Ehlonna

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Ehlonna of the Forests, Goddess of the Woodlands
Ehlonna
Ehlonna as Ehlenestra, as depicted by Matt Cavotta in Deities and Demigods (2002).
General information
Portfolio:Forests, Woodlands, Flora, Fauna, Fertility
Home:Wilderness of the Beastlands
Alignment:Neutral Good
Gender:Female
Class:Ranger 20/Druid 10/Cleric 10
Superior:none
Rules items
Domains:Animal, Celerity, Good, Plant, Purification, Sun, Life, Nature[1], Hunt[2], Temperance[3]

Ehlonna is the goddess of Forests, Woodlands, Flora, Fauna, and Fertility. She is known to elves as Ehlenestra. Her holy symbol is a rampant unicorn or a unicorn's horn.

Description

Ehlonna is variously depicted as an elven or human woman, and often associates with unicorns and other sylvan creatures. When in human form, Ehlonna appears as a dark-haired human woman, but as Ehlenestra, she appears as a golden-haired elven maiden. Her eyes are deep blue or startling violet. Her garments may be the practical garb of a ranger or the rich gown of an elven princess. She carries a longbow that always hits its target.

Her human aspect has special powers over horses, while as Ehlenestra she has similar command over unicorns.

Relationships

Ehlonna has an intense rivalry with Obad-Hai. Where the neutral good Ehlonna advocates the beauty and goodness of unspoiled nature, the true neutral Obad-Hai sees nature as brutal and uncompromising. She is an enemy of Karaan, who represents nature's dark side. She is friendly with the Seldarine and most good-aligned deities and allied with Atroa. She is served by a planetar named Novalee.

Realm

Deep within the Beastlands layer of Krigala is the Grove of the Unicorns, a realm she shares with the like-minded goddess Mielikki. The grove sits at the base of a cluster of great sequoias that form a natural cathedral for those beneath the canopy. The lowest branches of the trees are hundreds of feet in the air, such that those with wings can fly through Ehlonna's cathedral without difficulty.

Those who reside within the borders of Ehlonna's realm live in peace with the trees and animals, and they are similarly left alone by the wild creatures. The thinking creatures of the Beastlands adore Ehlonna, ensuring that she is often aware of occurrences that happen far from her domain. True to its name, the grove attracts groups of unicorns. In addition, there are herds of bariaurs in Ehlonna's service. The grove is not far from Skerrit's realm; centaur petitioners are found in Ehlonna's realm and unicorns in Skerrit's.

All spells cast by rangers within the Grove of the Unicorns are enhanced, and all spells that create food or water are exceptionally bountiful. Ehlonna and Mielikki have the power to make other alterations to magic within their realm, if they so desire.

Dogma

Ehlonna teaches that the animals and plants of the forests are gifts, and not to be stolen. She is often the goddess of rangers and druids and opposes hunters and those who would take from the land for fun or profit.

Worshipers

Ehlonna is the patron of all good-aligned folk who love the forests. She is worshipped by hunters, trappers, foresters, rangers, woodcutters, and more. Brownies, elves, gnomes, and halflings are especially attuned to Ehlonna of the Forests and will willingly aid her.

Ehlonna's holy symbol, art by D. Cramer, Dieties and Demigods (2002)

Ehlonna's worship is centered in the area from the Wild Coast to the Ulek States, and from the Kron Hills to the sea. She is among the deities worshipped in Hardby.

Clergy

For clerics of Ehlonna/Ehlenestra, her domains include Animal, Celerity, Good, Plant, Purification, and Sun. Her favored weapons are the longbow and the longsword. Clerics of Ehlonna wear pale green robes.

Each cleric of Ehlonna chooses a species of plant as her special ward. She must see to it that her species flourishes and that its properties are respected by common folk. Clerics of Ehlonna often carry the seeds of their chosen plant with them on journeys.

Temples

Temples to Ehlonna are usually camouflaged lodges in sylvan settings, although small shrines often exist in villages.

Rituals

Ehlonna's services involve vessels of horn and wood, the playing of pipes and flutes, and various herbs. Typical prayers to Ehlonna feature at least two references to positive aspects of the forest. Her ceremonies take place in the forest where possible and involve the various aspects of fertility. Children take part in the more innocent ones.

Artifacts and associated magic items

Ehlonna's seed pouch, as depicted in Complete Divine (2004).

A number of magic items are associated with Ehlonna.

  • Armor of the Fallen Leaves: Ehlonna created the Armor of the Fallen Leaves and gifted it to Obad-Hai at a time when relations between the two deities were warm enough to allow this.
  • Ehlonna's Seed Pouch: This item contains what appear to be six ordinary acorns; when dropped, the acorns become treants, walls of thorns, or grenades.
  • Quiver of Ehlonna: This magical quiver instantly produces stored ammunition from one of three separate pockets with extradimensional spaces within them.
  • Raptor Arrows: These five arrows acheived relic status when Ehlonna used them to slay a great wyrm green dragon. Each arrow returns to the bow once it is fired.

