Evanuri

MC Name:

         Evanuri

Character's Name:

         Ghilean Alhanavir

Character's Age:

         490+

Character's Race:

         Wood Elf

What magic(s) will you be learning?

         Kani

Teacher's MC Name:

         meeyowch

Teacher's RP Name:

         Sumana

Do you have a magic(s) you are dropping due to this app? If so, link it:

         n/a

Do you agree to keep Story updated on the status of your magic app?:

         yes

Are you aware that if this magic is shelved, it will be unavailable to use?

         yes

yes... finally.. backpacks that look like minecraft

+ 20 approve it NEOWWWW

on a serious note this fills, however small it is, the niche i've been wanting in druidism with the meteorology spell alone. i've been waiting and wanting for the day that druidism isn't just plants and animals because the sphere of 'nature' encompasses so much more. i'm very excited to be a part of these if this gets passed

"I have grown more than ill of lucent justice. Those who stooped to help them have done all they can - But the blood of Paladins does not tip nature's scales."

Spoke the Buzzard 'ere he returned to the crushing of pigments, with which he will ink-etch more parables. Perhaps the outcome of this would be another.

MC Name:

         Evanuri

Character's Name:

         Ghilean Alhanavir

Character's Age:

         496

What feat(s) will you be learning?

         Herblore

Teacher's MC Name:

         meeyowch

Teacher's RP Name:

         Sumana

Do you agree to keep Story updated on the status of your feat app?:

         yes

Have you applied for this feat on this character before, and had it denied? If so, link the app:

         n/a

Are you aware that if this feat is shelved, it will be unavailable to use?

         yes

MC Name:

         Evanuri

Character's Name:

         Ghilean Alhanavir

Character's Age:

         496

Character's Race:

         Wood Elf

What magic(s) will you be learning?

         Druidic Blight Healing

Teacher's MC Name:

         meeyowch

Teacher's RP Name:

         Sumana

Do you have a magic(s) you are dropping due to this app? If so, link it:

         N/A

Do you agree to keep Story updated on the status of your magic app?:

         YES

Are you aware that if this magic is shelved, it will be unavailable to use?

         YES

i've been waiting for this moment

they're based on vibes / mandibuzz for his totem, 'the buzzard druid'

An errant elf, one of a humble and polite demeanor looks upon the missive, focusing his remaining eye on the words with some quiet difficult. The corners of his mouth twitch into something softer as he regards the words curiously.

He hums his consideration, remembering his time in service, and the injuries he sustained which brought upon his wandering. He hopes that, with a new regime, come a place that people may prosper.

+1 give the people pretty fire

MC Name:

         Hesparne

Character's Name:

         Calomir of Morwyn

Character's Age:

         50+

Character's Race:

         Elf

What magic(s) will you be learning?

         Fire Evocation

Teacher's MC Name:

         Evil_Macaroni

Teacher's RP Name:

         Bastien

Do you have a magic(s) you are dropping due to this app? If so, link it:

         N/A

Do you agree to keep Story updated on the status of your magic app?:

         Yes!

Are you aware that if this magic is shelved, it will be unavailable to use?

         Yes!

9 minutes ago, UnBaed said:

Did you use AI for some of the graphics?

I think they all use AI :<

if any aethers want to downgrade i'll take your rank <3

why would you show this to me. now they're going to have to fix it or i'll lose my mind.

3 hours ago, Unwillingly said:

((I'm glad this ended up sticking with ppl in the long-run. ik the entire point of writing lore/culture is for ppl to use it so idrk why I'm surprised but I guess I just never expected my lore to have relevance like 2 years later lol, so its just nice to see. very cool seed otherwise, really contributes to my itch to dive into wood elf RP again

i've loved rahar ever since i found out about him. it was sort of an instant click into ghilean as a character, so i'm very excited i get to use him in this lore piece. i'm glad to pleasantly surprise :)

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SHRINETENDERS OF ELD

Among Malin’s children was Seldras the First, who parted ways with the rest of his siblings. He traveled to an ancient weald far removed from the Eaves of Malinor. There, he toiled, carving into the massive redwoods which thrived within the forest, and chiseling into the stones which bore their way from the earth. Seldras’ devotion, year by year, gathered more of his wandering, clanless brothers and sisters in that heavenly wood. To his growing number, Seldras taught the values of the written word to portray their spiritual beliefs. Their community attracted those who desire the role of shrine wardens, protectors of holy lands in which those of the Wild Faith place their worship. 

