Mielikki

Mielikki was the Faerûnian goddess of druids and rangers, forests and their denizens, such as dryads, and the season of autumn. More kind-hearted then her harsher father Silvanus, she was a representative of nature that supported positive relations with civilization.

Divine Realm
She resided in the Grove of the Unicorns, located within the House of Nature in the World Tree cosmology.

Relationships
Mielikki was the daughter of Silvanus and a sister of Eldath. She was the superior of Gwaeron Windstrom, Shiallia, and Lurue. She was friends with Shaundakul and Lathander and was an enemy of Malar, Talos, Talona.

Worshipers
The clergy of Mielikki included clerics, druids (Forestarms), and rangers (Needles). Generally, druids of Mielikki took on the abilities of rangers, including the ability to wear all kinds of armor usable by rangers, including metal armor (unlike other druids who were not allowed to wear metal armor).

Divine spellcasters following Mielikki prayed for spells in either the morning or evening, but were required to observe both events. Once a month, clerics and druids were required to perform the Song of Trees, calling forth a dryad or treant and performing odd jobs for it for a day. Mielikkians also held the equinoxes and solstices as holy days, called the Four Feasts.

Orders

 * Order of the Unicorn's Horn: The Order of the Unicorn's Horn was a small society of itinerant healers who brought solace to injured people, animals, and plants.
 * Shadoweirs: The Shadoweirs served as a type of religious knighthood of the woods. Members were activists who proselytized with zeal and were willing to go on the offensive on behalf of their sacred forests. They sought to advance the regrowth of ancient forests reduced by civilization, and to halt the endless assault of civilization on their ancient homeland.

Notable Worshipers

 * Drizzt Do'Urden, an ex-worshiper of Mielikki
 * Catti-brie
 * Montolio Debrouchee
 * Lander
 * Pikel Bouldershoulder
 * Florin Falconhand
 * Jeryth Phaulkon
 * Emperel
 * Karel Mahorne
 * Walnut Dankgrass

History
Mielikki very rarely directly revealed herself to her followers. One of the few events where she had a direct influence was in the events of the Spellplague in 1385 DR, when an avatar of her, or at least one of her servants, took Catti-brie and Regis away to a private paradise called Iruladoon she had prepared for them that would remain untouched by the turmoil of the Spellplague to follow. This was presumably done as a favor to Drizzt Do'Urden.

Background
Mielikki is based on a Finnish forest goddess of same name, originally appearing in the 1-edition Deities &amp; Demigods, page 60.

Connections
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