Eluvia: Friend of the Dead, the Guide
Eluvia is a part of the Dalish pantheon. She serves over death and fortune, and guides the dead to the Beyond. She is the twin to Dirthamen and child of Elgar'nan and Mythal.
She is currently trapped in the Beyond with the rest of the Dalish pantheon after being tricked by the Dread Wolf.
Divine Symbols & Sigils
The Dalish bury their dead with an oaken staff to keep them from losing their way as their spirit travels far as they search for Eluvia in the Beyond.
Eluvia is usually depicted as a cloaked and hooded pointing figure, though sometimes it seems her mark is left by a watching owl.
Spoiler: Campaign 1
It is quite likely that the ancient elven mirrors known as Eluvians, and the world that exists locked behind them, were tools used long ago by those who praised Eluvia.
Divine Goals & Aspirations
The Dalish also invoke invoke Eluvia's name on their deathbed or before quests from which they expect no return, and sometimes refer to her as the Merciful One.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
"In ancient times, the People were ageless and eternal, and instead of dying would enter a long sleep, where they would walk the shifting paths beyond our normal sight with Eluvia and her brother Dirthamen. Those elders would learn the secrets of dreams, and some returned to the People with newfound knowledge. Eluvia and Dirthamen never parted each other's side from birth to adulthood. They were split from each other when the kindly Eluvia took pity on a dying halla and carried her to rest into the Beyond, to a place where Dirthamen could not easily follow. The halla's spirit was released from her weakened body and she once again became light on her feet. Seeing this, Eluvia vowed that she would remain to guide all the dead to their place Beyond. Eluvia's lost brother eventually caught up with her, and the twins swore to never be parted again. But we quickened and became mortal. Those of the People who passed, walked with Eluvia into the Beyond and never returned. If they took counsel with Dirthamen on their passage, his wisdom was lost, for it went with them into the Beyond also, and never came to the People. Then Fen'Harel caused the gods to be shut away from us, and those who passed no longer had Eluvia to guide them. And so we learned to lay our loved ones to rest with an oaken staff, to keep them from faltering along the paths, and a cedar branch, to scatter the ravens named Fear and Deceit who were once servants of Dirthamen, now without a master." — From a tale spread by Camhlen, something he dug up from times long ago
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