Those who seek to stand before the sanctums of both Aspects and Mani, willing to lay their lives, became known as the Alhanavir; Dedicated individuals who used their expressions of faith to provide liturgy to the ancient culture in which they maintained. As their shrines and faithful creations amassed, they dubbed their sacred weald ‘Dhru’an’dahlen’, or in common ‘the temple-woods’, for the towering redwood trees that housed countless shrines;  massive murals and prayer tablets carved into the trunks of the sacred trees, and the proud, scattered Menhir– Standing stones, in which holes were carved in such a way that they would sing when a breeze passed through them. 

Through the wood meandered a mighty river, dubbed Lan’dahlen, Blood of The Forest. This river was considered a giver of prosperity, of which the Seed sought their very livelihoods, the food they ate and water they drank sourced there. And, as such, developed a culture of river hunters. The Alhanavir were, by all accounts, the holy guardians of  the Dhru’an’dahlen.

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W A Y S  O F  L I F E

GROOMING & HYGIENE

As a people, the Alhanavir have always put value in their presentation, partially to pay tribute to the imposing mantle of antlers of the Stag. As such, the ‘crown’ of their head and their heads in general are extremely important to them. 

Hair is a holy part of the Alhanavir as it is said to contain all the experiences and memories of the body. Hair ornamentation and personalization is highly encouraged as it allows each member of the seed to express themselves whilst still paying tribute to their Patrons. Braids, beads, patterns, and hairstyles are all practices that are emboldened to make each member stand out on their own. As such, one’s physical upkeep and expression was considered their own worship to their Patrons and to the world around them - groups of Alhanavir would have joined together as a community by the riverside to take care of each other, typically reserved between family, partners, or close friends. Oils were also used as their version of ‘perfume’ - rubbed into the hair, temple and skin. These oils were often derived from plants and trees in the area, both meant to smell more appropriate as well as mask their own scent while hunting, blending in with the forest to bolster the element of surprise. 

Elders typically wear their hair the longest - a symbol of their experience and their longevity. In times of tragedy such as death, or mourning, their hair may be cut as an offering or sacrifice - offering pieces of themselves along with the dead.

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EXPRESSIONS OF FAITH

AV’IN AMELAN

The scrolls passed down among the remaining members of the Alhanavir have been difficult to decipher. One may note that their strange words are written in a language far removed from typical Elvish. A sharp, deep script formed of straight lines and dots that arose from the etching of letters into wax and wood, before they were marked in ink. Tender’s Cant was devised by the Alhanavir to communicate with one another without the prying eyes of humans who had learned the greater elvish speech, the same humans the Seed viewed as the cause for the gradual decline of Mali’ame ways and traditions. While it doesn’t have an official name in the greater Elvish language, they have prescribed themselves their own title - Av’in Amelan - Tongue of Keepers, referencing their sacred duty of the Keepers of traditions and the ways of eld.

TITLES & HONORIFICS

NUMBERING

USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES

[By Brennan Massicotte]

THE RAS’ADAHL

The Smoking Tree, or more commonly known as Ras’adahl or Raell’vulsulin, is considered an integral part of the Alhanavir practices. Every year upon the day of the summer solstice, every member of their seed will migrate from their northern Redwoods and rivers to travel south, towards the scorched and yellowed grasslands. Here, is where the ame’lie tree is most common and most abundant. Each group of Alhanavir may have their own grove within a special part of the savannah, used for rituals or a graveyard for the deceased.

There, they will spend a week in the warm climate, collecting the sacred bark and powder referred to as Alas’ala Nisathe, or Desert Powder in the Common language. During this process, they treat this opportunity to teach those about the effects of the tree and their significance to their traditions. The Alhanavir use the warping psychedelic powers of the collected powder in their seed trials and in the creation of stories, by using the visions as a guide to whatever tale they may spin. 

