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Xan Yae is a fictional goddess from the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting, Xan Yae is the goddess of Twighlight, Shadows, Stealth, and Mental Power worshiped by some of the Baklunish people who inhabit the fictional lands of Flanaess and Oerik. She appears as a Baklunish human of any age and gender, with a slender and graceful build, and weilding a pair of magical, easily concealed falchions.

Relationships

Xan Yae was served by the demigod, Zuoken, before he vanished in 505 CY. She is a close ally of the Cat Lord, Rexfelis, and opposes Pholtus and Pyremius. She is also allied with Kurell.

Worship

The philosophy of Xan Yae embraces the mastery of the unseen and the achievement of true balance through invisible perfection.

The three universal principles of this philosophy are:

• The Universal Mind, the creator and sustainer of the universe.
• Perpetual Harmony in the form of symmetry and balance between Good and Evil, through which harmony with nature is obtained.
• Internal Peace via mastery of the mental and martial arts, through which a higher level of existence can be attained.

In the campaign setting of the World of Greyhawk, Xan Yae is revered in the fictional lands of Ket, the Plains of the Paynims, Tusmit, and Zeif. She is popular throughout the Flanaess, especially among rogues and monks, thieves and other criminals, young lovers, and those of cautious nature.

As the philosophy of Xan Yae strives for the mastery of the unseen, the temples of Xan Yae are hidden and generally hard to find. In fictional urban settings, these temples tend to be large buildings disguised as some other type of structure, while in non-urban areas, temples tend to be located in remote and secluded areas.

One of the better-known monasteries in the World of Greyhawk is the Twighlight Monastery, located beyond the Baklunish Basin, three hours northwest of Diamond Lake in the fictional Cairn Halls.

Clergy

Clerics affiliated with Xan Yae wear grey uniforms and carry falchions or other simple weapons. In accordance with their religion's philosophy of symmetry and balance, these clerics seek out extreme alignments and factions and attempt to bring them towards balance. The clerics are active in training neophytes in martial and mental arts, as well as questing for evidence of the Universal Mind, the primary philosophy of the philosophy of Xan Yae.

References

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• Gygax, Gary. Monster Manual II (TSR, 1983).
  • Gygax, Gary. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (TSR, 1983).
• Hawvermale, Lance. "Powers that Be: Xan Yae." Polyhedron #139. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1999.
• Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (Wizards of the Coast, 2000).
• Miller, Andy. "The Oeridian Lesser Gods." Dragon #263. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1999.
• Mona, Erik. Age of Worms Overload. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2005. Available online:
• Noonan, David. Complete Divine (Wizards of the Coast, 2004).
• Sargent, Carl. From the Ashes (TSR, 1992).

• Greyhawk deities