Hanali Celenil (HAN-uh-lee SELL-uh-nihl)
The Heart of Gold, Winsome Rose, Archer of Love, Kiss of Romance, Lady Goldheart
Lesser Goddess of Arborea, Chaotic Good
Spheres of Influence: Love, romance, beauty, fine art and artists
Aliases: Angharradh
Domain Name: Olympus/Arvandor
Superior: Corellon Larethian
Allies: Eilistraee, Cyrrollalee, Sheela Peryroyl, the Seldarine
Enemies: the drow pantheon (except Eilistraee)
Symbol: Heart of gold
Worshipper's Alignment: Any Good, Any Neutral
Hanali Celanil is the elven goddess of love, romance, and beauty. Lady Goldheart is predominantly depicted as female, although on rare occasions it is said that she has taken male form. Hanali is revered especially by high elves and gray elves. Her followers also inelude elven artisans (particularly sculptors), lovers, performers (particularly bards and dancers), and nobles. Lady Goldheart is also widely revered by half-elves born of joyous unions, in honor of the love that brought their parents together. Hanali is closely associated with Evergold, a sacred crystal fountain and pool found within her crystal palace in Arvandor. She keeps watch over her followers by using the placid waters of Evergold as an immense crystal ball, and philters of love created by elves are said to contain drafts of this fountain's waters.
Hanali is both an aspect of Angharradh and one of the three elven goddesses—the other two being Aerdrie Faenya and Sehanine Moonbow who collectively form the Triune Goddess. This duality tightly binds Hanali with the two other senior elven goddesses, and the three collectively serve alongside Corellon in leading the Seldarine. Hanali has been romantically involved with nearly every member of the Seldarine, particularly Erevan Ilesere, yet she remains amicable with nearly all of her current and former suitors alike. The only notable exception is Fenmarel Mestarine, although he and Lady Goldheart are still formally allied. The Lone Wolf resents the fact that Hanali spurned him long ago in favor of Erevan Ilesere, and some believe that fickleness was what drove Fenmarel into the embrace of Lolth (Araushnee).
Hanali shares the waters of Evergold with the human goddess Sune, as well as the demipower Sharess and several other goddesses of pantheons not worshiped in the Realms. A friendly but intense rivalry exists between Lady Firehair and Lady Goldheart over the innate superiority of human vs. elven beauty. Hanali is close to the human goddess Sharess, particularly in her aspect as Zandilar, as the Dancer was once an elven demigoddess of the Yuir elves whose energy was directed toward passionate, physical love that burns hot and quickly but eventually dies Out. While Verenestra (the pa- tron goddess of dryads, nymphs. and sylphs) is rather jealous and snobbishly avoids contact with Other goddesses of beauty, love, or romance, Hanali's kind nature and joyous celebration of life have finally won over the Oak Princess, making the two fast friends. Lady Goldheart actively oppcses the efforts of those powers who would destroy beauty and love (such as Lolth and Talos) or who nurture bitterness and heartache (such as Shar). deep enmity for Eshebala, the Queen of the Foxwomen, is rooted in the lat. exploitation of both beauty and love for her own self-serving, vain, and hedonistic reasons.
Hanali is a being of timeless beauty and lynign nature, who always for. gives minor transgressions and delights in rewarding her followers with the bliss of unexpected love and affection. She embodies romance, beauty, love. and joy in elven spirits, her only flaws being her Own mild vanity and flighty nature. Although she rarely appears to her faithful, Hanali delights in seeing the growth Of love among elves, and her avatar often acts in secret to protect young lovers. Hanali% Avatar (Mage 33, Cleric 30) Hanali appears as a beautiful elven maiden, clad in a short dress or gown white and gold. She is always barefoot and wears gold anklets and toe rings. She favors spells from the spheres of all, animal, chaos, charm, creation, plant, and sun and from the schools of abjuration, enchantment/charm, and illusion/phantasm, although she can cast spells from any sphere or school. AC-4; MV 15; HP 169; THACO 2; 1 Drng IdlO+1 (touch, +1 STR) MR 85%; SZM (5 tall) STR 16, DEX 22, CON 19, INT 21, 20, CHA 25 spells P: 12/12/11/11/919/8, W: 7/7/7/7/7/7/7/7/7 Saves PPDM 2, RSW 3, PP 5, BW 7, sp4 Special AttlDef: While she wields no physical weapons, Hanali's beauty serves as both her primary weapon and her defense. Like a nymph,
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