Category:Bor'Nal

"Act thoughtfully, act intelligently, and act boldly, but always remember to act!"

- Perris Anlu'moon

At a Glance
Hailing from the woodland realms, the "Wood Elves" or Bor'Nal have been known to commune and corral the ancient forests that circle the continent. As warm as the summer sun or capricious as the winter's chill, the Bor'Nal respect and venerate the aspects and deities of nature and believe magic to be a corrupting and destructive force (as demonstrated by their kin's obsessions with the arcane or dark gods).

During the splintering of the Tel'Quessir, many became fanatically opposed to the mystic arts and regarded those who used it as irresponsible (at best) or genocidal (at worst). Believing that the Tel'Quessir mission of shaping an ordered utopia had failed, these individuals exiled themselves deep into the woodland realms to separate themselves from the arcane and begin a period of introspection. Calling themselves the Bor'Nal, these elven kin relinquished their arcane magics in favour of a druidic partnership with nature -- pledging to work WITH the natural world (instead of moulding it to their whims) to create the "promised land" invisioned by the Tel'Quessir.

This self-imposed flight from larger elven civilization resulted in the Bor'Nal becoming a deeply insular society. Deep in the forests the Bor'Nal had no-one to speak to but each other, so it was there that they formed a bond with their environment itself, subtly shaping the trees into hamadryads and ents, and in-time learning to wield the forests as a weapon itself.

Unfortunatly, the eons of  isolation and obsession with nature have caused the Bor'Nal to become increasingly fanatical and xenophobic towards "lesser" races like humans or dwarves who trample or burn the forests to fuel their civilizations. So zealous are the Bor'Nal against these "crimes" that "Te'jous" (or "War-For-Saving") have been declared, resulting in bloody wars where interlopers have been trampled by walking forests or drowned beneath the soil by gnarling roots.

The Bor'Nal have but two leaders for their entire race and treat both with an incredible reverance: the Greenseers (ancestral Bor'Nal who have been permanently fused into tree-barks) and Melora, goddess of nature. Neither are known as exceptionally forgiving, but they grant their blessings to any Bor'Nal who pursue the growth of a new green "promised land".

Racial Features

 * Keen Senses: You have proficiency in the Perception skill.


 * Veil of Nature: You can attempt to conceal yourself even when you are only lightly obscured by foliage, heavy rain, falling snow, mist, or other natural phenomena.
 * Wood-Hand Training: You have proficiency with the longsword, shortsword, shortbow, and longbow.