Mielikki

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Mielikki

God(dess) of: Forest, Forest Creatures, Rangers, Dryads, Autumn
Alignment: NG
Domains: Animal, Good, Plant, Travel
Faction(s): The Circle
DM Assigned: Metis
DM Level: Faction DM/Dev

Mielikki is good-humored and quick to smile. She is confident in her actions and conveys this confidence well in small groups, though she is said to dislike speaking formally or leading large contingents. She is fiercely loyal and protective to those she calls friend, but does not grant that consideration lightly. Though she knows that some creatures must die to make way for others in life, she finds the injuries of animals and other friends hard to bear.

Followers of Mielikki are taught to embrace the wild and not fear it, because the wild ways are the good ways. They are to keep the balance and learn the hidden ways of all life. They should not allow trees to be needlessly felled or the forest to be burned. They are to live in the forest and be a part of the forest, not dwell in endless battle against the forest.

Walkers of the Forest Way must protect forest life, defend every tree, plant anew where death fells a tree, and strive to keep the balance that indiscriminate fire-users and woodcutters break. They are to live in harmony with the woods, to teach each others to do so, and to punish and frustrate those who hunt for sport (not food) and who practice cruelties upon wild creatures.