Solonor Thelandira
(a.k.a. Keen-Eye, the Great Archer, the Forest Hunter)
Solonor Thelandira is the elven god of hunting, archery, and survival in wild and harsh places. He is generally considered as the patron of the wood elves. The Great Archer's prowess with the bow is unmatched by any other power venerated in the Realms. Solonor is concerned with the integrity of nature and the balance between exploitation and agriculture on one hand and fallow, wild terrains on the other. Like Corellon Larethian and Angharradh, the Great Archer watches over the boundaries of elven lands. He instructs the Fair Folk in the art of hiding in and moving through natural foliage so as not to be detected as well as the art of archery and hunting. Solonor is primarily revered by elven and half-elven rangers, hunters, woodsmen, and fighters.
The church of Solonor is a disparate one, with little communication among groups of clerics except to exchange information. Solonor’s clerics serve as scouts and archers in elven armies, as bowyers, fletchers, archery instructors in elven settlements, and as hunters and providers for far-flung rural communities. Among those Fair Folk who largely eschew the trappings of civilization, members of Solonor’s clergy preside over initiation ceremonies into adulthood. Hawkeyes serve the Great Archer by working to maintain the balance of nature. Solonor’s clerics are deadly enemies of those who worship Malar or Talos, and they often join forces with those who serve Rillifane Rallathil in order to exterminate followers of those evil gods whenever they make their presence known.
Like others of the elven pantheon, Solonor reports to Corellon and gets on well with the rest of the Seldarine. Other allies include benevolent nature deities and Silvanus. His greatest foes are Malar and Talos, followed closely by Lolth.
Divine Domains
Archery, hunting, wilderness survival, nature, wood elves
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