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Aelrith

Aspect	Mist, Memory Drift, Concealment, Thresholds
Osia	Aelrithia

Aelrith is an Ascendant Spirit born from the union of Jala and Oras, encompassing all mist, fog, and atmospheric veilings. She embodies the presence of suspended transformation—hovering between visibility and disappearance, memory and forgetting. Revered in [[Urth-Kelai]] her presence is marked by atmospheric distortion and the softening of boundaries, both physical and metaphysical.

Nature and Influence

Aelrith can be seen within the mists themselves. She gathers in hollowed spaces, cloaked ridges, and mist-covered paths, where form becomes uncertain and reflection is possible.

Relationship with Other Elements

Aelrith is born of Jala and Oras and exists at the interstice—where substance becomes vapor.

Realm

Aelrith does not dwell within a fixed realm. Instead, she is said to move constantly through the mist and fog in the liminal space between realms. Certain sites—like Urth-Kelai or mist-thick passes in the Murazkar Range—are believed to brush against this space, enabling temporary communion with Aelrith’s essence.

Osia

Practitioners who attune to Aelrith use breathforms and vapor inscriptions to access nascent spirits of mist and fog. Aelrithia is also used to confuse enemies or render spaces unreadable.

Significance and Worship

Aelrith's cult is the strongest in the Murazkar Range, but holds deep reverence among those who dwell in other mistbound regions.

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+|Name=Aelrith
+|Image=[[File:Aelrith.jpg|center|frameless]]
+|Aspect=Mist, Memory Drift, Concealment, Thresholds
+|Osia=[[Aelrithia]]
+}}
+{{Ascendant Spirit Sections
+|Introduction=Aelrith is an [[Ascendant Spirit]] born from the union of '''[[Jala]]''' and '''[[Oras]]''', encompassing all mist, fog, and atmospheric veilings. She embodies the presence of suspended transformation—hovering between visibility and disappearance, memory and forgetting. Revered in <nowiki>[[Urth-Kelai]]</nowiki> her presence is marked by atmospheric distortion and the softening of boundaries, both physical and metaphysical.
+|Nature and influence=Aelrith can be seen within the mists themselves. She gathers in hollowed spaces, cloaked ridges, and mist-covered paths, where form becomes uncertain and reflection is possible.
+|Relationship with other elements=Aelrith is born of Jala and Oras and exists at the interstice—where substance becomes vapor.
+|Realm=Aelrith does not dwell within a fixed realm. Instead, she is said to move constantly through the mist and fog in the liminal space between realms. Certain sites—like Urth-Kelai or mist-thick passes in the Murazkar Range—are believed to brush against this space, enabling temporary communion with Aelrith’s essence.
+|Osia=Practitioners who attune to Aelrith use breathforms and vapor inscriptions to access nascent spirits of mist and fog. Aelrithia is also used to confuse enemies or render spaces unreadable.
+|Significance and worship=Aelrith's cult is the strongest in the [[Murazkar Range]], but holds deep reverence among those who dwell in other mistbound regions.
+|Nature and Influence=Aelrith is not a spirit of form, but of transition. Her influence is most potent in spaces of concealment and ambiguity—fog-shrouded paths, fading memories, echoing caverns, and spiritual waystations. Travelers report her presence as a feeling of being watched gently, or as glimpses of graceful motion just beyond vision. Her touch is said to cause silence to deepen and memory to blur or soften.
+|Relationship with Other Elements=While not directly aligned with a single elemental quadrant, Aelrith’s domain overlaps with Vapor, Unformed Echo, and Tonal Dispersion. She is considered the transitional counterpart to spirits of stone, order, and fire, such as those worshiped in [[Kar-Thal]]. Aelrith’s domain softens, erodes, and veils rather than constructs or resists. She does not oppose form—but delays, obscures, or transforms it.
+|Significance and Worship=Aelrith is not widely worshiped in formal temple cults, but holds deep reverence among mistbound enclaves, deep-travelers, and tonekeepers. Her presence is invoked at the Still Bloom and during the Silent Threshold Rite preceding entry into [[Sanctuary Vale]]. Offerings are typically mist-scribed tablets, chimes rung in veiled spaces, or shared silence.
+|Philosophical Interpretations=Philosophers and tonal mystics describe Aelrith as a mediator of impermanence. She teaches that clarity without transformation is stagnation, and that memory must sometimes dissolve for new resonance to form. Followers often adopt a path of intentional forgetting, non-attachment, and meditative drift through meaning.
+|Symbolism and Iconography=Aelrith is rarely depicted directly. Symbols associated with her include:
+* Three descending waveforms, often in silver or water-ink
+* The half-veiled face motif (seen in cloaks, carvings, and mist masks)
+* Polished obsidian circles with faint condensation trails
+* Breath-etched glyphs, visible only in fog or steam
+Her presence is often represented by absence—a missing figure, an empty alcove, or a faded inscription.
+}}
+[[Category:Orethil]]