Editing The Animal Lords (section)

== '''The Stag Lord''' ==

'''Herne'''; the Hunter 

'''Alignment''': Neutral Evil (was originally True Neutral)

'''Associated Moon''': The Lost Moon

Herne was guardian of the forests and nature, a magestic creature born to inspire awe and respect in Eberron's children for the bounty the Dragon Between had given them. Like the Druids that would later take up the mantle, it obeyed the laws Nature itself lay down. Sometimes forgiving, sometimes cruel, Herne kept all to the same standard.

Nyarlathotep took this love of nature and twisted it into a deep seated hate of all who disfigured it. The Thorn of Defilement was the result. Particularly devastating when a Druid Werestag or Stag Shifter fell to its effects, it more often than not resulted in the wholesale destruction of the very land they had hoped to defend. In fact, the first known Blighters were actually Werestags.

The destruction of the Stag Lord's line was perhaps one of the most devastating events for the seal upon Khyber since the end of the Demon War, and when what remained of his spirit body was defeated and imprisoned, the wound was thought to never be healed. However, when Fenric was released in the Karrnathi Civil War, Herne's remains were used to bind and control him. When the power of God Usagi was unleashed to calm Fenric and end the nightmare, Herne was cleansed at long last. His essence is far from secure, but there is hope. A single Stag Shifter was born shortly afterward to a pair of Greensingers, and the baby sent into hiding in Thelanis.