Melora Goddess of Nature (Meh - lore - uh)
Mother Melora, Fane of Flora and Fauna, the Eroder of the Mountain, is the goddess of the wilds and nature. Her symbol is that of a tree with many branches. She represents nature from the animals that live in the high mountains, to each blade of grass in a wide plain, and to each tree in the forests
Her main force of followers would be that of druids, hunters, rangers, and farmers. Typically, when someone believes she is worthy of worship, she is seen as the only God deserving so, unlike the people who pray to and give thanks to several divine beings. Despite having such devoted followers, she very much despises most sentient life. The devotees of her will often find their favorite elements of nature and pick those spots to pray, meditate, or safeguard. These spots could be against their favorite tree, calf deep in a flowing stream, pond, or lake, or in the middle of a grassy field. The dedicated ones will spend so much time in these locations that they will start to take on more physical traits of these locations as Melora acknowledges and begins to take a piece of you in her and leaves a piece of her in you. If your favorite spot is by a tree, you may feel that your limbs become longer and lankier, more branch like. If your favorite spot is in a body of water, you may find that your skin becomes more hydrophobic
Her alignment could be considered Chaotic Neutral. She is responsible for the forest fires that occur in order to keep nature itself in check. There have been times where a nation would get too greedy and delve too deep into her forests for resources. In retaliation, she would send animals in droves to defend her domain. In some situations, she went as far as to burn down the forest with the invaders trapped inside. Her creation of the Tree-Ent's was to guard the ever-growing frontlines of her expanding domain
The only adversary she typically has is anyone or thing that is a front to nature like an abomination from another plane that has breached its way in. She has a long history with Torog. During the First Era the two had a rivalry clashed many times for each other's domains. She also created the Spriggins to protect certain areas, naturally these areas are now seen as sacred
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