Silvanus (sihl-VANN-us)

Silvanus was the Asyurian power of wild nature, standing in contrast to the more ordered, agrarian nature represented by the goddess Chauntea.
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Description

Silvanus had both an old and young avatar form that he was known to manifest in.
His old form was known as the Old Father. 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. The flesh of this form was always brown, gray, and fissured like old wood.
His young form was known as the Young Strider. 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. He most often assumed this form when a sacred grove was threatened or a circle of druids was attacked during their worship.
Another form he was known to manifest as was the Horned Hunter. 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. This form always appeared among the trees, often just to indicate something by a gesturing, nodding, or pointing before disappearing.

Personality

Typical of nature deities, some described Silvanus as being wild and unpredictable, much like nature itself.
He was chiefly concerned with nature itself, specifically wild nature, in both its natural beauty and fierce savagery. Caring very little for maintaining a proper balance with civilization, being wrathful towards those who threaten wild places. He paid no attention to the machinations of mortals or other deities.
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. This was considered to be his dogma and he was emotionally distant in regards to its necessity. This led some to view him as heartless, though in reality he valued all life.
He had a special hatred for those who used fire carelessly or with deliberate intention to cause destruction.

Possessions

His Young Strider form typically dressed in a +5 suit of leaves armor, which offered protection equivalent to plate mail. Alternatively, some described him as wearing a set of scale armor whose scales were all in the shape of oak leaves. This form of his was also seen to wield an enchanted mallet, referred to as the great mallet of Silvanus.

Relationships

Silvanus did not have many allies, nor did he have many enemies.

Relationships

Chauntea

spouse

Towards Silvanus

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Silvanus

spouse

Towards Chauntea

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Title(s)
Oak Father
The Old Oak
Old Father Tree
The Forest Father
Treefather
God of Wild Nature
Green Father
Symbol
Green living oak leaf

Aspects/Aliases
Irmider
Orthaum
Shabrathan
Taoltrathan

Served By
Eldath
Mielikki
Silvanus' Wolfhound

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Portfolio
Wild nature, druids

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Worshipers
Forest dwellers

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Divine Classification

Greater Deity

Alignment

True Neutral

Realm

House of Nature

Church/Cult

Druidry

Spouses

Chauntea (spouse)

Siblings

Children

• Eldath