Court as one of their artifacts, and higher members of the court and the Gray Assassins were using it to build an arcane machine related to Ruidus. Around 836 PD in Exandria, seven years before Campaign 3, it was stolen by Birdie and Oleander Calloway, who were investigating why the Unseelie Court was magically masking the appearance of Ruidus in the Feywild. They discovered the machine and, after the Unseelie Court dismissed their concerns about it, stole "the shiniest piece".

Birdie, Oleander, Ira Wendagoth, and members of Grim Verity began building the Veilscatter Scope, a telescope that would allow them to observe Ruidus during an Apogee Solstice in Fessuran 843 PD in an attempt to ascertain its true nature. Sammanar, the archfey ruler of the Unseelie Court, wished to have the Moontide Crown located and the Calloway family destroyed for the theft, so Zathuda tasked Yu Suffiad and other agents of the Unseelie Court with doing so.

The Moontide Crown was built into the Veilscatter Scope as its core component. After the scope was completed, and after Bells Hells and Ira used the scope, Ira stole the crown and vanished.