Serrenna (ser-ren-uh)

Mistress of the Forests, Goddess of the Woodlands

Serrenna is a demi-god and protector of the forest and all woodland creatures. She sometimes appears as an elf with golden tresses and vines and flowers woven into her hair, and the tail of a fox. Her garb varies, ranging from the serviceable clothing of a forester or ranger to the delicate gown of an elven princess, but it is always forest green. While she can take on the appearance of any woodland creature, her favorite form is that of a white unicorn with a silver horn.

Divine Domains

Nature

Serrena has only been able to impart divine magic to her followers a few hundred years after the return of her and her family to the Natural World. Before she was a quasi-deity, unable to depart divine power to her followers, being as she was the child of a god and a fae. But as all beings with a spark of divinity, her standing in her pantheon and indeed her power grew as the numbers of those who followed her edicts and teaching grew.

While she has the ability tp impart divine magic to her worshippers, she typically does not. As mentioned below, she has no priests. What she has done is shown the first druids and rangers and other wardens of the forest how to draw upon the force of nature for magic. That knoweldge has been passed from generation to generation, teacher to student, for the last few thousand years.

Divine Symbols & Sigils

Serrenna does have a holy symbol that is traditionally carried by her followers, particularly The Wardens Of The Druidwash, and that is a pendant of a unicorn's head made of silver.

Tenets of Faith

Serrenna does not have an established doctrine, or a religious order of priests spreading her message. Her followers are those who seek to protect the forest, and all who live within it. Most rangers and good-aligned druids (the non-good or neutral tend to pledge their service to Silvanus ), elves, and the like revere Serrenna, and seek to protect her creation and domains. In return, she bestows the knowledge of the practice of drawing upon nature's own power and wrath to her followers and wardens to aid them in driving out those who would despoil the woods.
Woodland temples to Serenna are often open-air affairs with only trees for a roof. Small shrines to her are occasionally found in forest villages.
Serrenna exhorts her followers to live in harmony with their woodland homes, taking only what they need. The bounty of the forest, Serenna teaches, is a gift to be cherished and appreciated, not a treasure to be coveted or looted.

Holidays

Festival of the Forest: A celebration of nature and wildlife, with tree planting ceremonies, nature walks, and wildlife conservation activities. Serenna is honored with offerings of fruits and flowers. This festival is typically held by druids, and the Wardens Of The Druidwash, and other more remote settlements. It takes place during the month of Greenshade.

Divine Goals & Aspirations

Serrenna watches over all good people who live in the forest, love the woodlands, or make their livelihood there. She likewise protects forests and woodlands from destruction or overuse.

Personality Characteristics

Motivation

Serrenna find the Divine Isles, and her home Arboria...kind of boring. Her father, Silvanus, created the woodlands and the creatures that dwell under its' boughs, she doesn't understand why can't there be a divine being there to oversee and protect it? The Divine Compact was made to keep the gods (and devils) from interfering with the Natural World, so she implored elves, druids not comepletely devoted to her father, to form an band of people devoted to protecting her favorite things about the world. Then she mothered a cat-hybrid species when she got a little lonely, and they help with that too.

However, on occassion Serrenna will get restless and venture to the Material Plane in the guise of a silver unicorn to check in on her favorite places and followers. She believes that disguising herself will protect her from breaking the pact, and from the wrath of her father should he discover her occassional visits.

Social

Family Ties

Serrena is the offspring of Silvanus and a powerful fey that dwells on The Divine Isles of Arborea. She is considered a demi-god, because she was not born of two parents that possess divinity. The species known as Catfolk are descendants of the first litter she birthed after mating with Goldmane, the Beast-King of cats. They worship and venerate Serenna as their goddess and their mother who created them.

Serrenna's holy symbol.

Divine Classification

Lesser Deity, former Titan (Quasi-Deity)

Religions

• The Twelve

Alignment

Chaotic Good

Realm

Arborea

Age

Immortal

Family

The Twelve

Parents

Silvanus

Sex

Female

Presentation

Feminine

Eyes

Green

Hair

Long golden hair

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

Ruddy

Height

6'2"

Related Myths

• Tome of The Twelve

Ruled Locations

• Arborea