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{{alsosee|Canon:Vhaeraun}}
{{5epointer|Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes}}
{{5e Deity
|name=Vhaeraun
|sorttext=
|refs=<ref name="mtof.53.57">{{Cite Pub|Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes|pages=53-57}} Licensed: &copy; Wizards of the Coast {{fairuc}}.</ref> <ref name="frw.v">titles & plane &mdash; {{cite Source|accessdate=2023.06.09|title=Vhaeraun|website=Forgotten Realms Wiki|url=https:/ /forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Vhaeraun}}. Licensed: [[CC-BY-SA]].</ref>  <ref name="fap">titles &mdash; {{Cite Pub|Faiths and Pantheons|pages=113}} (3e) Licensed: &copy; Wizards of the Coast {{fairuc}}.</ref> <ref name="ddgttu">{{cite Source|author=Eric L. Boyd|date=November 1999|title=Drizzt Do'Urden's Guide to the Underdark|publisher=TSR, Inc.|pages=93|isbn=0-7869-1509-9}}</ref> <ref name="ddex0315">titles &mdash; {{cite Source|author=Robert Adducci|date=2016-03-01|title=Szith Morcane Unbound|issue=DDEX03-15|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|pages=9}} (D&D Adventurers League: Rage of Demons)</ref> <ref name="dhd">titles &mdash; {{Cite Pub|Demihuman Deities|pages=36}} (2e) Licensed: &copy; TSR, Inc. {{fairuc}}.</ref> <ref name="d2016">titles &mdash; {{cite Source|author=Thomas E. Rinschler|date=2001-06-06|accessdate=2017-07-23|title=Deities
|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|pages=12}} (PDF)</ref> <ref name="aotl">titles &mdash; {{cite Source|author=Lisa Smedman|date=June 2008|title=Ascendancy of the Last|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|pages=123|isbn=978-0-7869-4864-2}}</ref>
|title=The Masked Lord, The Masked God of Night, The Masked Mage, The Shadow, The Lord of Shadow, Shadow Lord
|type=Deity
|gender=Male <!-- Male, Female, Androgenous, None, Unstated, Unknown -->
|of=Arrogance, thieves
|align=Chaotic Evil
|domain=Trickery, War
|plane=Abyss (Demonweb Pits)
|symbol=Black mask with blue glass lenses inset over eyes
|pantheon=Elven, Dark Seldarine
|worshipers=Elves, Drow
}}

{{blockref|Vhaeraun, also called the Masked Lord, the Masked God of Night, The Shadow,<ref name="d2016" /> and, less frequently, the Shadow Lord,<ref name="aotl" /> the Masked Mage and the Lord of Shadow was the drow god of drow males, thievery, territory, shadow magic, spellfilchers,<ref name="ddgttu" /> and evil activities on the surface, aimed to further drow goals, interests, and power there.<ref name="dhd" /><ref name="fap" />

Vhaeraun was the son of Araushnee<ref name="d2016" /> and Corellon Larethian.<ref name="fap.114">{{pub|Faiths and Pantheons}} p.114</ref> He held the unique view among drow that males and females were equally valuable<ref name="dhd" /> and was primarily prayed to by those drow males who sought a better life than slavery under Lolth's matriarchy[30]<ref name="dhd.37">{{pub|Demihuman Deities}} p.37</ref> and who opposed it.<ref name="scag.108>{{Cite Pub|Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide|pages=108}} Licensed: &copy; Wizards of the Coast {{fairuc}}.</ref>|<ref name="frw.v" />}}

==Sources and Notes==
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[[Category:5e Elves]]
[[Category:5e Drow]]
{{5e Footer|Deity, Drow}}
Alignment	Chaotic Evil +
Author	Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes +
Canon	true +
Deific Type	Deity +
Domain	Trickery + and War +
Individual	true +
Individuals	True +
Lineage	Deity +
Pantheon	Elven + and Dark Seldarine +
Plane	Abyss (Demonweb Pits) +
Portfolio	Arrogance + and thieves +
Publication	Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes +
Symbol	Black mask with blue glass lenses inset over eyes +
Worshipers	Elves + and Drow +