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Selemene is the Goddess of the Moon and Magic in the lore of Dota 2.

Dark Moon Order
Nova Sagan

Worshippers
Allegra

Allies
Axia

Omniscience

Enemies
Marrowfell Hunters

Obelis

Powers
Selemene has dominion over every aspect of the night sky, including the moon and the stars most conspicuous during nighttime. She is also the goddess of magic. The powers used by her faithful are her to them, an extension of her divinity.

The goddess smites Nightsilver's intruders with. Although it's said to be a "beam of lunar energy" in its description, it's also said to be a beam of starlight.

Her descent into the world brings an that blots out all light or hope. The only light to be seen is the ones that will destroy the moonless ones.

A heavenly is cast when the moon goddess herself breaks the strata to let the stars fall down as meteors for her enemies.

Those who have a tenure with Selemene can cast upon the ground to conceal them and their allies with darkness.

Items
Selemene once gifted the to one of her most prized disciples many memories ago.

The is said to be one of her tears. However, some claim that it is a shard of the Mad Moon itself.

Description
created by weak force and gravity

sun is fated to die like all stars

Locations
The Sun shines on Dota 2's Earth-like planet. It is responsible for many of the happenings of the terrestrial sphere, such as its day and night cycle among others. In truth, the moon's radiance is a result of it reflecting the sun's light.
 * Bright sunlight is one of the three elements essential to life on this planet along with breathable air and clean water.
 * Some eastern and equatorial lands are hot,  while its northernmost and southernmost reaches are almost void of the sun's warmth.
 * Legend has it that it was Verodicia, the one Goddess of the Woods, who swore the sun its full attention to life on earth.
 * The four seasons―spring, summer, autumn, and winter―would not be were it not for the Sun. Its orientation with the earth causes these seasons.

In Dota: Dragon's Blood
In Dragon's Blood, the sun is far more signifcant in the grand scope of the universe. Just like all other stars, the sun is the Worldwyrm's avatar. The sun exists across all fifteen planes of existence and all of their infinite iterations in the multiverse, an expression of this being's omnipresence. It even exists in the hidden dimension of Foulfell.

The Sun is solely incarnated by the lineage of the Solar Throne, the incumbent God Emperor or Empress of the Helio Imperium. Chosen by the Senate, ascendants to the Solar Throne must perform the rite of tapping into their inherent divine power with the Eye. From then on, their divinity is unlocked, making them a lesser extension of the Worldwyrm's power, but still an extension of it nevertheless. Those of the Solar Throne draw power from the sun and are consequently weakened when they're beyond its presence. sidereal

in the beninging



Heroes
In harmony with summer when the sun's warmth is felt the most, wears luminous pauldrons to honor the glory of the summer sky.

The can manipulate the Sun's power through the energies of, which allows him to cast spells like  which harnesses the Sun's ferocity. 's inner allows her to cast a  by focusing the sun's energies into a beam that combusts the air.
 * Carl can cast the Sol Apex Incantation. The spell promises its caster a chance to touch the sun, bathe in its blinding glory, and harness its most scalding wrath.
 * One of his sunlight-charged garbs are made by the same powers that forged the sun. He wears a crown bearing the Scion of the Sun's crest as testimony to his Exort mastery.
 * According to the young Invoker, she has the power to harness the elemental magic, which explains her ability to manipulate solar energies.

If necessary, may call upon Selemene herself to smite her foes. Answering her call, Selemene brings with her an that blots out the sun to bring a night of rueing.

The sun's gravity pulled the 's comet from its path across outer space, eventually drawing it to the world where the Ancients fight their war.

As a divine being sprouted from her mother's seed, is sustained by the warm and bright light of the sun like all green things.

sometimes speaks of the blood sun's dawn, which might be a rare but inauspicious omen of bleak and worrisome doom.
 * hates everything about day from dawn, crowing rooster, sunshine, day walkers
 * sunlight weakness   darkness mitigates it
 * When he dies, the sun shines on his exposed remains to bleach his bones.

A living being of wood and leaf, Rooftrellen the draws his sustenance from the sun's warm light.

