Melora

The Wildmother

Melora, the Wildmother, also known as Mother Nature or Maiden of the Deep Woods. The realm of the Wildmother extends to wherever the seas shift and the land grows over. Keeper of the wilderness, she represents the wild creatures of nature, the rush of the angry rapids, and the heat-harried stillness of the desert. Elves take up her worship, as do hunters of natural lands, accepting her guidance to exist harmoniously within savage lands. She also symbolizes natural beauty, both of the wilds and of mortalkind. The druids of the Wildmother and clerics of her lover, the Lawbringer, work together to preserve the balance of nature and civilization. It is said that the two gods grow furious when this balance is upset, and this fury manifests in Tyria as devastating natural disasters. Seen immortalized through wooden reliefs and carved idols in hidden, overgrown groves and rural shrines, the Wildmother often is depicted as a beautiful woman of pale skin nearly swallowed by a wild, tangled wreath of red hair, leaves, and vines that dwarf her lithe form. The Wildmother’s holy day is Wild’s Grandeur, and is celebrated on the vernal equinox, usually the twentieth day of the third month. The people of the southern wilds celebrate the Wildmother’s strength by going on a journey to a place of great natural beauty, like the top of a mountain waterfall, or the center of a desert. Wild’s Grandeur is rarely celebrated in King’s Rest, but some folk will plant trees in observance of the holiday.

Divine Domains

Wilderness, Nature and the Sea

Artifacts

The Spire of Conflux, a staff capable of casting powerful druidic spells and increasing the power of the wielder's spells, was made from the Wildmother's breath.

Holy Books & Codes

Melora has no holy book or sacred texts. Her worshippers do, however, maintain an oral tradition known as the Saga of the Nature Spirit. This saga includes hundreds of short poems and simple songs dedicated to Melora and the power of nature. There are approximately thirty-six poems that serve as the heart of the saga, and clerics of the goddess learn these words by rote. According to tradition, not one word or intonation of these poems has changed since the Great Retreat.
The remaining portions of the saga are open to change, different interpretations, and are likely to evolve depending on the speaker, the listener, and the place in which they are recited.

Divine Symbols & Sigils

In addition to the staff-and-wreath, one of Melora's symbols is a swirl carved into stone, a slow cascading spiral with a wave crest at the center.

Tenets of Faith

Commandments of the Wildmother

• Protect the untamed wildernesses of the realm from exploitation and destruction.
• Slay abominations and other dark mockeries of nature.
• Embrace and respect the savage nature of the world. Exist in harmony with it.

Divine Classification

Prime Deity

Alignment

Her alignment is Neutral.

Honorary & Occupational Titles

Keeper of the Wilderness