> [!infobox]+ Corellon > <div class="infobox-coat-of-arms"> > <div style="text-align: center; padding: 5px;"> > <div class="character-name-container"><div class="character-main-name">Corellon</div><div class="character-epithet">the Arch Heart</div></div> > </div> > </div> > <div style="text-align: center; padding: 0.2em;"> > <img src="CorellonSymbol.png" alt="Corellon" style="max-width: 250px; height: auto;" class="internal-image"> > </div> > <table class="infobox-table"> > <tr><td class="infobox-label">Province</td><td class="infobox-data">God of Art, Beauty and Magic. Patron <a href="Deities.md" class="internal-link">deity</a> of all the <a href="Elves.md" class="internal-link">Elves</a> of <a href="Aeborhia.md" class="internal-link">Aeborhia</a></td></tr> > <tr><td class="infobox-label">Alignment</td><td class="infobox-data">Chaotic Good</td></tr> > <tr><td class="infobox-label">Symbol</td><td class="infobox-data">Two crested moons facing each other atop a four-pointed star</td></tr> > <tr><td class="infobox-label">Holy Day</td><td class="infobox-data">Elvendawn, 20^th Sunfall</td></tr> > <tr><td class="infobox-label">Type</td><td class="infobox-data">Greater <a href="Deities.md" class="internal-link">Deity</a></td></tr> > <tr><td class="infobox-label">Home Plane</td><td class="infobox-data">Corellon watches the business of mortals and gods from within the palace of Crescent Grove in the beautiful realm of <a href="Arborea.md" class="internal-link">Arborea</a>, surrounded by towering white trees and pillars of marble</td></tr> > <tr><td class="infobox-label">Divine Champion</td><td class="infobox-data"><em>Not Known</em></td></tr> > </table> ### About Guardian of spring, beauty, and the arts, Corellon is the patron of arcane magic and the [[Fey]]. The Founding inspired him to wander the twisted lands, seeding them with the first arcane magics and raising the most ancient of forests. It was by the Arch Heart's hand that the first [[Elves]] wandered from the [[Feywild]], and for this reason he is considered the Father of all [[Elves]]. Those who seek art in all their work, whether magical or mundane, often worship at the altar of Corellon. He loathes the [[Lolth|Spider Queen]] and her priestesses for leading the [[Elves|drow]] astray, though still remains close with their daughter, the lesser goddess [[Eilistraee]]. ### Depiction As the personification of all things [[Elves|elven]], Corellon was at once a warrior and a poet, a mage and a bard, and a male and a female. However, in his love of [[Lolth]], he settled into the aspect of a male High [[Elves|Elf]] warrior, a counterpart to her female Dark [[Elves|Elf]] artist. While he retained the capacity to assume female or male form, he conventionally appeared as an androgynous male [[Elves|Elf]] possessed of lithe build and preternatural beauty. He always appeared wearing a sky-blue cloak, a large amulet displaying a crescent moon within a circle, and a pair of dazzling gauntlets. ### Divine Domains Many of the Arch Heart's clerics are granted powers of Arcana, Nature or Light. ### Holy Day Corellon's holy day is called Elvendawn, or Midsummer. It is celebrated on the twentieth day of the sixth month, and commemorates the [[Elves]]' first emergence from the [[Feywild]] after the [[Dawn-War]]. None [[Elves|elven]] cultures use this day to celebrate the gift of arcane magic to mortals. ### Commandments of Corellon - Create, inspire, and find beauty in all that you do. - Follow the echoes of lost magics, forgotten sites, and ancient art, for within these lie the Arch Heart's first works. - Combat the followers of [[Lolth]] wherever they might be. ### History - #### The Age of Founding When the gods first arrived in [[Aeborhia]], Corellon had many forms for every [[Elves|elven]] aspect. Eventually, he settled into that of a male High [[Elves|Elf]] warrior when he made [[Lolth]] his bride. This was to create a duality with her: male and female, warrior and artist, day and night. He also gave dominion over the Dark [[Elves]] to his wife. They had twin children, the elder called [[Vhaeraun]], the younger called [[Eilistraee]], who was favoured by Corellon. Corellon created the plane of [[Arborea]], a three-layered plane of wonders. He made his home on the layer of Arvandor, where the palace of Crescent Grove sits, surrounded by marble pillars and white trees. Corellon was one of the main factors of the [[Age of Founding|Schism]] starting, he granted the power of arcane magic to mortals, allowing them to use magic without divine means. This angered the [[Betrayer Gods]], who had already split off from the [[Prime Deities]], starting a war pitting the newly arcane mortals against the [[Primordials]], and the [[Prime Deities]] against the [[Betrayer Gods]]. During the [[Age of Founding|Schism]], Corellon fought against [[Gruumsh]], the Ruiner. In this battle, his blade was snapped in two - unbeknownst to him, his son [[Vhaeraun]] had caused his blade to break, wanting to gain his father's greater divinity and place in the Pantheon as lord of the [[Elves]]. While running for his life to reach [[Arborea]], Corellon was tracked down by [[Gruumsh]] and [[Vhaeraun]]. It was then that [[Eilistraee]] appeared and faced her brother in battle. As the siblings duelled, the two greater