Artagan's Gate

Artagan's Gate is a magical portal between the Feywild and Exandria built by Vox Machina as part of a deal with the archfey Artagan. Artagan, who was banished from Exandria thousands of years prior by Corellon, requested the Gate as part of payment for changing the difference in the way time passes between the Feywild and Exandria. The Gate was constructed between 812 and 817 PD.

Artagan came through the Gate allowing him to befriend Jester Lavorre as the god The Traveler; a representation of the Gate became part of The Traveler's iconography. Morrigan also used the Gate to send Fearne Calloway to Exandria.

Description
The Gate is a magical portal connecting the Feywild and Exandria located in a glade in the Verdant Expanse of Tal'Dorei well off the main road, at least two weeks of travel from Emon and a week and a half from Byroden. Set on a plinth, the gate itself consists of an archway, a mound of vines, wrapped columns, and stairs. The portal is not always active and sometimes goes inert.

Background
In 812 PD, in, Vox Machina desperately fled to the Feywild after sudden encounter with Delilah Briarwood. There, Vox Machina asked Artagan to alter the difference in the way time passes between the Feywild and Exandria so that they may take several hours to rest in the Feywild and still return to Exandria in time to defeat Vecna. Artagan, who was banished from the Material Plane thousands of years prior in the Age of Arcanum by Corellon, requested that Vox Machina build gate between Exandria and the Feywild as half of the payment for the services. He also requested that he be allowed to strangle Vax'ildan to death because Vax'ildan was temporarily a revenant. Vox Machina agreed to the arrangement and asked to have twenty-four hours in the Feywild to ensure that Vax'ildan had enough time to revive. Artagan obliged and made twenty-four hours in the Feywild correspond to one hour in Exandria.

After Vox Machina successfully banished Vecna beyond the Divine Gate in, they held to their agreement and built the doorway. It was completed before 820 PD.

History
Artagan used the Gate to enter Exandria. Because of this, he befriended Jester Lavorre around 820 PD as the "god" the Traveler. In time, he built a religious cult around his Traveler identity, and a representation of the Gate became the Traveler's holy symbol. It is not wholly clear if Artagan's Gate is the portal that Morri used to send Morrighan Ferus to Exandria around 817 PD.

Morrigan sent her granddaughter Fearne Calloway through the Gate to Exandria. Various creatures living in Il'Shavfa Manor in Syngorn are said to have passed through the Gate as well. Though Fearne believes that creatures are allowed to freely pass through the Gate, she has never seen anyone else go through it.

While traveling from Emon to Byroden with her companions the Crown Keepers, Fearne was drawn back toward the doorway, and the influence of the magical portal physically altered her to become more visibly fey. At the Gate, she saw through the portal a forlarren version of herself wearing the Circlet of Barbed Vision, which the party carried with them. Taunting Fearne, the forlarren version claimed that Elmenore was displeased and wanted her back in the Feywild immediately and attacked the group. When the forlarren was defeated, Fearne sensed Elmenore through the Gate before the portal became inert. Immediately after, Myr'atta Niselor and her allies set about placing residuum spikes throughout the glade.