Family: Father of Ledo.
Cerelaine is an elf.
It is Cerelaine’s curiosity that is responsible for the Timberlode (13.03). For many years he desired to know more about humans. He found the slaves that scamper after their elven masters within in the elven Holt (29.07) unsatisfactory and the thought of travelling through human cities and being gaped at by ugly brutes turned his stomach.
Finally he came upon a solution. He would gather some human specimens and cast spells over them to make them appear to be elves. That way he could study humans without having his stomach turned every time he looked at them. The result is a village of “elves” that are actually human under the web of illusion that Cerelaine has cast over them. These spells are so potent that the men of the Timberlode have actually come to believe themselves to be elves, which has resulted in some strange behavior on their part.
Connections:
- Cerelaine retreats to the Glade of Cerelaine (13.02) when he tires of the people of the Timberlode (13.03). It is also where he keeps his book of spells and several trinkets under the eyes of watchful water elementals.
- Cerelaine’s journal is full of cryptic references to Mirror Lake and vague ramblings about the souls that elves lack (37.01).
- Many of the “elves” of the Timberlode are humans taken by Cerelaine from the area around Newhill (17.07). Some of them are sorely missed…
- Cerelaine has declared certain (if very slow) vengeance on the descendants of Egil Longspear via his son, Ledo.
Hooks:
- What form do Cerelaine’s water elementals take?
- What “trinkets” does he have?
- What exactly is Cerelaine trying to learn about humans? Is it something connected to Mirror Lake?
- So the people in the Timberlode are humans who look like elves and believe themselves to be elves. What is their society like?
- Who are some of the people that Cerelaine has abducted?