Thaniel

Thaniel was the nature spirit that was connected to a stretch of wilderness the Western Heartlands near Moonrise Towers. He had a connection with Halsin. His split shadow-cursed half was Oliver.
==Description==
Thaniel appeared as a young, non-Asmodean tiefling child with tan, pock-marked skin, short-cropped black hair and two antlers that resembled those of a juvenile deer. As a spirit, Thaniel did not grow, appear older, or otherwise mature as any mortals would.
Whenever Thaniel appeared the smell of lavender manifested in the senses of others.
==Abilities==
The spirit Thaniel possessed a strong connection to the land he had bonded. He could feel the individual roots of every tree found throughout.
==Relationships==
Thaniel maintained a strong bond and friendship with Archdruid Halsin of the Emerald Grove. The spirit bonded to Halsin when the elven druid was but a mere child. After Halsin learned of the troubles that came to plague Thaniel and his lands, the mighty druid dedicated himself to restoring the spirit to its rightful home.
==History==
In the , Shar's devotee Ketheric Thorm brought the shadow curse upon Thaniel's lands, a deed that warped and maligned them for many decades. As a result, Thaniel's physical form was rendered in two halves, each of which remained on a different plane than the other. Thaniel as he was known became trapped in the Shadowfell, while a second new portion of Thaniel, known as Oliver, remained in what came to be known as the shadow-cursed lands.
Thaniel remained trapped and weakened and asleep in the Shadowfell, while Oliver was continually twisted by the shadows that plagued the land to which his spirit was bound. Each half of Thaniel's spirit remained in their respective locales for over a hundred years. In the , his friend Halsin left his druid grove to save Thaniel and later his split Oliver.
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===References===
Category:Nature spirits
Category:Inhabitants of the shadow-cursed lands
Category:Inhabitants of the Western Heartlands
Category:Inhabitants of West Faerûn
Category:Inhabitants of Faerûn
Category:Inhabitants of Toril
Category:Inhabitants of the Shadowfell
Category:Spirits