Talandriel Elmbough
the Star-Keeper Elf
Named for the twin roots 'tal' (earth) and 'riel' (star-bloom) in the old tongue, marking her as one who holds the memory of the sky in the soil.
Power
Nightfall Anchor — you can bind a single star's light to a living thing, gifting it a night of perfect clarity, but the star goes dark for a full season and you feel its fading as a cold in your bones.
- Familiar
- a blind stag named Kelen
- House
- House Elmbough
Every dusk you stand at the grove's edge and count the first three stars by touch — a ritual you began the night your mother did not return from the hunt, and have kept for eight hundred and eleven years.