Elves of the Estarine faith believe that from the millions of stars in the heavens, thousands of them coalesced together to form seven entities and came to Adnati to give it life.
At first the Estarine were without shape or form or gender: shimmering, undulating clouds of silver, each without gender, or of all genders – simultaneously male and female, both and neither. Then one took shape of a bipedal creature nearly 10 feet tall, virtually hairless save for the top of its head, with skin a pale white with a purplish shimmer. It took the name Ilimoran Toruvial, and its first shape would later become the model for the First Born, who were the elves. Though the Estarine could take the form of any creature, this was the first.
Ilimoran is typically portrayed with shoulder-length silver-white hair and pale white skin with a faint purple sheen. He shown as male only slightly more often than female, though most artistic depictions are androgynous enough to be genderless or gender-ambiguous, for Ilimoran is both male and female, both and neither.
Ilimoran fashioned the First Born, the elves, from clay, and infused them with his blood and Tyra Manora’s tears to give them life.
In the war between the Estarine gods and the Nephilim, Ilimoran led the elves to victory against the giants. The demon Asha caused the most trouble, slithering among the First Born and whispering her lies. In the battles against her, Ilimoran and Asha fought for three days and three nights before Ilimoran finally prevailed.
When it came time for the Estarine to withdraw from the earth, the gods gave the elves many gifts. From Ilimoran came the gift of fire and its uses. He taught the elves how to hunt and how to engage in individual combat. He taught them how to compose and perform epic sagas to share the elven history, and gave them a language to record it. He also taught the elves many other arcane arts.
He is the patron of hunting, fire, greater magic, poetry and storytelling, written history and historical sagas, starlight, and cooperative diplomacy.
In common culture, the most prominent star in the heavens, due both to its brightness and its closeness to the celestial north pole, is named Ilimorí after Ilimoran Toruvial, the most senior of the elven gods who, among other traits, is the God of Starlight. Navigators have used Ilimorí for millennia to guide their travels.
The sixth day of the week, and the second of the two “light days,” is named Ilimoradÿn after the elven god.
In addition, some mortals have the innate ability to change their primary and secondary sexual characteristics, an ability seen as a gift from the gods. It is called Ilimoran's Promise, named after the god who can at will be either male or female, both or neither.
Domains
Arcana, Grave, Knowledge, Light, Life, Peace, Twilight, War
Artistic Representations of Ilimoran Torivial
