Druids of Eliwyn
There are no holy orders in the “church” of Eliwyn. Her cathedrals are the druid groves found throughout the world, and her servants are the druids themselves. If she has holy warriors, they are rangers. The worship of Eliwyn is not like the worship of other gods; she does not provide power to the druids and they do not pray to her. She is simply the most perfect and pure form of what they revere: the balanced beauty of the natural order, the perfection of living and blooming things, and the beautiful nobility of death in the winter.
Druids can belong to any Druid Circle, and the mightiest among them reside in the great grove of Eliwyn, where they serve as her protectors. They tend to her and keep her safe from any who might harm her.
There are druids in the world who pray to gods, though, and they usually revere a sort of trinity: Rontra, from whom all nature was born; Eliwyn, who is nature; and Thellyne, the first of the gods to truly respect and tend to nature. However, these druids receive their spells from the power of life and nature just like others, and are not considered clergy of Rontra or Thellyne.
In some lands, a new cult is rising, though. Called the “Cult of the Fifth Fruit,” it put aside worship of the living gods, and instead pays homage to the unripe fruit on Eliwyn’s bough, which represents for them the great unknown and hope for a better tomorrow. Such cultists are thought mad by many, for revering a non-existent god. Many such cultists call themselves druids, though they do not (as far as anyone has recorded) possess druidic powers.
This misappropriation of the name “druid” has infuriated some actual druids, while others view it as part of the great cycle, and remain indifferent on the subject.
Druids can belong to any Druid Circle, and the mightiest among them reside in the great grove of Eliwyn, where they serve as her protectors. They tend to her and keep her safe from any who might harm her.
There are druids in the world who pray to gods, though, and they usually revere a sort of trinity: Rontra, from whom all nature was born; Eliwyn, who is nature; and Thellyne, the first of the gods to truly respect and tend to nature. However, these druids receive their spells from the power of life and nature just like others, and are not considered clergy of Rontra or Thellyne.
In some lands, a new cult is rising, though. Called the “Cult of the Fifth Fruit,” it put aside worship of the living gods, and instead pays homage to the unripe fruit on Eliwyn’s bough, which represents for them the great unknown and hope for a better tomorrow. Such cultists are thought mad by many, for revering a non-existent god. Many such cultists call themselves druids, though they do not (as far as anyone has recorded) possess druidic powers.
This misappropriation of the name “druid” has infuriated some actual druids, while others view it as part of the great cycle, and remain indifferent on the subject.
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