Ziran

Ziran the First. First among elves, first of the dead, first to ascend to godhood among mortals. In his mortal coil, Ziran was the first of the high elves living alongside the elder dragons in peace and immortality. But so favored was he by the Mother that the elder dragons grew jealous and conspired against him. At the first given chance, the greatest of the dragons called Ziran to him and bit off his head, releasing both death and war into the physical plane. So bereft was Nuavarya that she cut off her own head and gave it to Ziran, giving death a physical form of shadows and power over souls.

Acting as a shepherd to the departed, it is Ziran duty to collect the souls of the deceased and welcome them back into the Mother's embrace. Those sick, injured, or near death pray to him for deliverance. Ziran is the patron god of healers, gravekeepers, and outlier factions of dragon slayers.