Liriel Aelryndor

Born beneath the boughs of the Worldroot, the great mana tree of the elven kingdom of Aeltharion, Liriel was marked at birth by a single glowing leaf that fell into her cradle — a sign the tree itself had chosen her. That was 287 years ago — and by elven reckoning, she is still young, barely past her first century of true adulthood. She was raised in the Royal Arcanum, trained by the court's finest mages, but she always felt more at home among roots than thrones. Where other students chased power, Liriel chased balance — learning that mana isn't a weapon, but a living breath the world exhales. When the old guardian fell in the Blight of Ashen Years, the dying tree whispered her name. Though many elders — some over two thousand years old — deemed her too inexperienced, the royal family, bound by an ancient pact, named her the new Guardian of the Mana Tree. It is a title that carries both the crown's trustand a lonely duty: to stand where no one else can, for centuries if she must.