Elantien Aldaren is a character in Pillars of Eternity. He can be found in the Hearthsong Market.
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As you near, you feel a vibrant history contained in the essence of this man's soul. Voices from its past seem to call out to you.
You see a band of elves tread warily through the undergrowth, hands tight on weapons, eyes locked on the forest floor. They move silently, fluidly, a team practiced in the art of the hunt. A distant thud sends birds panicking into the sky, and the group changes course, towards the source of the sound. In the lead, a tightly-strung bowman scouts, so alert he trembles. Vaulting over an exposed root, he holds a hand in the air and the group pauses, taking cover behind time-gnarled trunks.
There's a moment of stillness before the forest itself rises up to greet them. The creature is enormous - twice the size of any elf - and its endless-seeming arms of vine snap towards its assailants, snatching at ankles, arms, legs. One elf goes down and is thrown into one of the trees with a rending crack. Another slips, jumping to avoid the snake-like vines, and before he can react a vine is around his waist. The air is blurred with arrows as the lead bowman lets loose, giving his companions time to recover. An unearthly howl sounds as a rapier slices through one of the creature's arms, incapacitating it momentarily. Taking his chance, the bowman switches arrows, lighting the wet shafts with slick blue fire. The monstrous mass of vines screeches as the flames take their toll, lashing out at any and all who come near. Two elves lie unconscious on the ground, another dead, an enormous dent in his skull.
The creature falls, finally, but there are no cheers, no celebration. The group is somber as they collect their dead and wounded.
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