Hill glanced at Alessio. It seemed Corellon's followers did not think much of the Forest Lady.
He suddenly realized that this former outsider deity of the Elven Pantheon was actually worshipped more by Half-Elves. Because of this, she had gradually changed from a human female Druid slain by the soldiers of some human warlord into the daughter of Sylvanus and the Elven Goddess of Love and Beauty.
As for which account was true, outsiders could not be certain, but the pure-blooded Elves all tried to prove it was the first.
Although Mielikki had taken Rangers as her followers during the Time of Troubles, changing from the Forest Lady into the goddess of forests and Rangers, that did not erase the fact that she had been elevated by the Elven Pantheon before following Sylvanus.
Although the Father of Elves did not care about this at all, his followers and the pure-blooded Elves were deeply dissatisfied.
Especially the pure-blooded Elves.
When Mielikki became the first true Half-Elf divine power, they had spread quite a few rumors. But by then, they had already lost their position as rulers of the continent, and those rumors never left Evermeet.
As for the Elven Goddess of Love and Beauty, perhaps she would not deny at certain times that her charm could even attract the Father of Oaks. Thus, Mielikki was more often presumed to be the Father of Oaks's daughter.
However, after Mielikki became the Forest Lady, she had followed the Elven Pantheon's guardian of the woods, Rillifane Rallathil, Lord of the Leaves. The Elves had always associated him with the enormous oak at the center of Arborea, where the pantheon dwelled.
This had ultimately led to a very friendly relationship between the Father of Oaks and the Lord of the Leaves, so Mielikki's change in