Phyla

Before humans flooded the surface of the world the Fey dominated the lands, creatures whose energy and life were directly connected with nature and the primordial forces behind the world's evolution. The Fey that were intelligent understood their connection to nature, and treated this connection as a being to worship. The name Phyla was given to this being by the Elves, the ones who started the practice. Her appearance is described differently by each species. The Elves and other more civilized Fey imagine Phyla as an enormous, ancient tree with roots that run deep beneath the world, connecting to every to every land and island on the surface. Humans, though rare, do worship Phyla, and they tend to perceive the deity as a wise old woman living in a remote forest, both as old as time. Only those truly dedicated to Phyla still refer to her by name, while most merely call her Mother Nature.