Baldur's Gate : The Sword Coast Chronicles : NWN2 Persistent World

The meetings of the faithful are undergoing a change, one that will hopefully propel us forward in a positive direction, gone are the days when Mielikki's faithful alone can confront the dangers that confront the forests and surely the other nature's faithful are having problems of similar magnitude. In an effort to increase cooperation and increase the scope of the faithful, I am officially opening the meetings of the faithful to people who pay patronage to any diety of nature, bar the Malarites who shall not be tolerated for their destruction of all things natural.

Clerics of Nature deities are encouraged to contact Robin Silver so that we may take turns leading the faithful to a more fulfilling natural world.

I would also like to ask that any of nature's faithful help as we replant the forest around the Friendly Arms Inn. We have asked permission from Bentley Mirrorshade himself if we could turn the area into a forest and he has given us such permission, as long as it draws more people into the Inn. I would ask that the rangers protect this land and the druids nurture the trees to grow strong.

Please if you are interested or have any questions feel free to contact me. May Mielikki watch your travels through the forests and guide your path. Stay well, stay hidden, stay swift.

With Faith,
Robin Silver"

"Wild" Nature Dieties
Silvanus
(True Neutral) [Wild Nature, Druids]
Eldath
(Neutral good) [Springs, Pools, Waterfalls, Peace]
Mielikki
Clerics: Robin Silver
Mielikki is the intermediate power of forests, forest creatures, rangers and dryads who serves under Silvanus, The god of wild nature and druids. Together with Silvanus and Eldath, she is one of the three major good aligned nature gods on the server with her primary patronage being Rangers. She is served by Gwaeron Windstrom, who teaches Rangers how to track -- and Lurue, who is patron to magical and talking animals. The major enemies of Mielikki are Malar, Talona and Talos.
Gwaeron Windstrom
(Neutral good) [Tracking]
Lurue
(Chaotic Good) [Intelligent Creatures]
Shiallia
(Neutral good) [Forest Fertility]


Miscellaneous
Chauntea
(Neutral good) [Agriculture, Farmers, Summer]
Nobanion
(Neutral good) [Felines, good-aligned beasts]
Ubtao
(True Neutral) [Dinosaurs]


Elven Nature Dieties
Angharradh
(Chaotic Good) [Sprint, Fertility, Planting]
Aerdrie Faenya
(Chaotic Good) [Avians, Weather]
Solonor Thelandira
(Chaotic Good) [Hunting, Survival]
Rillifane Rallathil
(Chaotic Good) [Woodlands, Druids]
Deep Sashelas
(Chaotic Good) [Oceans, Seas]


Other Racial Pantheon Dieties
Baervan Wildwanderer
(Gnome) (Neutral good) [Forests]
Segojan Earthcaller
(Gnome) (Neutral good) [Earth, Underground Creatures]
Sheela Peryroyl
(Halfling) (Neutral good) [Weather, Agriculture]
Thard Harr
(Dwarf) (Chaotic Good) [Jungles]


Evil Nature Dieties
Auril
(Chaotic Evil) [Cold, Winter]
Malar
(Chaotic Evil) [Survival of the Fittes, Bloodlust]
Talos
(Chaotic Evil) [Storms, Destructive Nature]
Talona
(Chaotic Evil) [Poison, Disease]
Umberlee
(Chaotic Evil) [Ocean, Waves]

Thank Mielikki -- Stress Rangers and welcome acceptance

Talk about Doron Amar War,
- Thank those who helped the elves defend the forest and the elvish home
- a village which respects the trees
- Presence in the forest (I am glad that we will not be the only presence in the forest, the only people who seek to protect our most valuable nature. The elves of Doron Amar are the first stand. Even before the faithful of the forest can confront threats the elves are there to defend. I am thankful that the elves will continue to be a presence in the Forest of Sharpteeth.)
- Ask about how war went
- What rangers have we lost
- Rangers (Those who walk amongst the forests...) will always (find) a home at Mielikki's side

Talk about the Wisps
- Glad to see the abominations gone for the forest
- Hope in the future that such breeches will not happen
- Thank those in the area for caring about the forest while combating the wisps

Talk about the Sharpteeth
- Damage
- The animals have fled
- The dryads who no longer call the cloakwoods their home
- Increase in Lycanthropes (The lycanthropes who give the sharpteeth it's name and care nothing about the balance of the forest have become more bold.)
- Inviability of reintroduction of natural animals with increase lycanthropes

Talk about repair
- The culling of damaged trees to allow for new growth
- The reintroduction of natural populations
- Ask that all try their best

Final Prayer -- Ask Mielikki to Protect the Rangers

(We ask the forest queen to protect the rangers through their hunts and that our attempts to restore the forest to it's glory before the war meet with nothing but success.)

(Rangers, Stay Well, Stay hidden and always serve the Forest Queen faithfully).

In 1369 DR, Mielikki ordered the reorganization of her church and reintroduced druids among her clergy to counter the waning of her faith. What little church hierarchy the Mielikkian faith has is still almost exclusively clerics; however, druids now have joined their ranks or begun circles in the North in her name. All the faithful of Mielikki are known as Walkers of the Forest Way. They are now organized into three branches of devotion: the Heartwoods, the Forestarms, and the Needles.

Aerosclughpalar, also called "Gildenfire", Vaeros Fireshield, The Druid Dragon and the Wyrm of Golden Hue, was a neutral gold dragon who, as of 1368 DR, inhabited Tall Trees, in human form, as a druid of Mielikki.

