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This week we continue our look at the Snowcaster elves by highlighting their patron goddess. This also rounds out the last of
the elven pantheon which includes our previous looks at Ketephys and Yuelral. Findeladlara – yeah I have trouble saying it out loud too – is the
elven deity of architecture, art, and twilight. A conservationist of elven
culture through art and architecture, she only answers the prayers of her elven
worshipers. So let’s take a look at three possible sects of The Guiding Hand.
As always, let us imagine we are sitting at our
theoretical gaming table. Our imaginary GM sets out the rules for the game we
will play. In this game, we are to make a follower of Findeladlara. The
character does not need to be a divine caster, just a devotee of The Guiding
Hand. What character do you make?
For more information on Findeladlara
Findeladlara’s Pathfinder Wiki Page
Findeladlara’s Archives of Nethys Page
Twilight Riders
Among the Snowcasters, Findeladlara is considered a
savior of sorts. Of all the deities, she guided them through the Age of
Darkness as the only elves both on Golarion and above ground. It was her followers that led them through
the endless night and brought them out on the other side, and to this day they
pay homage to her care for them with their devotion.
The Twilight Riders are guides in their own right. The
wintery Crown of the World is an area full of hazards both natural and
monstrous. The sect considers themselves the protectors of their people and
guides to lost souls. Each rider has a reindeer mount that he or she raises,
trains, and rides on their sacred mission. The act of caring for this mount
from its birth till it is able to be ridden is the trial for acceptance into
The Twilight Riders.
Treeshapers
This sect of Findeladlara worshipers is devoted to her
aspect as the mother of architecture. They believe that structures should be at
peace with the world around them. The Treeshapers come from the ranks of
clerics, shaman, verdant sorcerers, and horticulturist alchemists. The builders
of this sect must both be able to design wondrous structures and mold living
trees into the forms needed.
The Treeshapers are actually at odds with another sect of
builders among the elves. Yuelral’s Ruby
Architects allow non-elves into their ranks, something the followers of
Findeladlara see as a perversion of true elven art. As such the Treeshapers
will often vie for projects against the followers of Yeulral.
The Master of Tradition
One of the things that followers of Findeladlara seek to
do is preserve elven culture through its art. They thrive on the mastery of
traditional forms of their people’s crafts; everything from painting, to music,
to basket weaving. One of the reasons they are often at odds with followers of
Shelyn – of which there are many among the elves – is that they see modern
innovation as anathema to their cause.
The Masters of Tradition area group of preservationists
who seek to keep each successive generation of elves will versed in the long
standing ways of creating elven art. Each member of the sect is a master of at
least one art form. The master continues to create and teach art in general
until he or she believes his time is drawing to a close. The master will then
pick a prized pupil to train as the new master of their chosen art form and
train the apprentice in exacting detail. Apprenticeship can last two hundred or
more years before a master believes his student is ready and steps down.
In the twilight, followers of Findeladlara both build and guide
their brethren. Who is your disciple of Findeladlara? Why have they chosen to
dedicate themselves to The Guiding Hand? Where does their devotion come from?
Let me know in the comments.
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