This powder is also used in their funeral rites, where the body is laid down on a bed made of the tree’s bark and is thoroughly coated with the alas’ala nisathe, before it is burned. There, the ashes are used in ink - used to scribe further tomes and stories pertaining to that who passed, so that their memory may continue to live on. This ink is also smeared upon the roots of the tree where the bed of bark came from, marking it akin to a headstone. The process is done and repeated for all of those who had died within the year as the pilgrimage only happens annually - should the true body already be too decomposed to make the trip, belongings of the fallen will be burnt instead.

CALL TO OMENTAHU

Given the ability for the Alhanavir’s singing stones to stay standing for such a long period of time, they were delegated with the responsibility of being the callers of the sacred ‘ame tradition of Omentahu. Due to the songs emanated from the many megaliths scattered across the forest, the wind blows through the stones like one would blow a horn - calling to those who hear it to follow the noise to the heart of the meetings. Due to such a method of summoning, the winds are typically the strongest in the springs, in which the Omentahu are to be called.

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T R I A L S

THE GRANTING

The final ‘rite’ of a trialgoer is to learn the most important art of all, that of marking one’s skin. Stories that do not fit on parchment are meant to be written upon the flesh in the form of ilmyumier and tattoos - one of the most important and distinctive traits of a true Alhanavir. It’s a deeply intimate process as the trial leader and their acolyte bond together over conversation and teaching, acting as a final fortification about the importance of the traditional and community values that were learned throughout the aspirant’s quests and trials. The name serves as both a ‘granting’ of the sacred skill of marking, but also ‘granting’ the aspirant themselves the name, the mantle and the tattoo of the Alhanavir.

ILMYUMIER

The truest mark that denoted a Mali’ame as a member of the Seed was known as the ‘Crowned Sun’, a bleeding and radiant glyph adorned with a rack of antlers and the marks of a tiger. Typically, it was worn on the back, but was able to be placed anywhere; On the shoulders and biceps, or even upon the stomach. Faint prayers were inscribed along the larger body of the marking in a pigment slightly darker than the mark itself, only able to be read standing extremely closely.

The Crowned Sun

Mark of the Alhanavir

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CREDITS

None of this would have been possible at all without the writing and conceptual efforts of @marslol and @Periphonics , who wrote large portions of this lore with me. Also, thanks to bioware for your language, I guess!

"Burn, little wood, and may your ashes feed your next of kin," spoke the Buzzard, sorrow held only in his eyes for the burning wood.

"We will replenish when peace returns. For now, to the Boar's side; To victory."

she was a fairy 🧚✨

Nehnis

Prince of Hares

[Aubin Cortale]

Swiftness, Agility, Abscondence, Youth

The Prince of Hares is a flighty and elusive character who, above all else, values his own hide. Being among the smallest of the Demi-gods, he understands best that survival cannot always be achieved by ferocity. Sometimes, it is the meek who prevail, and those who hope to be swift enough to escape harm’s way look to Nehnis, praying on his celerity. When a hunter’s quarry escapes them, the cunning Prince of Leporidae is said to be to blame for granting his favor to running prey. As such, it is not uncommon for a hunting party to pray to the cunning prince, that they might be blessed with agility rather than their game. The Prince of Hares may be a skittish, nimble thing, but he is no coward. He is a testament to the tenacity of the small, who must triumph despite the many rigors they face.

Nehnis also shares a strange relationship with the Princess of Turtles, Llan’sae. Where the terra-backed sovereign favores wisdom and preparative foresight, The Hare favors instant action. As such, he has become a symbol for the excitable, and oft-times reckless.

Ilmyumier

THE HARE’S JAUNT

The Hare’s Jaunt is less a marker of standing among the Mali’ame, as it is rather an expression of one’s exuberant joy. It is not uncommon for one wishing to ascribe more depth to the tattoo to stamp a new rabbit’s print on their body for each encounter they have survived.

Rites

OFFERINGS

Ginseng, Rabbit’s Feet, Carrots, Hay, Clovers, Verbena, Tulips, Mallow, Wildberries

GAMES

There is no simpler way to venerate the Prince of Hares than to engage in every day merriment. Foot Races and other such games are a way that Nehnis is worshiped every day.

