Selanon, the Unbloomed

Selanon , the Unbloomed

He is neither god nor man, neither saint nor sinner, neither dream nor waking sorrow. Known only in whispered liturgies and fading tapestries, Selanon is a name etched not in history, but in lamentation. He is the memory of a memory, the last breath of a saint who never wept.   Among the faithful and the faithless alike, he is called Selanon the Unbloomed, a name that carries with it a thousand unspoken prayers. Yet that name is but one veil upon many. In ancient tongues he was the Petal of the Pale Dawn, the Veiled Saint, the Crownless Bloom. To the dying, he is the final vision; to the grieving, the echo of beauty never realized.   Long ago, in the twilight years of the First Blooming, Selanon entered the world in silence. He was the seventh-born child of Serelyne the Sorrowmother, the divine vessel of the Onycine Intent, and Valthas the Fell-Oathed, a mortal champion whose blade once silenced the sky. His birth was marked not by fanfare, but by lilies laid in still water, and bells that rang though no hand had moved them.   Unlike his siblings, whose divinity flared like wildfires, Selanon did not burn. He glowed—quietly, gently, like starlight on the verge of weeping. He was a child of mourning made flesh, gifted with ash-blonde hair that shimmered like a veil of grief, and emerald eyes lit faintly from within by a golden hue. No crown graced his brow. No throne awaited him. He wandered the temple gardens of Thalengarde, cloaked in silvered linen, whispering benedictions to dying flowers and ghost-saints alike. His miracles brought no rebirth—only solace. To be in his presence was to remember a sorrow so deep it circled back around into peace.   Yet stillness does not suit the divine. The gods, ever restless, called him to ascension. But such a gift required sacrifice: his joy, his name, even his voice. In a rite known only as the Lamentation Crucible, he laid each part of himself upon the altar of the Veiled Star. The last to go was love.   But love, ever stubborn, did not perish. It became Lioriel, a being of petal and psalm, the Saint of the Forgotten Embrace—Selanon’s sister of spirit, born from his relinquishment. She wanders the dream-reaches even now, singing his memory into forgotten places.   After this sundering, Selanon became something other. His miracles grew rare and strange. No longer did he mend wounds or restore breath. He gave only the gift of beautiful endings—quiet deaths, gentle farewells, the slowing of pain until it, too, forgot itself.   To this day, he appears in the dreams of dying children, resting his head against shadowed stone, a lily cradled between his hands, his golden eyes lifted—not pleading, but waiting—for a star that never answers.   Some say he lies beneath the ruins of Cenavere’s sanctum; others claim he walked beyond the Weeping Star into a realm where even the gods weep. Still others insist he walks among us even now, veiled and barefoot, tending to the graves no one else remembers.   He is no longer whole. He never will be. He is the Unbloomed—not for what he lacked, but for what he gave away so the rest of us might mourn more gently. He is not remembered because he died. He is remembered because he never truly lived.

Divine Domains

Holy, Sleep.

Physical Description

General Physical Condition

Selanon's body is nearly divine, yet bears the fragile bloom of mortality. He does not age in the common sense—his form is locked in a liminal state of beauty and decay. His muscles are fine-drawn and delicate, as if sculpted from alabaster petals rather than flesh. He appears breakable, but never breaks.

Body Features

Long limbs, slight of frame, with a posture that is serene but sorrowed. His hands are slim, palms callused not from labor, but from the constant clutch of lilies. His feet are often bare, as tradition dictates he walks unshod upon consecrated ground.

Facial Features

Selanon’s face is the stuff of relic paintings: soft cheekbones, a narrow jaw, and full lips often parted in silence. His expression rarely changes, always wearing the quiet solemnity of one witnessing the end of a sacred rite. His eyes are large and luminous, fringed with pale lashes.

Identifying Characteristics

  • A pale lily-shaped birthmark upon the center of his sternum, said to have bloomed the day his sister-spirit Lioriel was born.
  • The faint glow of soft, sorrowgold light from within his eyes, only visible in the presence of suffering.
  • Wears a silver mourning veil in most depictions, hiding his face from the world.

Physical quirks

  • He never blinks when stared at.
  • Does not appear to breathe when at rest.
  • Often clasps his hands as if in prayer—even in sleep or during travel.
  • Lilies sometimes sprout around his feet after he’s remained in place for long.

