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The Prophetess Llyrileýwa (Tretalleri: /ljɪ.ɾɪ.lɛ.jɪ.wæ/), known to the Elledynnë as the Prophet d'Lyr~lea Lyrisovë, is one of the more important points of conflict between the Dominion and the Silvered Realm. A woman, or a man—depending on the historical texts consulted—of the people, the Prophetess was loved by all, despite her transparent ties to the opposing faction of elf. It was the Prophetess that was the last great leader and adherent of the Druidic Lore in the East, and it was she that last attempted to broker peace between the Elledynnë and the Tretallë.

Though the two elfin kingdoms would never heed the Prophetess' wisdom on the matter of their rival, they did listen to her for all else. The people loved the Prophetess, and though the leaders of either culture would have rather she not existed, they could not move against her without rousing the ire of the people. Alas, it was this love for the Prophetess that further drove the two races apart, as the vision that she and her retainers experienced at the moment of her supposed death formed the foundations of two very different elfin outlooks on the afterlife.

Early Life and Background

Born to an era long before the insidious entrance of the Triple Goddess into the then-united Elfin society, Llyrileýwa was one of the few elves that came into the world during the mysterious Time Immortal. She was born during a time of great upheaval, with tensions beginning to grow between the immortal elves, Di'Tatydynnë, and the mortal elves, Di'Netadynnë. It, allegedly, was around the century of Llyrileý when it became increasingly apparent that the immortality that had once been gifted to the Elfin-folk was beginning to die out.

Llyrileýwa was born to druid acolytes whose names have long been forgotten to the mists of legend. She was raised among people who believed that the loss of immortality was a punishment to the elves, who were increasingly leaving behind their druidic roots, by the Pale God. The Prophetess belonged to the majority population of the elves for the first three centuries of her life, but when the first elves that would eventually become the Tretallë began to emerge, public opinion was quickly swayed by an opportunist king.

Soon enough, the elves turned to the belief that their gods had abandoned them. The Prophetess could not bring it upon herself to adopt the position of many of her brethren. Even a few of her closest friends, high members of the Druidic Order, turned away from the ancient gods. The Prophetess remained resolute in her faith and rose to take the Gnarled Crown, though her warnings of dire punishment from the Pale God fell upon the deaf ears of the elves that would become the Elledynnë. Many took to calling her Doomsayer in mockery. Few took her seriously, because so very few still believed in the gods of old. So many had turned their backs on the roots of the Elven people and at times even spat on them in disgust.