Hanali Celanil

Overview

Hanali Celanil is the elven goddess of romance, beauty, love and joy, and despite her own vanity and somewhat flighty nature, she is a being of timeless beauty and benign nature who delights in reward her faithfull with the bliss of unexpected love and affection. Hanali has been romantically involved with nearly every member of the Seldarine, particularly Erevan Ilesere, yet she remains amicable with nearly all her former and current suitors alike.

Description

Hanali Celanil appears as a beautiful elven maiden clad in a short dress or gown of white and gold. She always goes barefoot and wears golden anklets and toe rings.

Holy symbol

Hanali's symbol is a heart of gold.

Favored weapon

Hanali does not engage in combat: her beauty serves as her primary weapon as well as her defense. Like a nymph, her beauty can blind or even kill an opponent, should she so choose. Her beauty can also permanently charm any being within 60 feet (18 meters) of her person, including other divine beings or creatures usually immune to charm effects. Her priesthood have selected the dagger as their favored weapon.

Possessions

Hanali wears a ring of invisibility as well as a ring of free action. At will she can create a bejeweled golden chalice filled two drafts of a philter of love.

Realm

World Tree cosmology

In the World Tree cosmology of Realmspace, Hanali Celanil resides within her Crystal Palace which is located on the outer planar realm known as Arvandor, which she shares with the rest of the Seldarine, including Corellon Larethian, Aerdrie Faenya, Sehanine Moonbow, Deep Sashelas, Eilistraee, Erevan Ilesere, Fenmarel Mestarine, Shevarash, Labelas Enoreth, Rillifane Rallathil, and Solonor Thelandira. Arvandor, home of the Seldarine and the eladrin, is a vast expanse of pristine wilderness and lush natural beauty, with verdant forests, towering mountains, azure streams, crystal lakes and a deep green sea. Hanali's Crystal Palace lies at the heart of a lake called Evergold. The Crystal Palace is a beautiful structure of perfect design and flawless materials, such that a single candle, properly placed, may illuminate the entire structure. At the heart of the Crystal Palace lies the fountain of youth and beauty known as Evergold. Hanali shares the fountain with Sune, and as such it exists upon two planes simultaneously - here on Arvandor and in Sune's realm in Brightwater. The fountain acts as a portal between the two realms, though usually only Hanali, Sune, Sharess, and their servants have access to it.

Great Wheel cosmology

In the Great Wheel cosmology, Hanali Celanil resides within the Elven Court on Arvandor (also known as Olympus), the first layer of the Olympian Glades of Arborea, Hanali maintains a magnificent crystal palace located in the centre of a great lake fed by the Evergold River. The palace is constructed so well that a single candle, placed properly within its confines, may illuminate the entire crystal structure. At the heart of the crystal palace lies the Fountain of Youth and Beauty known as Evergold, which Hanali shares with other goddesses of glamour, including Sune, Freya, and Aphrodite. Hanali sometime allows mortals access to the fountain, biy only those who have served her for many years and brought glory to her name.

Worship

Hanali's worshippers include elven artisans (particularly sculptors), lovers, performers (particularly bards and dancers), and nobles. She is also widely revered by half-elves born of joyous unions, in honor of the love that brought their parents together. Hanali's priests are flighty and somewhat vain, and are given to wild celebrations and dancing. They preside over marriage and rites of passage for young elves, although they are not required to marry, since Hanali is primarily concerned with love, not marriage. Priests of Hanali spend their days cultivating beauty and love in all its forms; some tend fine gardens while others amass great collections of gems, crystal sculptures, and other fine works of art. Hanali's priests must always be finely dressed; displaying their personal beauty to its best advantage is a requirement of every priest.

In Spelljammer

Hanali Celanil is a member of the Seldarine and as such is considered native to Realmspace. Priests of Hanali are able to travel throughout Realmspace without limitation. However, if they leave Realmspace, they cannot recover any spells until they reenter a crystal sphere.