Special abilities

  • Whispers of the Unbloomed: Selanon can speak directly into a person’s sorrow, even across great distances or from within dreams.
  • Sorrow Miracles: Selanon’s miracles do not heal but ease—lessening agony, anchoring wandering souls, and letting the dying say goodbye.
  • Petalwalking: He leaves no prints and can move across water, mist, or even memory itself, though never quickly.
  • Ardent Resonance: As an Ardent One, his sorrow harmonizes with divine frequencies. When in the presence of great suffering, Selanon’s body may momentarily glow or ripple with blooming lilies or echoing chimes.

Apparel & Accessories

  • A ceremonial robe of silvered linen, layered and flowing, embroidered with motifs of wilted flowers and halos torn in half.
  • A sash of starlight-blue velvet, once belonging to Serelyne, wrapped around his waist.
  • Wears rings of no known metal—translucent and humming softly, likely relics of the Onycine Intent.
  • Carries the Veil-Lily, a symbolic relic resembling a partially closed bloom carved of ghostwood and white stone. It is not a weapon, but a vessel of benedictions.

Specialized Equipment

  • Thornveiled Benediction: a relic-blessing that can grant painless death or lull violent spirits into a dreamlike slumber.
  • Lamented Shroud: His mourning veil can silence profane speech and absorb the last breath of the dying to preserve it in psalm.

Mental characteristics

Personal history

Born in the twilight of the First Blooming, Selanon was always set apart—not for his might, but for his melancholy. He wandered the temple gardens of Thalengarde as a youth, speaking to dying flowers and forgotten spirits. While his siblings claimed relics, titles, and dominions, he remained cloistered in silence and softness. It is said he once wept for three days beside a dying pilgrim and that his tears became lilies. His withdrawal from public life began after the first of the Lamentation Rites, culminating in his sundering during the Crucible. From then on, he lived as a fragment of a whole, more myth than man.

Gender Identity

Genderfluid, though addressed as a male. He is more effeminate than not, having inherited his spiritual femininity from his mother. His form is sacred and sorrowful, often depicted with angelic grace or shrouded ambiguity.

Sexuality

Bisexual - Selanon is sexually and romantically attracted to more than one sex or gender.

Education

Taught by the Veiled Ascetics of Thalengarde and the Whispering Choir itself. His learning was not through books, but by communion—rituals, dreams, laments, and divine resonance. His mind holds hymns long lost and languages no longer sung.

Employment

Never employed in the mortal sense. Selanon’s “vocation” was sorrow: a living relic, a silent confessor, and eventual saint of the Last Grace. His presence alone was believed to purify sacred grounds.

Accomplishments & Achievements

  • Performed the Rite of Silent Blooming, ushering peace to the weeping dead.
  • Survived the Lamentation Crucible and gave birth to Lioriel, Saint of the Forgotten Embrace.
  • Forged the Thornveiled Benediction, a miracle that ends suffering but not life.
  • Became the first and only “Unbloomed” Empyrean—one who rejected divinity yet remains holy.

Failures & Embarrassments

Selanon was deemed a “withered seed” by his elder siblings, unfit to rule or wage holy war. He failed to fulfill the god-queen’s vision of divine succession, and his refusal to ascend triggered the fracturing of the Onycine Intent. He was seen as an enigma, if not a disappointment.

Mental Trauma

The Lamentation Crucible fractured his psyche. He surrendered emotions—joy, fear, even his voice—in ritual stages, leaving behind a mind like an abandoned temple: serene, sacred, echoing with absence. Some say he hears Lioriel in dreams and weeps without knowing why.

Intellectual Characteristics

Gentle intellect, fluent in metaphysical theology, floral symbology, and sacred silence. He is a philosopher of grief, whose wisdom lies not in answers, but in the beauty of unanswered questions.

Morality & Philosophy

Selanon believes in the sanctity of sorrow, that to suffer is not shameful but sacred. He sees death not as punishment, but as release. His moral compass is rooted in empathy—he will not fight, but he will stay by the side of the suffering until their last breath. He opposes conquest, cruelty, and ambition, which he sees as vulgar distortions of divinity.

Taboos

  • He will not raise a weapon.
  • He does not speak harshly—any audible voice heard is likened to an illusion or dream.
  • He refuses to interfere with the passage of time or fate.