THE HARE MOON

There is a more traditional rite to honor that of the Prince, typically done in the dead of night under the light of the full moon - when the veil between the mortal realm and Fae realm is the thinnest. Gathered within a field of flowers and grass on a clear night, a child who has come of age will go out into the wilderness with their family and loved ones to celebrate the last night of childhood - spending the evening collecting offering flowers in the field under the moon’s guidance. Once a substantial amount of flowers has been collected by the group, a simple pyre is constructed in the middle of the field where the flowers are to be burned, to symbolize the discarding of childish whims and the first step towards adolescence. The rest of the night is spent with their family in the field, savoring the last day and looking forward to the next. 

PRAYERS

Common

“Nimble Nehnis, prince of the agile,

Whose swiftness carries kin home.

We give to you our devotion.

We show you our respect for your kind,

O’fast and abounding Nehnis, show us your blessing.”

Elven

“Hiuwan Nehnis, Ellauru’leh resiyueriian

Heya vulhiuwan myumier talonii lin.

Kaean’leh tilrun nae illerae.

Kaean’leh Sirame aynae’leh lye myumierae.

O’hiylu marnkaeleh’ehya Nehnis, nae’leh ahern kae illera.”

happy trans visibility day

HAPPY TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY!!! I SEE YOU, GAY

my mind doesn't know how to comprehend the idea that musin can become heralds of azdromoth but not druids. +1

11 hours ago, Rayalia said:

 

Half the new spells are directly related to fae-type magic, or are near replicas of transcendent magic. The lack of soul in the literal soul tree is basically just what an epiphyte is, sans the influence of an actual fae. The original lore's intent is to give druii a stronger body so that they don't have to worry about death via illness or old age, not to make them more fae like. That's what transcendence is for.

That's just my opinion. I actually quite like the other spells. Like I said; I'm neutral on this rewrite, I like some of it but the other half doesn't make sense to me.

To sort of piggy-back on this, I'm not the largest fan that aesthetic changes like horns, etc. are obligate when becoming a Soul Tree. This exists in Transcendence already. I enjoy it when it's not compulsory and the Soul Tree/player can choose to take on these more dramatic, physical effects.

But that's just a take from someone who focuses heavily on visual aesthetics in a character. I'm always drawn to choice.

Making it compulsory between both Transcendence and Soul Tree, while also a part of Epipyhte? (Correct me if I'm wrong, I've seen Epiphytes with horns) just muddies the differences between druidism adjacent feats/CAs, etc. The most interesting thing about Soul Tree is that 'Immortal Soldier of the Wilds' intention, and the mental characteristics of technically not being yourself, that 'yourself' is actually a tree.

[An ornate and tempered scroll contained within a lacquered and polished tube of palm wood. Stained with a dark red, the casing appeared as if it were used as a murder weapon - splotches of crimson splashed against the golden-brown material and soaked into the grains. The tube bore two caps designed after sleeping snakes, curled up to form a disc shape.

The first part of the script was written in a  twisting scrawl of swirls and dots - a foreign script, untranslatable lest they knew the language, that was then followed by the translation in Common. ]

AGARWAEN KYERMË

[BLOODSTAINED PRAYER]

TO THE BLOOD THAT FLOWS WITHIN MY VEINS,

I THANK THAT WHICH BREATHES LIFE INTO MY BODY.

TO THE FLESH THAT NOURISHES MY MIND,

I THANK THAT WHICH ALLOWS MY FORM TO CONTINUE ANEW.

MOTHER, I THANK THEE FOR BIRTHING A BEAUTIFUL SOUL.

FATHER, I THANK THEE FOR NURTURING AND TEMPERING A WARRIOR'S SOUL.

BLESS THE LIFE THAT HAS BEEN TRIUMPHED,

BLESS THE LIFE THAT IT SHALL FUEL.

OOC CREDITS:

MC Name:

         Evanuri

Character's Name:

         Ghilean Alhanavir

Character's Age:

         490

What feat(s) will you be learning?

         Alchemy

Teacher's MC Name:

         Itz_StrongBear

Teacher's RP Name:

         Reni'dir

Do you agree to keep Story updated on the status of your feat app?:

         yes

Have you applied for this feat on this character before, and had it denied? If so, link the app:

         n/a

Are you aware that if this feat is shelved, it will be unavailable to use?

         yes

MC Name: Evanuri

Discord: coratosh

Image: 

Description of Image: A mural of the Wild God, Kar'nath

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