She cast spells as a druid and commanded all the spells and powers of the Animal, Good, Plant, and Travel domains. Moreover, she cast all spells from the animal sphere and plant sphere that involved of course animals and plants at twice their normal power in all aspects and they were harder to resist. She was herself immune to necromancy spells and reversed, harmful forms of healing and necromantic sphere spells, and her very touch destroyed undead. Mielikki could cast spells from any school of magic bar those of necromancy and illusion and from any sphere bar the reversed, harmful forms of spells in the healing sphere and necromantic sphere. She was instantly alerted to any action that was despoiling a forest or threatened to do so. Her greatest favored enemies were undead, shapechangers, and dragons, followed by giants and animals. As a master ranger and druid, she was skilled in all aspects of survival, hunting, wilderness lore, and more, and she was particularly skilled in bowmaking. Mielikki was a supremely talented tracker, better than Malar and surpassed perhaps only by Gwaeron Windstrom. Elk were sacred to her in her Finnish incarnation, while the white hart of the High Forest and the mysterious Mielikkar were sacred to her in Faerûn. To do her work, Mielikki might send dryads, satyrs, sprites, swanmays, treants, or unicorns, and forest animals like hawks, wolves, and songbirds. Some bards and rangers tried writing them down, and though they got different results each time, they generally found messages of understanding and preserving the forests and wildlife, and long-term listeners apparently became talented in tracking, survival, and zoology. After a time of meditation and introspection, a good and faithful worshiper could listen to and comprehend these whispers. The faithful, however, believed her most common manifestation was her whispering voice, echoing forever through all the forests of the world via the rustling of leaves. More subtly, she could be felt when gazing in wonderment at a unicorn and in the hearts of those who walked in peace in the woods. Through it, she could speak, envelop and carry items, and use her magic. On other occasions, she appeared as a floating, glowing light of a blue-white or a green, gold, and rust hue. This could teleport anywhere in Faerûn as she willed, communicate mentally with all living creatures, and cast spells with a touch of its alicorn. ![]() When not appearing as one of her avatars, Mielikki manifested most often in the form of a white unicorn that glowed and galloped in the air. Occasionally, she had a stag's antlers emerging from her forehead, either already present when she appeared or growing slowly as mortals watched, though she displayed these less often after Beshaba adopted black antlers as her symbol, and had almost abandoned it by 1372 DR. No matter her chosen form, Mielikki was 10 feet (3 meters) tall, spoke in a rich low purr, and always walked on the air so her feet never made contact with ground, and thus didn't leave any tracks and didn't make any sound. She wore sheer yellow and green gossamer robes, even in chill winter weather, and had summer songbirds fluttering around her person. Her other avatar was the Forest Queen, seeming to be a young maiden who had golden-hued moss and leaves for hair. Mielikki as the Forest Queen, with wolf and songbirds. Her clothes were dull green and brown in color and she wore the leather armor commonly used by rangers. Her russet-colored hair was long and unbound so it hung around her shoulders and down her back, while her eyes were large and brown, and deep like pools. ![]() She moved with the spring of a leaping buck and the ease of a prowling panther. Mielikki's preferred avatar was the Supreme Ranger, where she appeared as a tall woman of robust and shapely build and lithe grace. She regularly healed such stricken beings as she found them, rather than leave them to be part of the circle of life as Silvanus would. While she knew that death was a part of life and some must die so that others may live, she could not just accept injuries and deaths of both animals and friends. While not uncaring of mortals, her attention and blessings could be harder to attract. Yet, in the late 15 th century DR, mortals saw her as distant and spiritual, and not as human as some other gods. Her views tended to be those of the archetypal ranger. She did not consider people her friends lightly, but she demonstrated fierce loyalty and protectiveness to those she did. ![]() However, while she fully showed that confidence when in small groups, she was averse to formal speaking and being in charge of larger groups. Mielikki was cheerful with a ready smile and had confidence in herself and her path.
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