Solonor Thelandira

Solonor Thelandira is the elven god of hunting, archery, and survival in wild and harsh places. He teaches his followers the arts of hunting; including archery, moving unseen, and hiding in the wild places. He watches over the borders of wilderness and farmed land and seeks to maintain the balance between them.

Description

Solonor manifested as a lean and muscular male elf clad in a cloak of leaves. Wolf, a Beast Totem Spirit worshiped by wild elves, was often depicted at the side of Solonor in religious iconography.

Personality

Solonor always keeps his word and does not offer it lightly. He often comes across as grim due to the complexities of his duty, making compromises between those who want to exploit nature's gifts and those who wish to preserve nature in an unaltered state.

Divine Realm

Solonor's divine realm is called the Pale Tree and is located in the deepest, most dense part of Arvandor's unspoiled woodlands. It is a huge tree, towering far above even neighboring redwoods, with white bark and silver leaves. Solonor's petitioners live among its boughs on platforms, with ropes placed among them for travel between them. Solonor himself spends very little time there. Elves believe that leaves taken from the tree have mystical powers and are therefore very valuable to them.

Activities

Solonor is never in one place long and he is always hunting some quarry or another. He hunts not to kill for killing's sake, but to maintain the balance of nature and to destroy evil. He does not get close to his foes, but tracks and shoots them from a distance.

Worshippers

Solonor's worshipers were invariably elves or half-elves of a natural bent, usually rangers, or other warriors who were particularly skilled at archery.

Relationships

Solonor was a well-respected member of the Seldarine, answering to Corellon Larethian. He counted as allies practically all good-aligned nature deities as well as Silvanus and several beast cults. Solonor was particularly close to Eilistraee and Mielikki, both of whom he has been said to be romantically linked with at some point. Solonor counted Malar and Talos as his worst foes, with Lolth earning the next greatest amount of his ire. Solonor also opposed the Unseelie Court, particularly the Queen of Air and Darkness, and any deity who would despoil nature.