gods fought and Corellon disarmed [[Gruumsh]] and put out his eye, but the battle ended because he couldn't kill an unarmed and wounded enemy. Because of this moment of time, [[Gruumsh]] managed to escape and evaded banishment for another two centuries. When Corellon turned to face his children, he saw that his daughter had killed her brother. This drove both [[Eilistraee]] and Corellon to depression for a time, but drove [[Lolth]] to madness. She retreated into the underdark and swore vengeance on both Corellon and her daughter. - #### The Age of Arcanum Corellon spent much of the [[Age of Arcanum]] in [[Arborea]], lamenting over the loss of his wife and son. He would often meet with his daughter between her quests into the [[Underdark]], praising her in her efforts against [[Lolth]] when he could not face her. Corellon only left [[Arborea]] when the Raven Queen ascended to godhood, wiping the previous god of death from existence and memory. Corellon was among the gods scolded for letting this happen, as he had first given mortals the means for such magic. Together with [[Ioun]], they destroyed the knowledge of the Raven Queen's ritual of ascension. Yet the attempts did not end there, and centuries later one mage, the Archlich [[Vecna]], would succeed by rites of his own. - #### The Dawn-War Corellon spent the first two centuries of the [[Dawn-War]] in [[Arborea]], still grieving. At the start of the third century of the [[Dawn-War]], in the Great Meadows of [[Laphithas Desert|Laphithas]] in Meksiko, [[Eilistraee]] led her army of free Dark [[Elves]] against the Ruiner, [[Gruumsh]]. Barely holding on against the greater [[Deities|deity]] and his never ending army of demons, [[Eilistraee]] was disarmed and just before the killing blow was struck, Corellon appeared and struck the one-eyed Ruiner down, banishing him to [[Acheron]]. According to various myths, as Corellon struck him down, the Ruiner's blood rained down and mutated the [[Elves|elven]] horselords of [[Laphithas Desert|Laphithas]] who rode into battle to aid Corellon. Some were fused with their horses and became the first [[Centaurs]]. The blood of both [[Gruumsh]] and the demons slayed that day destroyed all plant life in [[Laphithas Desert|Laphithas]], causing the large meadow to turn into the [[Laphithas Desert]] known today. After this battle, the [[Elves]] were in high spirits and ready to face the [[Betrayer Gods]] at their patron's side. But as quickly as Corellon had appeared, he had left again. The [[Elves]] of Corellon instead chose to fight with [[Eilistraee]], with the Arch Heart appearing every so often. Each time he left though, the [[Elves]] were further disheartened. Eventually, after seeing their god abandon them time and time again, the [[Elves]] retreated into the [[Feywild]]. Corellon did redeem himself near the end of the [[Dawn-War]], when he returned to the [[Material Plane]] to aid [[Kord]] in defeating [[Lolth]]. In the northern mountian ranges of [[Zeshana]], [[Kord]] and [[Lolth]] fought a long and even battle, with thousands of [[Elves|Drow]] and warriors perishing. When Corellon arrived at the battle, [[Kord]] was at a stalemate with [[Lolth]], and [[Eilistraee]] lay injured. Corellon found the strength to let go of his love for [[Lolth]] and pin her to the ground, allowing [[Kord]] to pierce her heart with his legendary Thunderspear. This resulted in the banishment of the [[Lolth|Spider Queen]] to the [[Demonweb]], her layer of the [[Abyss]] formed after the [[Age of Founding|Schism]]. - #### Post Dawn-War After the [[Dawn-War]], with the [[Betrayer Gods]] sealed away, Corellon joined the other Prime [[Deities]] in leaving the [[Material Plane]] for good. He returned to [[Arborea]], not before creating [[Feywild]] Portals all around the [[Material Plane]] for [[Elves]] to re-enter [[Aeborhia|the world]]. Some [[Elves]] went through the portals and set up new civilisations, like the wood [[Elves]] of the [[Guewood]]. Though in the last [[Guewood]] Rebellion against the [[Stacien Empire]], their portal was destroyed. ### Modern Worship of Corellon The worship of Corellon is most vibrant among [[Elves]], who revere the Arch Heart as both creator and guide, though certain [[Humans|human]] and [[Half-Elves|half-elven]] mages - especially those concerned with bloodlines and heritage - also pay homage. His temples are elegant and often found in the wealthier quarters of cities, places of artistry as much as devotion. In [[Illalenora]], where Corellon is honoured as the patron deity, his church is woven deeply into society: each province is overseen by a high priest, while noble families maintain their own private house priests to tend to rituals and ancestral rites. Beyond [[Illalenora]], however, his worship is far less structured, existing as isolated [[Elves|elven]]-led temples with little unifying authority. It is considered improper for non-[[Elves]] to take on the role of priest, and so his faith outside [[Elves|elven]] lands often remains small, selective, and deeply tied to [[Elves|elvish]] tradition and identity. ### Known Worshippers of Corellon #### Champions #### Other Worshippers - [[Caelan Liraesol]] † - A paladin of Corellon, sword master and Scout Sergeant in the [[Golden Scales]]. Lost beyond the [[Diskarn Wall]].