Caelus

The caelus are a curious community of individuals that are all heavily imbued with positive energy, giving them a connection to goodness and light. Enclaves of caelus are usually found deep within woods, away from large population centres. They are rarely seen unless one seeks to find them, in which case they will descend from the canopies above and the surrounding woodscape. Humanoids of all sorts can become a caelus by accepting their ritual and becoming a caelus thrall, wherein they will start the transformation and attunment to a higher plane. After a year of such meditation a thrall will become a fully-fledged caelus, with the powers that come with it, but mostly the blissful existence and freedom from typical daily worries which are why people seek to join them. As such, caelus come in all sorts of humanoid form, but are uniform in their slight bliss, love of freedom, glowing eyes and skin, and vigorous demeanour.

Place of peace. The areas where caelus live are often infused with sourceless light, and many find it hard to think negative thoughts or commit violence within their most sacred areas.

Sometimes the elderly or infirm wil wander into forests where caelus are known to occupy, and never come back. The more superstitious in the village will say they were eaten by the caelus or taken by spirits, but if the wanderers are found they are often brought into the fold to live their last years (often many more than they originally had) in peace, comfort, and happiness.

Plane-wide connections. Due to all caelus' connection to each other, their forests, and the positive energy that suffuses them and their surroundings, caelus have the uncanny ability to communicate over large distances with others of their kind about threats, dangers, the weather and latest converts. This can lead to a group of sinister monster hunters trying to track a caelus enclave and only finding one or two before the rest vanish into the forest.

If a colony of caelus seems to grow too big, often members of that community will venture out to find new woodlands to occupy, meaning that often a group of caelus will be no bigger than twenty or thirty individuals, spread out across a forest.

Radiant energy. All caelus are free from the diseases and sicknesses that plague most mortal folk due to their connection to positive energy. This also means that they need only eat, sleep, or age if they feel like it. Often caelus don't age beyond maturity for their original race or don't exceed their original age when they become thralls, whichever is older. A full caelus can also choose to blissfully dissolve into the positive energy, painlessly passing away from this world.

Quiet Existence. The loudest sound around a caelus will often be an animal call, some wind in the branches, or a twig snapping. Caelus themselves try to make very little noise at all, and find the hustle and bustle of town and city life to be overwhelming, sending thralls to such places if there is need for communication between gentle forest clan and town folk.