Thiriel Moontwined
The Rootspeaker Thiriel Moontwined (a.k.a. The Moon's heartbeat)
Thiriel Moontwined was an ancient dryad and druid of the Circle of Wildshape whose philosophy reshaped the relationship between sentient plantfolk, beastkin, and druids in the Lilted Vale. A fierce devotee of Fenros, the Wild Father, she emphasized harmony not through control, but through surrender to natural instinct. Her teachings birthed the modern cultural reverence for leyline-sensitive flora and the integration of wild creatures into village life. Though her body perished defending sacred ground, her name still grows like ivy across Mythralune’s memory.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Extremely agile and deceptively strong despite her ethereal appearance. Could blend into trees, pass without trace, and endure cold through inner warmth channeling ley energy.
Body Features
Vine-like musculature, faint bloom-scars across her limbs from magical overuse. Chestnut seed embedded in her sternum.
Identifying Characteristics
Veil of petals grew over her eyes during trances; always barefoot, her feet rooted into the soil during rest.
Special abilities
- Ley Attunement: Could read natural magic from the soil and channel it directly.
- Voice of the Beastkin: Spoke fluently to animals and compelled them with story, not domination.
- Warden's Bloom: Upon death, caused local flora to awaken and fight back as a final act.
Apparel & Accessories
Wore robes of woven bark and living ivy, layered with symbols of Fenros etched in amber. A belt of dried feathers, gifted by a sentient hawk.
Specialized Equipment
- Staff of Wild Pulse: A curved staff with a still-beating heartwood core, responsive to nearby leyline energy.
- Sporemirror Ring: Allowed her to commune with sporetails and fungal networks across the Lilted Vale.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Born from the oldest moonwillow near the current Grove of Renewal, she was one of the first dryads to awaken with full sentience after the Second Blooming. Mentored by beasts and bark alike, she journeyed across Mythralune before founding the Wildshape Conclave within the Lilted Vale.
Education
Primarily self-taught through communion with forest spirits and ancient runes. Occasionally consulted with river dragons and mushroom seers for deeper lore.
Accomplishments & Achievements
- Brokered peace between sapient beastkin and druidic circles
- Stabilized the Thistlecradle Leyline
- Created the Spring of Second Thought, where visions guide young druids to their calling
Failures & Embarrassments
- Failed to prevent the Bitterthorn Accord, a controversial alliance that allowed exploitative logging at Vale’s edge
- Once trusted a corrupted archdruid whose rituals led to a leyline fracture
Intellectual Characteristics
Deeply philosophical, poetic, cryptic in speech. Always spoke slowly—as if her thoughts grew like vines around words. Highly intuitive, emotionally perceptive, and strategically non-linear.
Morality & Philosophy
Believed that freedom was the highest law, but it must be used in service to balance, not chaos. Saw instinct as sacred.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
To nurture harmony between untamed wilds and emerging sentient life—to prove that wildness and wisdom are not at odds.
Savvies & Ineptitudes
- Deep knowledge of leyline behavior, beastkin psychology, and plant-based healing
– Struggled with structured politics and inter-regional diplomacy
Virtues & Personality perks
Wise, patient, empathetic, unshakable faith in others' potential
Vices & Personality flaws
Overly trusting of instinct, prone to secrecy, occasionally let visions override practicality
Representation & Legacy
Her root sigil, a crescent moon entangled in thorns, is carved into elder trees throughout the Vale. Children born under crescent moons are sometimes called "Moontwined" in her honor. The Wildshape Conclave celebrates Thirielday each year with silent dances and guided dream-walks.
Social
Religious Views
A devout follower of Fenros, worshipped through instinctual action, caretaking of wild spaces, and seasonal rituals of growth and decay.
Social Aptitude
Reserved but charismatic in presence; rarely initiated speech, but once speaking, commanded a room. Known for long silences and strange metaphors.
Mannerisms
Always touched the ground upon entering a space. Tilted her head toward birdsong mid-conversation. Never raised her voice, even in anger.
"Instinct is not the enemy of wisdom."
"Let the forest think with you, not for you."
"Even the wild listens, if you listen first
Sylvan, Druidic, Common, Rootsong (a primordial plant dialect)
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