Relationships

Selanon, the Unbloomed

Younger Brother (Vital)

Towards Sirelyn, Blade of Reverie

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Sirelyn, Blade of Reverie

Older Sister (Vital)

Towards Selanon, the Unbloomed

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Selanon, the Unbloomed

Younger Brother (Trivial)

Towards Sorevyn, the Petal-Red Thorn

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Honest


Sorevyn, the Petal-Red Thorn

Older Brother (Trivial)

Towards Selanon, the Unbloomed

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Honest


Selanon, the Unbloomed

Younger Brother

Towards Sirethyn, the Ashen Flame

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Sirethyn, the Ashen Flame

Older Sister

Towards Selanon, the Unbloomed

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Selanon, the Unbloomed

Son

Towards Serelyne, the Sorrowmother

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Serelyne, the Sorrowmother

Mother

Towards Selanon, the Unbloomed

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Selanon, the Unbloomed

Son

Towards Baelyon of the Onycine Intent

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Baelyon of the Onycine Intent

Father

Towards Selanon, the Unbloomed

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Selanon, the Unbloomed

Half-Brother

Towards Barkrytan

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Barkrytan

Half-Brother

Towards Selanon, the Unbloomed

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Selanon, the Unbloomed

Half-Brother

Towards Bezalyth

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Bezalyth

Half-Sister

Towards Selanon, the Unbloomed

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Selanon, the Unbloomed

Half-Brother

Towards Berykan, the Infidel

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Berykan, the Infidel

Half-Brother

Towards Selanon, the Unbloomed

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Selanon, the Unbloomed

Nephew

Towards Belarynn of the Astral Spire

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Belarynn of the Astral Spire

Aunt

Towards Selanon, the Unbloomed

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Selanon, the Unbloomed

Nephew

Towards Beralynn, Knight of the Scriptorium

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Beralynn, Knight of the Scriptorium

Aunt

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Selanon, the Unbloomed

Other Aspect

Towards Liora

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Liora

Other Aspect

Towards Selanon, the Unbloomed

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Valgryn, the Argent

Half-Brother

Towards Selanon, the Unbloomed

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Selanon, the Unbloomed

Half-Brother

Towards Valgryn, the Argent

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Divine Classification
Demigod
Alignment
Chaotic Good
Current Status
Unknown
Age
Appears to be Late-Teens or Early-20s.
Date of Birth
5/17/867 BV
Date of Death
8/15/683 FB
Life
867 BV 683 FB 1550 years old
Circumstances of Birth
Born under a waning star.
Circumstances of Death
Slain in combat, upon reaching godhood.
Birthplace
Cenavere, Royal Capital
Place of Death
Thareth-Moarn
Spouses
Siblings
Sirelyn, Blade of Reverie (Older Sister)
Sirethyn, the Ashen Flame (Older Sister)
Barkrytan (Half-Brother)
Bezalyth (Half-Sister)
Berykan, the Infidel (Half-Brother)
Liora (Other Aspect)
Valgryn, the Argent (Half-Brother)
Children
Pronouns
He/Him
Sex
Male
Gender
Fluid
Presentation
Ethereal and serene; his bearing evokes neither dominance nor submission, only quiet reverence. His garments are modest, composed of silver-threaded linens and flower-petal hues.
Eyes
Softly-glowing gold irises.
Hair
Ash-blonde and silken, falling past the shoulders in gentle waves. It has the hue of old halos dulled by grief, often described as “mourning-gold” by the faithful.
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Pale as mourned ivory, almost translucent in certain lights. When bathed in moonlight or temple fire, it takes on the pallor of mourning lilies.
Height
9'4" (2.845 m)
Weight
225 lbs. (102.1 kg)
Known Languages

  • High Ylnarethic (liturgical tongue of Thalengarde)
  • Petaltongue (a forgotten ritual language of flowers and breath)
  • Old Vaenstrumic (his father’s tribal dialect)
  • Dreamspeech (a psychic mode of communion used in rites and lamentations)

Character Prototype

A blend of Elden Ring’s Miquella and Saint Trina with elements of religious ascetics, tragic angels, and grief-deities. A visual and emotional prototype might be drawn from Yoshitaka Amano’s ethereal figures or the soft melancholy of Shojo manga saints—tall, delicate, veiled in light and shadow.



Cover image: Ylnareth, banner art by SheWolfSymphony
Character Portrait image: Trisavelle, the Unbloomed by SheWolfSymphony

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