Gods
When a certain moon rider of Selemene calls her aid in battle, she may answer by appearing in the world to the sun, bringing a momentary but wrathful night.

As stars are actually sentient beings, the Solar Goddess is implied to be the sun itself. Valora says the goddess is a dilution of a greater solar lineage, perhaps the Children of Light.

Nature and believers of stories have Verodicia to thank for the sun sustaining all life. It is said she swore the sun's full attention to our world so that life may grow and thrive.

Characters
Harlek is an ancient mage who has the power to harness the sun's might via the elemental magic energies of and his signature spell.

Factions
Before their doom, the Bear Clan taught its druids that every sunrise was a worthy gift, and thus appointed one among them to welcome every dawn they live to see.

Races
In the demon tongue Ozkavosh, the word sol refers to any light or hope such as the Sun itself. There are currently no examples of speakers saying the word sol for the sun.

Species
Sun Vine

Others
Solar Throne

Items
The is a talisman forged for the purpose of honoring the daytime sky.

description
difference between this moon and Mad Moon is that former is made of rock, while latter is made of crystal. former is not luminous (instead relying the sun's light ) while mad moon is luminous

Throughout Dota 2's lore, several phases of the moon have been mentioned: crescent moon, full moon,  new moon, and the rare blood moon.

Locations
The shady moon is one of the two known satellites of Dota 2's Earth-like planet alongside the Mad Moon. The Demon Star's distant brightness becomes conspicuous only during a crescent moon. It is said to be located between the tips of a crescent moon.
 * Although the moon is often conspicuous during the planet's nighttime, there are instances of dark moonless nights.
 * The moon's orbit is responsible for the tides' ebb and flow as it pulls the waters of the world with its gravity.

In Dota: Dragon's Blood
appears to shed its own light not relying on the sun's light since mad moon is behind it

Elves incarnation of the moon

Invoker

Characters
It's implied that Sagan's home is the moon, as Mirana will allow him to leap to the moon after they have won the war of the Ancients.

Species
Lunar dragons normally patrol the dark side of the moon.

Heroes
Earth to earth, the has a strong connection to the moon. The sun and the moon's rays empower his monolith to counter the Dire's corruption and fight darkness.

As a nocturnal being, competes against the Night Stalker for dominion over the night and the moon.

At one with the ocean's tides, the moon pulls the just as the gravity of the moon pulls the tides.

's new domain is the night and the moon, believing himself to be the moon's most favored. This puts him at odds with Luna,  Lycan,  and Mirana. According to, all thieves hate the moon. Probably because it's the one thing that's most bright during nighttime, thus it compromises the cover of darkness.
 * As a, Balanar becomes more active and vicious as his hunting prowess improves by the moon's time.
 * He also appreciates stuff of the moon, such as the moonblades and, a powerful duo when they are attuned by the moonlight and used together.

Gods
Selemene

Factions
During the night of each new moon, Selemene's faithful don their customary garbs as they sing rites and burn offerings in her honor, so that her countenance may shine again.

Races
Though unknown to the dryland historians, the mythologies of aquatic creatures often look to the moon and the stars for wisdom and guidance.

Even without the Sun's light, moonlight is still pleasant to arboreal creatures like and.

Characters
Rhasta's Master once taught the belief that the moon has an evil influence on the skin, which can be blocked by wearing a wide-brimmed hat.

Items
and are known as the moonblades. When are attuned together by the moonlight, they become a more powerful pair of blades.

The is said to be one of Selemene's tears. However, some claim that it is a shard of the Mad Moon itself.

