Gildress or Goldvale Elves

Gildress (Goldvale)

The Gildress Elves have a deep reverence for nature and strive to maintain a harmonious relationship with the natural world. They see themselves as caretakers of the land, responsible for preserving its beauty and abundance for generations to come. As such, they are highly regarded by the Verdant Warden, a powerful nature deity who bestows upon them special abilities and traits that reflect their deep connection to the land. Their societies are built amidst verdant growth and life, and they take great care to leave the natural world around them as untouched as possible, only taking what is necessary for their survival. This close connection to nature has also led them to adopt a matriarchal society, as they believe that only a woman can truly understand and appreciate the wisdom and purpose of nature.
Despite their deep connection to nature, the Gildress Elves are generally accepting of other peoples and are happy to share their culture with outsiders. They are known for their hospitality and generosity, often inviting travelers into their communities and sharing the bounty of the land with them.
Many Gildress Elves also walk a druidic path, using their innate connection to nature to cast spells and call upon the power of the land. They are particularly skilled at healing magic, and their abilities allow them to mend even the most severe wounds and afflictions.
Overall, the Gildress Elves are a peaceful and harmonious people, dedicated to maintaining a balance between nature and civilization. Their deep connection to the land, combined with their hospitality and generosity, makes them a valuable ally to any who seek to protect and preserve the natural world.
Gildress Traits Your Gildress character has a variety of natural abilities, the result of adapting to the bountiful forests and thickets of the natural world around them.
Ability Score Increase: Your Wisdom Score increases by 2 and your Charisma by 1.
Age: Gildress are a very long lived people, reaching maturity around the age of 35. However their understanding of adulthood goes beyond physical growth to encompass worldy experience. A Gildress Elf typically can live to be 750 or more years old. Never truly dying of old age just choosing when to leave this world to join the Verdant Warden when they deem themselves ready.
Alignment: The Gildress love freedom, nature and the variety that comes with both of these. So they often times lean to the gentler aspects of good. They value and protect others' freedom as well as their own, and they are more often good than not.
Size: Gildress range from under 5 to over 6 feet tall and have slender builds. Your size is medium.
Speed: Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Keen Intuition: You have proficiency in the Insight Skill
Fey Ancestry: You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put you to sleep.
Trance: Elves don't need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. (The common word for such a meditation is "trance.") While meditating, you can dream after a fashion; such dreams are actually mental exercises that have become reflexive through years of practice. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.
Languages: You can speak, read, and write Common and Elvish. Elvish is Fluid, with subtle intonations and intricate grammar. Elven literature is rich and varied, and their songs and poems are famous among other races. Many bards learn their language so they can add Elvish ballads to their repertoires.
Elf Weapon Training. You have proficiency with the longsword, shortsword, shortbow, and longbow.
Elemental Affinity: at 1st level you gain access to the Shape Water, Control Flames, Mold Earth, or Gust Cantrip. You may choose another of these cantrips at 5th, 9th and 13th level.
Natures Craftsman: You gain proficiency with one tool set of your choice.
Natures Conduit: You have the ability to communicate in a limited manner with beasts and plants. They can understand the meaning of your words, though you have no special ability to understand them in return. You have advantage on all Charisma checks you make to influence them.