Thalen Rootbound — Keeper of the First Grove
Druid of Ashwain Forest. Refused both Church and darkness; bound himself to the land. His spirit persists in the petrified trees at Ashwain Stones. Symbol: twisted root around a stone heart.
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Eira Rootmother
Primal guardian older than kingdoms. Does not war — she reclaims: entire settlements vanish under overgrowth. Tied to Ashwain in that region; revered as semi-divine in Ohrid/Old Faith lands; dismissed as pagan superstition in Western Kingdoms; feared in frontier villages. Excellent villain-or-ally seed for expansionist plotlines.
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Setara of the Black Dunes
Egyptian primal guardian. Never attacks — erases. Wells dry, caravans vanish, cities swallowed by dunes. Protector spirit to desert tribes, boogeyman to city-dwellers, primal balance to Old Faith circles.
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The Old Faith / Wards of the Old Ways
Primal, blood-and-soil counterweight to the Church of Lathander. Druids, Barbarians, and Rangers as last walkers of the “hidden roads” — bound to Anima, the spiritual current that predates the modern pantheons.
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Old Gregor
Quotes The tree is telling you. You are asking it to use your language. Healthy ground changes. Dead ground stays the same. Roots remember water longer than priests remember promises.
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