References

Citations
  1. ↑ Player's Handbook (2014), p.295.
  2. ↑ "The Wild Hunt".  Dragon #342 (Apr 2006), p.89.
  3. ↑ Dragon #355 (May 2007), p.26.
Bibliography
———. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.

Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index

The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.

Topic Type Description Product Page/Card/Image

Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, WG12 Vale of the Mage 11, 15, 62, 63
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, WG6 Isle of the Ape 28
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, WG8 Fate of Istus 27, 67
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, WGA4 Vecna Lives! 89, 91, 92, 93, 94
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, WGQ1 Patriots of Ulek 9, 10, 12, 13
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, WGR4 The Marklands 18, 31, 35, 42, 53, 55
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, WGR5 Iuz the Evil 32, 92
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, WGR6 City of Skulls 31
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) 63, 66, 67, 73
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) 38, 40
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Artifact of Evil 70
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Bastion of Faith 87
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, The City of Greyhawk: Folks, Feuds and Factions 72
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Deities & Demigods, D&D 3.0e 58, 64-65, 213, 214, 215
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Defenders of the Faith, D&D 3.0e 30
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Dragon magazine #059 24
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Dragon magazine #068 66, 67
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Dragon magazine #069 30
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Dragon magazine #092 6, 7
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Dragon magazine #208 50, 52, 57
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Dragon magazine #262 41, 42, 43
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Dragon magazine #263 46
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Dragon magazine #290 106
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Dragon magazine #294 75
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Dragon magazine #351 67
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Dragon magazine #358 30
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Dragon magazine #AN3 22
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Dungeon magazine #085 35, 82
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Dungeon magazine #105 58
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess 52, 68, 86, 87, 90, 95, 96
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, From the Ashes: Campaign Book 40-42, 44, 45
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, From the Ashes: References Card #4
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, From the Ashes: References Card #5
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Greyhawk Adventures 3, 10
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Ivid the Undying 70, 71, 72, 77, 78, 111, 149
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Living Greyhawk Gazetteer 21, 38, 48, 53, 63, 106, 116, 117, 118, 119, 131, 139, 164, 169, 178
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Living Greyhawk Journal #1 27
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Living Greyhawk Journal #3 17
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Libris Mortis, D&D 3.5e 46
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, On Hallowed Ground 180, 185, 191
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Player's Guide to Greyhawk 19, 21, 27, 54
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Player's Handbook, D&D 3.5e (Premium Edition) 18, 24, 32, 33, 46, 106, 107, 108, 186, 187, 188, 284
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e 12, 135
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, SJR6 Greyspace 89-90
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Slavers, AD&D 2e 8, 10
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Sea of Death 78
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil 120
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, The Adventure Begins 66
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, LT3 The Doomgrinder 12
Ehlonna of the Forests {Ehlenestra} Deity Native of: Material Plane, Unearthed Arcana, AD&D 1e 102
Ehlonna's Way (General) Rules Feat/Proficiency/Skill, Dragon magazine #315 53
Ehlonna, Chapel of (Riddling Pass) Building Chapel, WGQ1 Patriots of Ulek 13
Ehlonna, Coins of Item Artifact, Night Arrant 259-261, 271, 272
Ehlonna, Quiver of Item Artifact, Dragon magazine #103 16
Ehlonna, Quiver of Item Artifact, 1991 TSR Trading Cards - Factory Set 64
Ehlonna, Quiver of Item Artifact, Unearthed Arcana, AD&D 1e 88, 102
Ehlonna, Quiver of Item Artifact, Unearthed Arcana, AD&D 1e (Premium Edition) 88, 102
Ehlonna, Shrine of (Valley of the mage) Building Shrine, WG12 Vale of the Mage 62, 63
Ehlonna, Temple of (Hommlet) Building Temple, Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e 12
Ehlonna, Temple of Celene Building Temple, Sea of Death 78
Grove of Unicorns (Ehlonna's Realm) Planar Plane/Dimension, On Hallowed Ground 49, 180
Luminary of Ehlonna (Ship) Item Ship, War Captain's Companion Boxed Set: Book 1 20
Quiver of Ehlonna Item Reference SEE Ehlonna, Quiver of
Specialty Priest of Ehlonna People Group Religious order, From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess 87
Specialty Priest of Ehlonna People Group Religious order, Greyhawk Adventures 10
Stalk (LVL2) (Ehlonna) Spell Spell (Cleric), Bastion of Faith 53
Stalk (LVL2) (Ehlonna) Spell Spell (Cleric), CGR1 The Complete Spacefarer's Handbook 111
Stalk (LVL2) (Ehlonna) Spell Spell (Cleric), From the Ashes: References Card #05
Stalk (LVL2) (Ehlonna) Spell Spell (Cleric), Greyhawk Adventures 10
Stalk (LVL2) (Ehlonna) Spell Spell (Cleric), Priest's Spell Compendium Volume 3 594, 798
Stalk (LVL2) (Ehlonna) Spell Spell (Cleric), SJR6 Greyspace 89
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