Personality and Mannerisms

 * DOTA: Dragon's Blood, Book 1, Chapter 8: A Game of Chess (18:25) *Unscathed from the barrage of searing moonlight, Terrorblade gets back on his feet* Terrorblade: Selemene. The Usurper. You may take the spark, but you will only ever be a simple thief. *Following this revelation, the demon lets out his power in a blast of energy, further destroying the surrounding ruins of her temple grounds and its lotuses* Terrorblade: Your worshippers abandon you, as your primary abandoned you. Your child. Filomena. She died hating you. You know this. It rots your heart. *Forbearing her wrath, Selemene takes a deep breath and conjures glyph blades on her hands, their violent vibration a reflection of her rage* Selemene: Do not speak her name. Terrorblade: Tell me, how many Filomenas have there been? *He begins to cast his Metamorphosis spell, slowly transfigurating his form* Terrorblade: How many broken things have you taken into your embrace then cast aside, knowing you failed to care for her, knowing you chose? Selemene: He did this. He sent you. He sent you to torment me! Terrorblade: I struck a bargain. *Terrorblade conjures his twin glaives. The moon goddess rushes towards him with a cry, prompting the demon to cast Conjure Image. The resulting reflection rushes towards her to block her assault. Selemene reacts to it in time, causing an intense clash between her and his reflection* Terrorblade: Seven souls for one. Yours. *His reflection begins to self-destruct, forcing Selemene to escape its explosion. The image explodes and she flies out of the smoke while dodging Terrorblade's energy projectiles. He then uses his Reflection spell that manifests a dark reflection of Selemene beside her. It tries to grab her, but she moves out of its reach and above the massive glyph she summoned earlier. Her dark reflection pursues after her, but the glyph managed to catch and stop it from going through. With a grin, Selemene stacks even more glyphs on top of it, seemingly causing it pain. She proceeds to finish it off by materializing her edged glyph blades again and slams them onto its shoulders. Seemingly triumphant, she is suddenly shocked when she hears Terrorblade's voice behind her and speaking through her undefeated reflection* Terrorblade: Oh, poor girl. Made herself a god so she might never be alone. *Terrorblade throws her glaives at her and they both converge towards each other, trapping Selemene between them* Terrorblade: Now her shrines are dark, her armies scattered, her faithful silent. *Terrorblade delivers a devastating punch that not only sends the restrained Selemene crashing back to the temple, but also shattering her glyphs. On the brink of succumbing to fate, Selemene lies ruined amongst her defiled temple in a crater, choking on her blood* Terrorblade: Do you know what a demon calls a god who does not know worship? *Terrorblade picks her up by her skull* Terrorblade: A god who does not know love? *Terrorblade's touch sears her face and inflicts agony upon her, causing her to cry* Terrorblade: Food.

Family
Filomena

Dark Moon Order
Nova

Enemies
Mene

Coriel'tauvi Drysi

Powers
draws strength from her domain (the full luminous moon and her lotuses) and her worshippers' love and reverence. can bestow powers to them

love both platonic and non-platonic (that which exists between romantic couples, yearning for someone's return, etc.) is a form of worship that fuels gods, but all worship fuels them too. used the "love magic" remaining in the doll that filomena prayed to (for her return) to restore her strength by taking it from the filomena flowers that invoker transferred selemene's powers to. as long as she has even a small piece of worship dedicated to her that's left, she can recover solely from that?

flight

can travel between her astral realm and the material plane

can teleport entire armies over vast distances across the planet

necromancy

beams of moonlight. they can also disable mene's powers of shadow as shown by luna, as well as restrain them

create magic glyphs of varying sizes and purposes. can act as a barrier, can be stacked with more glyphs to block and trap terrorblade's reflections. can be used as blades, seems to reflect her inner disposition since they vibrate rapidly when she angry

materialize a dagger

Worshippers
Filomena

Elves Coriel'tauvi Coedwei Drysi Fymryn

Enemies
Selemene

Powers
draws strength from her domain (the moon and her lotuses) and her worshippers' love and reverence. can bestow powers to them

flight?

can travel between her astral realm and the material plane

can teleport entire armies over vast distances across the planet

can naturally see the Invoker's Tower with no aid from magical items, despite the tower covered in a veil of invisibility

fymryn's powers: can make multiple false clones of one's self. teleport one's self across short distances in a flash of shadow, can delay the time she appears, can teleport others along with herself as long as she has physical contact with them. can alter one's form to perfectly take on the appearance of someone else, but not their voice. these powers can be combo'd, for instance: teleportation + duplication + assume form. invisibility?

weakness: shadowy powers are countered by selemene's moonlight, disabling them if her light is applied on the user. invoker's magic box with the lotuses rejects the teleportation power of mene, preventing it from being teleported along with the user of mene's power