![]() Other allies of Silvanus included Chauntea and Lathander - who he at times he would work with in their efforts against the Gods of Fury. The first viewed him as a father figure, but often found his robustness intimidating, while the second had crafted the banish blight spell partially as a gift to him. In the Faerûnian pantheon he was allied with and served by fellow non- evil deities of animals and nature. Silvanus did not have many allies, nor did he have many enemies. Relationships Ī gathering of the gods of nature: Mielikki and her unicorn, Chauntea, Eldath, and Silvanus. And finally, the World Axis cosmology placed his realm within the Deep Wilds. Īccording to the World Tree cosmology, the realm was located in the neutral plane known as the House of Nature. ![]() It stood in the deepest reaches of that realm, going by the name of Summeroak or Deep Forest. In the Great Wheel cosmology, it resided in the Celtic pantheon's realm of Tir na Og. The divine realm of Silvanus varied depending upon the cosmology that one used. This form of his was also seen to wield an enchanted mallet, referred to as the great mallet of Silvanus. Alternatively, some described him as wearing a set of scale armor whose scales were all in the shape of oak leaves. His Young Strider form typically dressed in a +5 suit of leaves armor, which offered protection equivalent to plate mail. The Horned Hunter could also cast some spells, most notably telekinesis far beyond the normal weight limits, and only spoke to other creatures by a telepathic means. He frequently summoned treants to his aid. Even turning animals against their owners. He could shrink or enlarge animals, summon animals to his aid, and command loyalty from any mundane animal, giant animal, or sylvan creature. ![]() In addition, the Old Father avatar form of Silvanus could create and animate both plants and fungi, imitating similar spells from any sphere or school of magic. The Old Father form would cast spells from the animal, plant, and weather spheres at triple their normal effect, while for his Young Strider form this only occurred for spells of the weather sphere. Both of his avatar forms could cast spells from any sphere or school of magic. He could also make plants grow or shrink at any rate he willed. His avatar was capable of controlling any number of animals and forest creatures with the sound of his voice. He had a special hatred for those who used fire carelessly or with deliberate intention to cause destruction. This led some to view him as heartless, though in reality he valued all life. ![]() This was considered to be his dogma and he was emotionally distant in regards to its necessity. When it came to nature itself, he cared greatly for maintaining a balance between growth and decay, water and drought, fire and ice - the natural cycle of life. He paid no attention to the machinations of mortals or other deities. Caring very little for maintaining a proper balance with civilization, being wrathful towards those who threaten wild places. He was chiefly concerned with nature itself, specifically wild nature, in both its natural beauty and fierce savagery. Typical of nature deities, some described Silvanus as being wild and unpredictable, much like nature itself. This form always appeared among the trees, often just to indicate something by a gesturing, nodding, or pointing before disappearing. This form was an always silent man with burning white eyes, sporting a set of stag antlers and shaggy brown fur that was almost bark-like. Īnother form he was known to manifest as was the Horned Hunter, an entity similar in appearance to his fellow Celtic god Cerunnos. He most often assumed this form when a sacred grove was threatened or a circle of druids was attacked during their worship. This was a young, long-limbed humanoid male, with particularly long legs, dressed in a suit of armor made of leaves and wielding a wooden mallet. His young form was known as the Young Strider. The flesh of this form was always brown, gray, and fissured like old wood. It took the form of an old, bearded human male face, either floating midair among trees or sprouting from the trunk of an especially large and old tree. His old form was known as the Old Father. Silvanus had both an old and young avatar form that he was known to manifest in.
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