Elalie

Elalie (pronounced: EL-a-ly) is the goddess of purity, healing, roaming, and the wilds. She is depicted as a radiant golden unicorn, and it is believed that she roams the world in her effort to keep the wilds and the hearts of people pure. Legends say that she was created by Annalyon in order to combat the corruption that Ansephal was spreading in the world; a decision he took after the goddess of corruption created the Alkatars. Thus, Elalie is sometimes referred to as Annalyon’s daughter. Other names for the goddess are: the Golden Unicorn, Radiance That Rides The Winds, and the Purifier.

Elalie and the Lenavi
Elalie was made with a special connection to the Lenavi race as she holds the race close to her heart; some say that this is because a devout and pure-of- heart Lenavi maiden willingly gave herself to Annalyon to be remade into the goddess. As such, when Elalie came to be, she gave her eternal blessing to the Lenavi who were before used by Ansephal for the creation of the Alkatars. When the race received her blessing they grew unicorn horns in their foreheads that granted them resistance to diseases and necrotic energy, and also the power to bring light with them when they wished by magically illuminating their horn. Furthermore, the race gained the potential to develop the ability to speak with animals. After she bestowed that blessing, each lenavi has been born with a lump in their forehead which grows into a unicorn horn as they age. The blessing of a lenavi only works when the horn is intact; if the horn is ever severed they lose said blessing. If the horn is somehow restored via magical means, Elalie’s blessing returns. A lenavi that loses its horn is often pitied by the rest of the community of their horned kind; some even see the  hornless  as inferior creating a social problem. Of course, the church of Elalie teaches that the hornless are not less worthy and should be respected like all beings.

Elalie’s Faithful
Elalie’s church believes that people should live alongside nature with respect and harmony. Anything that threatens the natural world and corrupts it is an affront to the goddess and the church. That of course means that deities like Ansephal that seek to corrupt, or deities like Serdos that seek to destroy are enemies of Elalie. Malar is her enemy too even if he is a deity of nature, as Malar uses curses to alter humanoids into lycanthropes; seeking the hunt only for its thrill and the sake of bloodlust. Elalie does not look favorably upon those who would seek to harm nature as she also does not condone using nature’s bounties in order to bring death and pain to civilization.

There are various druids that worship Elalie and that seek to preserve the balance and purity Elalie represents; constantly trying to preserve her teachings. Of course, should malevolent beings and cocky humanoids try to oppose her faith and teachings either to harm nature or living beings as a whole or even use the power of one to try to bring ruin over the other; Elalie and her faith treats such forces as enemies. If the land is somehow in peril from actions of said forces, there are rituals that priests, clerics, and even some druids of the goddess perform in unison that can heal and purify such polluted or otherwise magically corrupted landscapes. The only corruption that these rituals have not been able to cleanse is the energies of the Scarring. Unbeknownst to the world, Elalie herself has tried to completely cleanse the world of the Scarring’s corruption, but even she was not successful.

A cleric of Elalie can also use their divine magic to channel Elalie’s divinity in order to stop the progress of the vampiric corruption in a humanoid affected by an Alkatar. When this blessing is cast upon the subject, as a result of the divinity’s channeling, they are purified and cured of Ansephal’s curse, and are no longer in danger of becoming an Alkatar. This can only work when the subject in question has yet to undergo the whole process of the transformation into a vampire. Once the transformation is complete, nothing can be done to revert it. As such, clerics of Elalie are trained to recognise the signs of a vampiric transformation in order to prevent it. Many vampires hate Elalie and her church for that, and view people that pray to the goddess as enemies.

Roamers and pilgrims often pray to Elalie for a safe journey as she is also a patron of travelers. This notion was born because Elalie is believed to be always wandering Aldmeer and is as such seen as an eternal companion to the lone souls of the roads. There are many myths and stories that describe a golden unicorn coming to the aid of helpless travelers, preventing folly to befall them. While these stories seem far-fetched at times, the truth is that the avatar of the goddess is always present on Aldmeer and it has indeed helped travelers in the roads while roaming. Of course, not just anyone can see the avatar for what it truly is. Some see a very beautiful white or chestnut horse, while others see a unicorn as the tales describe them. Only those who the goddess chooses to able to see the avatar for what it is see the golden unicorn in all its radiance. Of course, there are those who have help from Elalie’s enemies that can detect the presence and true appearance of the avatar. However, Elalie is ever elusive as those who seek to harm the goddess’s avatar tend to find out.

Divine Domain
The divine domain of the goddess is located next to Annalyon’s, and it is called the Tranquil Wilds. Hills, meadows and forests intertwine here; pure springs and lakes dot the landscape and the sky is a blend of silver and gold that shines with a soothing light. At night, the sky is a beautiful mix of blue and black with silver and golden stars. No impure souls are allowed here, and if such beings somehow enter her realm, Elalie will smite them immediately and oust them in an instant. Ansephal has tried many times to find a way to enter or at least corrupt the Tranquil Wilds in attempts to ruin Elalie’s power and simultaneously wound Annalyon’s side as she views it. She has never succeeded. Each time Ansephal tries this, Elalie is becoming more vigilant and informed of the Corruptor’s tactics and schemes.