And since that day, the wyrm known as Gildenfire has acted as nature’s hand, all in the long-term interests of justice and mercy. Truly, the great forest has become his most precious treasure.

parable entitled "By Gilded Fire"
attributed to Mintiper Moonsilver
Year of the Moonfall (1344 DR)

Because of her by then considerable age, during the years following the Time of Troubles and before the Spellplague, she worked exclusively from the company’s compound near Baldur's Gate.

4 - Rangers of Silvanus, Solonar, Rillifane Ralathil ARE accepted if they do agree to become Rangers of Mielikki. (We have a patron and I plan to keep like that)

Affiliated Orders: The church of Silvanus does not have any affiliated knightly orders. It has firm connections to several orders of rangers who serve Mielikki, since she in turn serves Silvanus, and its holy groves and forest pool shrines are often guarded by the seldom-seen clergy of Eldath along with the druids and clerics of the greenleaf priesthood. The Emerald Enclave, a large and aggressive society of druids active in the Vilhon Reach, has close ties to the church, but its members considered a tad radical by many Silvanites elsewhere in Faerûn who see their actions as likely to provoke a negative backlash against the Silvanite religion in the future. Finally, the church of Silvanus also has ties with the Harpers, an organization working against the rise of great powers, which tend to endanger all natural life and conditions around them by trying to reshape Fearun, and so endanger the Balance.

SILVANUS (god of the forests and nature)
Greater god
CELTIC MYTHOS
ARMOR CLASS: -4
MOVE: 18" (48" through forests,)
HIT POINTS: 333
NO. OF ATTACKS: 3/2
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 5-50 (+14;
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Nil
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Wolfhound (see
belowj
MAGIC RESISTANCE: 30%
SIZE: M (T)
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
WORSHIPER'S ALIGN: Dwellers of the
forest
SYMBOL: A summer oak tree
PLANE: Concordant Opposition
CLERIC/DRUID: 14th level in each
FIGHTER: 13th level fighter
MAGIC-USER/ILLUSIONIST: 19th level
illusionist
THIEF/ASSASSIN: Nil
MONK/BARD: 15th level bard
PSIONIC ABILITY: VI
S: 25 ( + 7, +14; 1:24 W: 25 D: 24 C: 25 CH: 23
Silvanus looks like a man with very long legs. He can control any number
of animals and creatures of the forest with the sound of his voice. He has
the power to make plants grow and/or shrink at any rate he wills. He
wears armor made of leaves that act like +5 plate mail and his mallet is
constantly with him. This +5 wooden weapon strikes for 5-50 points in his
hands. A giant wolfhound fights at his side (ACS, HD 10, hp 100, #AT1, D 2-
20; regenerates 5 hit points per melee round). It is so fast that no matter
how many beings strike at his master, the dog will take the damage. It cannot
block spells. ^
Silvanus is worshiped by druids and their followers, and he is a protector of
the places of the druids: their groves, their villages and colleges, and their
paths through the woods. There is a 1% chance that he wwill appear whenever
harm is done to a high level druid or his or her grove.

MIELIKKI (goddess of naturej "Mistress of the Forest"
Lesser goddess
ARMOR CLASS: 4
MOVE: Infinite
HIT POINTS: 322
NO. OF ATTACKS: 3/2
DAMAGE/ATTACK: By weapon type
SPECIAL ATTACKS: See below
SPECIAL DEFENSES: See below
MAGIC RESISTANCE: 50%
SIZE: M (5/2';
ALIGNMENT: Neutral good
WORSHIPER'S ALIGN: Good alignmen/
s
SYMBOL: Evergreen
PLANE: Prime Material Plane
CLERIC/DRUID: 14th level in each
FIGHTER: 10th level ranger
MAGIC-USER/ILLUSIONIST: J2fh leve
in each
THIEF/ASSASSIN: Nil
MONK/BARD: !2fn level bard
PSIONIC ABILITY: I
S: 15 1:22 W: 25 D: 19 C: 23 CH: 23
The goddess is always dressed in a green gossamer gown, even in the
coldest of winters, and is always surrounded with summer songbirds. She
watches over rangers and all creatures of the forest (especially dryads).
There is a 1 % chance that she will aid her dryads when they are in extreme
danger within the bounds of the forest. There is a 5% chance that she will
attack those that try to destroy her domain, for whatever reason. Because
of this, men like woodcutters must plant two trees for every one that they
cut down, or eventually face her wrath.
She automatically negates all charm-type spells within a 30 yard radius of
her body. No creature that lives in the wilds is able to hurt her, even if controlled.
She is not affected by clerical spells of any type. When magic has
failed to hurt her enemies, she has been known to summon huge packs of
wolves and flights of hawks to attack despoilers of the forest.

The gods of the Celtic mythos are all served by true neutral druids, although some may also be served by clerics of the same alignment as the god. Druids do not generally mingle with others, and may only take a mate from among the worshippers of their god. Celtic gods are very tolerant of their priests' and worshippers' actions, as long as they do not damage nature. Human sacrifices, usually of condemned criminals, are made four times a year. Services are held in specially prepared groves, planted with mistletoe and holly, and guarded by wild boars. The druids wear torcs, ornamental neck rings the value of which reflects the druid's level; and every druid has his own cauldron.

Celduil wrote:
Since she is a druid herself it may be she once had a few druid followers. The entry in the nj article says "reintroduced druids among her clergy". Here it says "rangers and all creatures of the forest (especially dryads)." This would mean at one stage, she did support druid followers, even if it was changed since for a time.