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Saint Elara

Saint Elara the Green

Medium celestial, Neutral Good

Reveal Stat Block

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Hit Points

Speed

40 ft., climb 40 ft.

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Saving Throws DEX +12, WIS +12, CHA +10

Skills Nature +14, Survival +12, Perception +12, Stealth +12

Damage Resistances radiant, poison; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks

Condition Immunities charmed, frightened, poisoned

Senses truesight 120 ft., passive Perception 22

Languages All, telepathy 120 ft.

Legendary Resistance (3/Day).If Elara fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.

Warden of the Wilds.Elara can move through nonmagical difficult terrain without extra movement. She can also pass through nonmagical plants without being slowed by them and without taking damage from them.

Speak with Beasts and Plants.Elara can communicate with beasts and plants as if they shared a language.

Actions

Multiattack.Elara makes three attacks with her World-Tree Bow or her Ivy Scimitar.

World-Tree Bow.Ranged Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, range 150/600 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d8 + 6) force damage plus 7 (2d6) poison damage.

Ivy Scimitar.Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d6 + 6) slashing damage plus 7 (2d6) poison damage.

Cleansing Seed (Recharge 5-6).Elara throws a seed at a point she can see within 60 feet. The seed explodes in a burst of life. Each creature of Elara's choice in a 20-foot radius must make a DC 20 Wisdom saving throw, taking 36 (8d8) radiant damage on a failed save, or half as much on a successful one. Additionally, any magical corruption or blight in the area is neutralized.

Legendary Actions

Shift Position.Elara moves up to her speed without provoking opportunity attacks.

Attack.Elara makes one attack with her World-Tree Bow or Ivy Scimitar.

Nature's Command (Costs 2 Actions).Elara commands the roots and vines of the earth to rise. Each creature of her choice within 30 feet must succeed on a DC 20 Strength saving throw or be restrained until the end of its next turn.

Saint Elara the Green

Saint Elara the Green, also known as the Warden, is the patron saint of hunters, rangers, and druids, and is the primary religious figure for the Elven Enclaves and those who live on the fringes of the Mana Wastes. In elven mythology, Elara was a master ranger who wandered the fractured continents during the "Great Diaspora," teaching the early refugees how to identify and avoid the most corrupted regions of the world. She is credited with the discovery of the "Cleansing Seed"—a rare, magically-attuned plant that can neutralize localized mana-corruption and restore life to blighted soil. She is traditionally depicted as an elven woman of ethereal beauty, clothed in living ivy and carrying a bow carved from the wood of the World-Tree.

The most famous tale of Saint Elara is her "Seven-Year Silence." According to the Enclave's oral histories, Elara spent seven years wandering the depths of the Western Wastes, refusing to speak or use any form of artificial magic. During this time, she learned to communicate with the spirits of the land and the mutated beasts that roamed the ruins, eventually brokering a peace that allowed the elven refugees to safely pass through the most dangerous territories. Her teachings emphasize a deep, harmonic connection with nature and a rejection of the "brute-force" magic practiced in Kigum. She is believed to have eventually transformed into a massive, white-barked tree, her roots now forming the foundation of the Enclave of Lemmion.

Worship of Saint Elara is centered around living shrines—sacred groves of ancient trees that have been carefully cultivated and warded against corruption. Her followers, particularly the Mist-Walkers of Wyn_Dor, practice a form of "Silent Stewardship," protecting the remaining wild places of Aethervale from the encroachment of industrialization and the spread of the Mana Wastes. They view the steam-engines of the North and the Aether-refineries of the East as a direct insult to Elara's legacy. For the elves, she is a symbol of their resilience and their sacred duty to heal the world, though her more radical followers have been known to engage in violent sabotage against those who they believe are "bleeding the world dry."