Iardanel

Prophet Iardanel

Feyfather Iardanel, Searider Iardanel, Prophet Iardanel. The most powerful Fey ever to live, the progenitor of the Fey, one of the greatest prophets ever to dwell upon Anacra, benefactor to the Debrukii people, and a heartbroken father.

Artifacts

• Feyfather's Torc
• Spear of the Prophet
• Iardanel's Chariot

Divine Symbols & Sigils

An eye within a golden torc

Physical Description

Special abilities

Foresight--Iardanel could see countless possible futures overlayed on each other, and the closer he looks, the further he can see. Without focus, these futures all occupy his sight simultaneously, causing confusion and disorientation.
Iardanel was a decent warrior, certainly a terrible foe to meet on the battlefield, but never a warlord or champion. His wisdom, foresight, and magic were unparalleled.

Apparel & Accessories

Loose, flowing, natural garments, often in bright colors made from glowworm silk, spider's webs, spun gold, leaves, and more.

Specialized Equipment

His loose, open clothes are always bound by a shining twisted golden torc. Myths hold that the torc was the source of his foresight, or a lost shard of luminious.
Iardanel's spear also served as a walking stick and a sign of authority. With its hemlock haft and bronze blade, the spear rendered Iardanel immune to all enchantments and deception.

Mental characteristics

Personal history

Wise Iardanel, Feyfather, rode on the foaming sea With unicorns, Etarlam, and granddaughters three
It is said among the courts of the Archfey that Iardanel was the first fairy--an impossibility, all things considered, but a testament to his primordial origins. Little of Iardanel's youth is known, but he survived the Dawn World and the ordering of the Kingdoms. Legends whisper he foresaw the Fall of Luminias and the doom of the Dawn, and survived thanks to this foresight. When The Otherworld emerged, Iardanel chose to dwell there, free and wild. His eyes saw possibilities scattered before him like raindrops on a sheet of glass, merging and falling one after the other, all equally possible. 
In the earliest days of The Otherworld, Iardanel begat Etarlam, who formed the first fairy court--the Court of Youth. Etarlam picked only those who took on comely visage, scorning fey who wore the weight of years upon their faces and frames, or who delighted in gruesome guises. Iardanel remained as his son's advisor and prophet, but in his visions he never saw his family. No prophecy or foresight would concern Iardanel's blood once it left his veins.
Etarlam, King of Youth, begat his daughters three -- Niamh of the Golden Hair and The Lady Rowan. When came the time for them to reach the fullness of their power, Iardanel's sight consumed his eyes. He saw a distant shore, a green land, and a silver tree at its heart. He saw a mortal hand pluck the apple from the tree, gift it to a crown, a crown that would reign forever. When he shared this vision with Etarlam, the King of Youth determined to ride forth from his lands and seek out this Silver Tree. Iardanel warned that his sight never included his family, and so the crown that reigns forever could not sit upon their heads, but Etarlam scoffed. Iardanel's vision was not perfect, he saw only possibilities, and that merely meant the Prophet could not see a future where Etarlam and his family reigned forever.
Determined to see his vision through and to advise his son even on this ill-advised quest, Iardanel set forth in a chariot fit for the gods, pulled by unicorns, with his three granddaughters and Etarlam aboard. Towards the east and the sunrise road they, out of the Lands of Youth to the Endless Ocean, across the tides and over the foam, until they spotted that far distant emerald shore.
But in none of his visions had Iardanel seen the mortals who stood upon the sands, staring into the sunset at the chariot of the gods, shocked to behold them.

To be continued...

Gender Identity

Iardanel is vaguely male, but as an archfey--as the supposed progenitor fey--gender is a playground, a palette of tones and shades to express oneself with.

Sexuality

Iardanel is passionately romantic, pansexual, and polyamorous.

Intellectual Characteristics

Thoughtful, spontaneous, introspective, curious

Morality & Philosophy

As the Feyfather, Iardanel's morality primarily concerned his own family. He looked into the future to ensure the wellbeing of the fey and The Otherworld, but had no desire to rule over the Fey. Like The Laughing God, Iardanel believed that the worlds did not need leaders or rulers, and that universal freedom and spontaneity--wildness--were the natural, and best, state of being.

Personality Characteristics

Motivation

Family-- The moment he begat a child, Iardanel dedicated himself to caring for his own bloodline, instructing, guiding and providing for them.

Savvies & Ineptitudes

• Wisdom
• Knowledge
• Magic
• Foresight

• Naïve about his own family
• Easily distracted & absorbed by new interests
• Immortal--doesn't understand the way time passes for mortals

Social

Family Ties

• Child: Etarlam, King of Youth
• Three Grandchildren: Niamh of the Golden Hair & The Lady Rowan 

Social Aptitude

Captivating, inherently magnetic. Poetic and eloquent, but not overly talkative. Iardanel's sheer presence made him impossible to ignore

Speech

Reserved, beautiful, eloquent, thoughtful

Divine Classification

Archfey

Realm

The Otherworld

Honorary & Occupational Titles

Feyfather, Far-Seeing, Searider, Prophet

Life

707 6000 5293 years old

Birthplace

Dawn World

Place of Death

Debruk

Pronouns

He/They

Sex

Male

Gender

Male

Presentation

Masculine

Eyes

Far-Seeing, Emerald Green

Hair

Shining white and black as night. Flowing and silken

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

Sparkling and flawless

Height

6'6"