Aelari

Alignment Tendencies: Chaotic Selfless
Plane of Origin: Cael’Abandon, the Waking Wild

Aelari appear in wildly varied, emotionally charged forms—feathered, horned, glowing, or elemental. Their eyes often burn with intense color tied to their dominant emotion (e.g., gold for love, violet for sorrow, crimson for passion).
Their bodies shimmer with kinetic energy, often trailing emotion-imbued effects—petals, sparks, song-fragments, or scent.
No two Aelari look alike for long; their form may shift subtly based on their surroundings or emotional state.
Most reside in semi-stable zones of Cael’Abandon, but they wander constantly—drawn toward cries for help or moments of emotional need across the planes.

The Icon of Wild Mercy: A legendary Aelari who gave up her physical form to become the emotional heart of the plane. She exists now as a sentient storm of warmth and birdsong.
The Bloomed Flame: A mythic martyr who continues to relive his death across multiple realities to inspire others. Some say he can be met in dreams by those contemplating sacrifice.
Aelari do not worship gods; they remember heroes through emulation. Saints are emotional role models rather than divine masters.

Act First, Reflect Later: Impulse is sacred. Planning is considered useful, but hesitation is a vice when someone is in need.
Sacrifice Is Glorious: Giving without reward is the ultimate expression of self. Aelari will throw themselves into hopeless causes purely for the chance to change one life.
Stories as Legacy: They believe memory and story are eternal. The highest honor is to become the emotional core of someone else’s tale.
Vivid Rituals: Music, color, flame, and dramatic expression dominate all ceremonies. Even grief is celebrated with intensity and spectacle.

With Mortals: Protective and reckless. Aelari frequently intervene in mortal affairs where pain or suffering festers, but their actions can be disruptive or unsustainable.
With the Axiari (Selfless Order): Tense but respectful. They fight for the same goal—universal good—but despise the Axiari’s rigid discipline. To the Aelari, selfless order is passionless stagnation.
With the Fiends: Mortal enemies, but particularly loathe devils who manipulate others into false or self-serving “sacrifice.”
With the Gods of Mount Celestia: Sometimes allies, sometimes frustrating anarchic influences. Merlin finds them fascinating; Arthur finds them exhausting.

Aelari Can Make Pacts with mortals like fiends or fey. Their boons often come at the cost of something emotionally meaningful: a memory, a joy, a secret. But they never demand servitude—only sincerity.
Great NPC Potential: They make powerful allies or tragic antagonists—capable of heroic self-sacrifice or destabilizing entire cities out of uncontrollable empathy.
Common Character Themes: Warlocks or sorcerers bound to emotion-driven magic, clerics of freedom and sacrifice, or bards who channel stories that literally reshape the world.