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Veranallia Eladrin
Also known as rebirth azata
Who Embody the Living Heart of the Forest
CG; CR 20 ‡
Alternate form: a far-sprawling net of roots
Many eladrin wisely care for the nature around them, but veranallias (veh-ran-AY-lee-ah) take this a step further. They become not just guardians of their biomes, but builders of them. The body of a typical veranallia is a mass of their favourite kind of plant matter, that writhes around them, both blooming and rotting.
Veranallias embody chaotic nature of, well, nature itself, constantly being reborn in a new form. They are the ones called upon by other celestial courts to heal the damage done to the Upper Planes by fiends. Yet they are fickle to work with—veranallias see their ecosystems as works of art, and they care not a bit for practicality. No veranallia will grab a set of plants from one place and build a simple garden—no, they may collect succulents and shrubs from Mithardir and Mertion, mysterious lichens from the Plane of Earth and even specimens from the Lower Planes to grow alongside each other in a never-before-seen environment. This, along with veranallias’ tendency to get defensive about their artistic choices, has earned them the reputation of being fickle and unpredictable even when compared with other eladrin. However, everyone on Arborea appreciates the veranallias for what they are able to do—not to mention the powerful magic that they might offer adventurers who bring them an interesting plant or animal. That isn’t to say veranallias do not understand or do not care about the necessary balance that must exist in nature. In fact, they have a supernatural ability to assess the ecological needs and consequences of any creature when they assume their alternate form—a giant net of fungi-like gyphae that spreads through entire forests.
Stats: Bestiary 6 [PF1e] p34; Bestiary 2 [PF2e] p31
Source: Margarita and Jon Winter-Holt