Elaithen

Elaithen is the Goddess of Magic. She is Auna's daughter, and was Auna's first attempt at creating life. A great deal of divine energy was placed into Elaithen, and she became the very first mage. She gave the gift of magic to mortals, and created the Feywild. Elaithen's symbol is a unicorn.

## Description

Elaithen appears both as a shimmering silver unicorn and as a Sky Elf. In her sky elf form, she has dark skin, short purple hair, and beautiful white wings that almost look pale purple in some lights. She has a single purple horn that sits atop her head like a crown.

Elaithen is creative and clever, and loves using magic whenever possible. She is always keen to help others, especially her beloved grandmother Ennera. Elaithen is incredibly generous and merciful, and bestows the gift of magic upon almost any mortal who asks for it, whether as a Cleric, Wizard, or even occasionally through one of her angels as a Warlock. Elaithen loves the curiosity of mortals, and rewards it whenever she can.

## History

Elaithen was very young when she saved the life of a beloved High Priest of her grandmother, Ennera. Ennera was pleased with the power the young goddess showed, and offered her a gift – anything of her choosing.

Elaithen's request was permission to create. Ennera was puzzled by this; all of her family could freely create whatever they wished on the material plane. Elaithen explained that it was not on the material plane that she wished to place her creations – she wanted to create an entire plane of her own, one with magic flowing throughout every creature within. Ennera allowed it.

The Feywild was born. Running parallel to the Material Plane, the Feywild was soon teeming with life and magic, as Elaithen wished. When she finished creating her own world, she created seven creatures to watch over it – the Seven Archfey. She gave each Archfey a name and a part of the Feywild to protect, and returned home to her place among the other gods.

## Notable Followers

### Celissa

Lady Celissa is the current High Priest of Elaithen. The youngest of the High Priests, Celissa was born in 2227. Her parents were Aspalian farmers who lived in a tiny village near the base of one of Aspal's several volcanoes. Her family's farm had been there for generations, and Celissa spent her first nine years helping on the farm alongside her three older brothers and twin sister Celena (who was born a normal human). Celissa didn't mind the farm, but she knew she didn't want to stay there forever. She was an avid reader who dreamed of exploring the world just as the characters in her books did. The only person she confessed this to was Celena, who shared similar goals.

Shortly after Celissa's ninth birthday, she had a vision of a beautiful unicorn who spoke to her. The unicorn introduced herself as the Goddess Elaithen, and told Celissa she was destined to become a High Priestess. She told the child there would be a priest coming within the next week to collect her and bring her to Athadell to begin training. Celissa was thrilled, but when she told her parents the next day, they were not as pleased. They did not want to leave their farm, and Celissa would have to move to Athadell. Celissa insisted she would be fine without them, and they somewhat reluctantly agreed. Celena overheard the conversation, and begged her parents to let her go too. Even more reluctantly, they agreed to this as well. When the priest came as Elaithen said they would, the twin girls happily went with them. Celissa trained in the temple as a cleric, and Celena spent several years as an acolyte before deciding she wanted to become a Paladin to protect Celissa. Though still only in her twenties, Celissa has already proven to be a lively, spirited leader of Elaithen's followers, and a particularly skilled healer. Celena remains at her side as her best friend and protector.