PathfinderWiki:Nocticula Revision Initiative

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The October 2018 release of Runeplague advances the Pathfinder campaign setting timeline to complete and confirm several changes to Nocticula initiated in Wrath of the Righteous and suggested in A Song of Silver, Planar Adventures, and the Return of the Runelords Player's Guide.

Note that these items are dramatic spoilers for both Wrath of the Righteous and Return of the Runelords:

• Nocticula has ascended from demon lord to deity.
• She is no longer in the Midnight Isles, and her current realm is unknown.
• Her alignment has changed from chaotic evil to chaotic neutral.
• Demonic redemption, a concept that previously had most prominently been presented via Arueshalae, is possible even at a deific level.
• Her divine domains and portfolio have changed.

There are also open-ended questions or potential changes that might be clarified in future canon products:

• Chaotic good-aligned worshipers of Nocticula might now be possible, and neutral evil-aligned worshipers might have or soon lose their divine connection.
• The state and rulership of the abandoned Midnight Isles is unclear.
  • What are the individual nascent demon lords and other demonic governors ruling those islands doing?
  • What are the demon lords slain by Nocticula that comprise the islands in repose doing, if anything?
• It is unknown how succubi at large are affected by this change.
  • Do they change alignment? If not, is Nocticula still associated with them?
  • Do they still venerate a demon lord? If so, whom?
• The states and composition of the other demon lords are unclear.
  • Has she been replaced, and if so by whom?
  • If she was replaced, does that replacement take on her associated sin of lust?
  • Were other demon lords affected by her departure?
• Nocticula's current realm is unclear.
• The role of Shamira in this transition, if any, is unclear.
• It is unclear whether any outsider or demon lord can permanently change their fundamental alignment, and if so if there are conditions or requirements.

The goal of this initiative is to assess and update content across PathfinderWiki related to this change, and to do so with sufficient spoiler warnings and context to maintain consistency with older canon sources.

Related articles requiring assessment

These articles should be reviewed for changes, with significant or spoiling changes ideally discussed on their Talk pages prior to inclusion:

• Nocticula
  • All articles in Category:Nocticula, including the category page
• Midnight Isles, Abyss, Alushinyrra
  • All articles in Category:Midnight Isles and Category:Alushinyrra
  • All demon lords slain by Nocticula and turned into Midnight Isles
• Succubus
• Shamira, her lover and lieutenant
  • All articles in Category:Shamira.
• Socothbenoth, her brother
• Lamashtu and Baphomet, her enemies
• Achaekek, for sharing the assassination portfolio
• Demon lord
• Cult of the Redeemer Queen
• Chaos, chaotic evil, and chaotic neutral
• Ascension, to expand the scope from mortals
• Deities Quick Reference
• All images of Nocticula
• Portal:Religion/Pantheons
• Articles related to added and removed domains and subdomains
  • Added: Artifice, Travel, Void domains; Exploration, Isolation, Moon, Revelry, Whimsy subdomains
  • Removed: Charm, Evil domains; Demon, Loss, Lust subdomains
• Drow noble houses
  • House Misraria
• Shadow demon (loyal to demon lord Nocticula)
• Izmiara (antipaladin of Nocticula)

These articles should likely be created to provide context for these changes:

• Demonic redemption

These navboxes should be updated or reorganized:

• {{Demon lords navbox}}
• {{Deities navbox}}

If any articles should be on these lists, please add them! Any editor can add articles to these lists. Articles in the Related and Revised lists should have the {{Project/NRI}} template on the page, which links to this project and categorizes it for tracking.

If you make changes related to this project, please move or add those articles to the "Revised articles" list below.

If you assess the article and decide no changes were necessary, please move it to the "Reviewed articles" list at the bottom and remove the {{Project/NRI}} template from the article.

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