Gathlain

Gathlain

(Creature)

2E1E

Uncommon

CG

Small

Fey

Plant

Level

1

Alignment

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Adjective

Gathlain

Images of gathlains

Source: Bestiary 3, pg(s). 105

Statistics and traits refer only to the gathlain wanderer in Bestiary 3.

Type

Fey

CR

By class

Environment

Temperate forests or jungles

Alignment

Can vary; typically chaotic and neutral

Adjective

Gathlain

Images of gathlains

Source: Ultimate Wilderness, pg(s). 9–14

Ⅰ

Ⅱ

Gathlains, who are grown from the seeds of a magical tree and combine the traits of fey and plants, are among the oldest fey ancestries.

Appearance

The Owl and the Albatross, two gathlain sorcerers.

Gathlains resemble lithe humanoids with wings made of wood, vine, and mistletoe sprigs. Most grow to two feet in height and proudly decorate themselves with small mementos from their travels, such as beads and fine cloth.

Ecology

Gathlains grow from the seeds of an enormous magical tree, which often drift for hundreds of miles before developing into a gathlain. The tree's mistletoe develops into the adolescent gathlain's wings. Gathlains have no biological sex and cannot reproduce sexually.

Society

Gathlains are naturally inquisitive; place special importance on art, discovery, experimentation, and storytelling; and are usually renowned explorers welcome among travelers who can tolerate their constant, and sometimes demanding, curiosity. Gathlains are mischievous and capricious, and act purely to entertain themselves and sate their curiosity, often engaging in raucous romances. Due to their lack of biological sex, gathlains are uninterested in gender, have no gender-specific names, and find the gender roles or sexual orientations of other ancestries quaint.

Gathlains who eventually settle down typically build homes for themselves out of wood in the treetops of deep forests, where their surroundings remind them of their birth tree, though some gain a stronger affinity for other types of landscapes and settle there instead. Gathlain homes often include rooms to craft and store treasures from their travels.

Relationships with other creatures

Gathlains freely associate with other fey in courts where interesting or admirable members are given fancy titles. They usually stay in these courts only temporarily, whether for a season or decades. Gathlain adventurers usually migrate to the Universe or explore the strangest parts of the First World, and frequently seek out gnomes out of kinship, who in turn consider gathlains to be flighty, foolish, and undisciplined.

Giant bees

Gathlains have learned to domesticate giant bees, which they use to travel long distances.

Mockingfey

Mockingfey and gathlains get along very well together sharing a similar love for the same practical jokes and unsubtle comedy that quickly alienates both species from others' society.

Religion

Gathlains find religion strange. While they pay homage to the Eldest in exchange for protection, they consider such behaviour tantamount to giving offerings to petty monarchs.

References

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