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[hargrovehall]

Character Dossier: Hynfwr Onnen

(art by dinwardo on twitter) More than the races of Men and Elves make their homes in the ancient woodlands. Among them, tending to the forests like shepherds to a flock, are the first born children of Dagma the Sapfather. They take the God of Plants name for their people – the Dagfolk, giants that resemble humanoid trees.

The Dagfolk often take the form of trees native to their birth groves. For Hynafwr Onnen, who sprouted in the mist-shrouded woods of the Fells, he takes the shape of a great Ash tree.

Hynafwr Onnen – Grandfather Ash in the Fellish tongue – is an elderly Dagfolk, renown for his far sight and sage wisdom. Well known locally, he often takes part in Fellish ceremonies and festivals, and bears the markings and totems to prove it.

Like all of his kind, he is strong in the ways of the Green and gladly takes on apprentices from local villages, druids seeking to deepen their bond with that which sprouts and spreads roots.

Among his students was the half-Kwaychan druid Aderyn, whom he saved from the wolf attack that slew her parents when she was a baby. It is unusual for anyone to start their tutelage so early, but Aderyn prospered under the boughs and branches of the Grandfather.

Nationality: Fellish (Dagfolk) Magic Speciality: Grandmaster of the Green

[hargrovehall]

Lessons From the Grand Sage VI: On the Gods (Dagwos)

Celdos reveal, your Grace.

We return to your lessons on the higher realms and the deities. Though it would happen that today we do not need to venture far for the gods in question.

For today we must speak of eternal Dagwos, another of the Five Who Are Ten. Here, we speak of the gods of nature and the World Bones.

(art by @iloe)

Staying in the good graces of Dagwos is vitally important as their domain covers all that the realm depends upon for its prosperity. Tide and soil. Breeze and ember. Vine and sinew.

As Boucassan represented Spirit, so too does Dagwos reign over one of the Cycle elements. Their domain is the Green, and they are Dagma and Wose.

Dagma, the Green Man. Sapfather. Lord of Laden Branches. He is the First and the Fatherless – his great roots are said to have cloven the hard stone of the world, that lesser things than he might grow in the rubble. His domain is over root and vine, leaf and bough. All that springs from the earth and water are of his realm.

The Felfolk name him Longhand, a jovial, fatherly deity who taught them woodcraft in long ago days. The Denosans call him the First Spirit, from whom all wisdom springs. Though benevolent, Dagma takes a long view. An individual matters little against the tribe, or the species.

Wose, the Mother of Monsters. The World’s Heartbeat. The Horned Beast. She is the first in the line of mothers that stretches back to the dawn of all things. She is the instinct and energy of the world, the air and the fire. It is said her one gift to mortals is the strength enough for the life ahead of them. All that runs and crawls, fly and swim is part of her domain.

She sleeps, aware but unmoving through the ages. From this slumber comes the Dream of Wose, homeland of faeries and other Green spirits. Close to the mortal realm, but always just out of reach… until it isn’t. Be cautious in places heavy with the Green.

As lord of the land, you are expected to act as a caretaker and guardian of your land, to ensure it may be passed down to those that come after.

The hour grows long and the day short; we will return to these lessons another time.

Celdos guide you.

- The Grand Sage