Eryllis

Eryllis, the Blade of Autumn, embodies the elven concept of honourable change, the beauty of endings and the necessity of transformation. They represent the cycle of conflict, decay, and renewal that sustains both nature and civilization.

Where Aelion preserves life’s continuity, Eryllis ensures it never stagnates, where Sylthara governs balance through restraint, Eryllis finds it through motion. To the elves, they are not a god of bloodshed, but of inevitability, the storm that clears the old so the new may thrive. In their passage, destruction and renewal are one.

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Eryllis is depicted as a warrior clad in autumn leaves and golden armour, their form ever shifting between youth and age, vigour and rest. Their helm is wreathed with withering vines, their cloak a cascade of falling foliage that never touches the ground. The light that surrounds them glows like the last warmth of sunset, radiant yet fading. In elven iconography, they are shown holding a curved blade of burnished bronze, said to strike not from anger but necessity.

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Blade of Autumn

Eryl

Warriors

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An oak leaf.

War, Honour, Change.

Pale Green

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Basic Information

Eryllis’s presence manifests during times of conflict and transformation. When armies gather beneath crimson skies, when the forest sheds its leaves in unison, or when the old ways give way to new understanding, the elves say Eryllis walks unseen among them. They are the unseen balance within war, the whisper that reminds warriors to fight with purpose, not pride.

When peace follows battle, their essence lingers in the rustle of leaves, the scent of iron in rain, the quiet after thunder. Their intervention is never a command but a cycle fulfilled, they do not lead battles, but end them.

Personality

Eryllis is calm yet unrelenting, embodying both compassion and inevitability. They are the quiet resolve before battle and the gentle sorrow that follows. To meditate upon Eryllis is to confront impermanence and to find grace within it. They value courage, honour, and acceptance, to resist change is, in their eyes, the truest form of defeat. The elves teach that Eryllis does not favour one side of any conflict, they favour the moment of understanding that follows, when all things stand bare before renewal.

Eryllis emerged when the first wars scarred the elven realms. As Essence stirred conflict between harmony and survival, the elves came to understand that even in their perfect artistry, decay was part of design. From that realization, Eryllis took shape, not as a bringer of strife, but as the concept of necessary ending.

In the Age of Conflict, when the forests of Ash-Rilar were besieged by humanity, it was said that Eryllis’s essence swept through the trees, turning them gold and red as they shed their dying leaves. The invaders withered alongside the forest, and when spring came, new growth flourished in their place. The Kor tell this story as a parable of wisdom, that war, waged with honour, can restore what is lost. The Bah-Kor, hardened by exile, see Eryllis as patron of endurance, the acceptance that change, even through suffering, is the path to renewal. The Mer, ever close to the earth, revere them as the pulse of nature’s rhythm, death and rebirth intertwined without judgment or end.

Eryllis’s myth remains one of balance through loss. Their legend is not of conquest, but transformation, the promise that every fall, whether of leaf or empire, nourishes what is yet to come.

History

Aelion, The Verdant Warden – The eternal cycle; life and change entwined.
Sylthara, Keeper of the Veil – Counterpoint; restraint and transformation in constant dialogue.
Vaelis, The Songbringer – Emotional mirrors; art and battle as different expressions of truth.
Vyranor, The Twin Phoenix – Philosophical kin; both embody the necessity of endings and rebirth.

Relationships

Crimson Vigil: Before battle, elven warriors adorn themselves with red and gold, embodying Eryllis's colour's of change.
Leaf Rite: At the end of harvest, elves gather beneath the trees to watch the leaves fall in silence, reflecting on what must be released to make way for what may grow.
Renewal Dance: The Mer perform a slow, rhythmic dance through storms, a gesture of surrender to the inevitability of change.
The Pyre: When an elf of renown and honour dies, their ashes are mixed with soil and seeds, which are planted, symbolizing rebirth.

Rituals

Eryllis is revered by warriors, rangers, and those who live within the rhythm of nature’s cycles. Their followers believe that to serve Eryllis is to act with honour and to accept all outcomes as part of the greater pattern. The Kor honour them through artistry in motion, the elegance of sword forms, the discipline of ritualized combat. The Bah-Kor invoke their name before hardship, seeking strength to face what must be endured. The Mer see no separation between Eryllis and the wilds themselves, the falling of leaves, the cracking of thunder, the bloom after fire, all are prayers in motion.

Temples to Eryllis are rare and simple, open courtyards ringed by golden trees, where the wind is free to pass. There are no altars, for their worship requires no offering, only awareness. Among elves, to honour Eryllis is to meet change without fear and to lay down the blade when its purpose is fulfilled.