Godfery

Godfery is an ancient entity known by some as the “wildman” or “wiseman” of Sylvan Forest, respected by beastman and elves alike for his gentle temperament, insight, and the occasional peacekeeper role he has been forced to play between the other races.

Perhaps the enigmatic Godfery was once also like one of the hot-blooded younger races, prone to conflict and to the resolution of disagreements by magical spellcasting, but the millennias have taken away Godfery’s harder edges as he is slowly come to understand the significance and importance of maintaining a peaceful forest and thus has taken upon himself the role of the forest’s secret guardian, and frequent “indweller” of the Starlight Altar.

If any mortal is likely to know of his true nature and origins, it may perhaps be Virgil who, along with his fellow warriors, was saved from the hands of the dark elves by one of Godfery’s infrequent interventions into the affairs of other races during the terrible elvish civil war around the time of the destruction of their Phoenix Mountain. Godfery acted behind the scenes, recognizing the threat the dark elves and the Chaos Rift posed to the rest of Aurelica, and provided invaluable insights that allowed Virgil to gain the upper hand during the bloody conflict. At most other times, Godfery is more of a neutral arbiter or bystander to conflict unless it impinges on what he regards as the “side of nature”.

Thus, did Godfery intervene during Virgil’s momentous sacrifice to collapse Phoenix Mountain on his own body in a desperate effort to destroy the Chaos Rift and block the demons’ endless access to the Elvish Realm, which he accomplished by helping Virgil complete his inexpertly-woven spell in such a way as to achieve its desired effect. Godfery also assisted Virgil by keeping his spirit back on the mortal plane, thus allowing Virgil’s associate, Mytheasia, the ability to retain Virgil’s essence in physical form, a most unusual feat.

Godfery returned, as he always does, after this intervention to his quiet home in the forest, although he has been known to play occasional chess games with Virgil’s spirit from within the Starlight Altar on the occasional visit. Thus Godfery has made only a handful of interventions into the mortal realm over the last millennia, although recent events with the renewed rise of the Dark One and Soulplunder may force Godfery’s hand once more.