![]() ![]() To the Druids, they refer to the same entity as Y'ffre, the Green-King, the Slumbering Father of Nirn, or the Green Man. When the First Empire, took control of High Rock they forced the Bretons to convert to the worship of the Eight Divines, however, the worship of lesser deities still persisted and Jephre continued to be worshiped. They are guided by elemental spirits known as the Guardians, which are among the extinct Ehlnofey who claim they were once Y'ffre. The Beldama Wyrd are a witch coven attuned to nature, and are also known to venerate the ancient forest and commune with Jephre the Storyteller. Bretons respect the Vicars of Jephre, a group of his adherents who are known defenders of the natural world. He is still revered by some Breton hunters and farmers. He is typically considered an elven god, and is understood to have turned himself into the Earth Bones and establishing the laws of nature. To the Bretons, Jephre (also known as Jeh Free) is the God of the Forest and the spirit of the "now". Ring of the Wild Hunt is Bosmeri artifact associated with Y'fffre. In modern times, the Pact is enforced by regional "treethanes", who are responsible for a certain jurisdiction and dedicated to the preservation of the natural resources therein. Bosmeri legend holds that any who break the terms of the Pact will be consigned back into the Ooze, their song in the world replaced with silence. In exchange, the elves could request the forest shape itself to their needs, providing food and shelter, and also were able to tap into certain atavistic forces of nature, reflecting their chaotic origins. He instituted the Green Pact between the Bosmer and the Green, which forbade any harm to the plant life of Valenwood. Next to materialize were Y'ffre's people, the Bosmer. The Bosmer believe that out of the primordial Ooze, he first brought forth the Green, consisting of all plant life in the forests of Valenwood, from mosses to the mighty graht-oaks, teaching the birds to sing and the waves to lap against the beach and gaining sight-perception of all that occurs within the sight of birds and the reflection of waters. Spinners can use their "narrative magic" to profoundly alter the stories of others, even altering their memories of past events. As Y'ffre instructed the world and the first Bosmer through tales, so too do the Spinners elucidate and educate their kin through elaborate, sometimes befuddling, metaphors, that nonetheless always contain an essential truth. ![]() Y'ffre's priests, called Spinners, also experience life as one long story, as they not only keep the histories and laws of their people, but also narrate events that have yet to occur. Y'ffre sang to Aetherius, weaving songs so beautiful that stars were compelled to dance and sway, continuing to wink and blink afterward in memory of that song. His acts of creation are described as "tales", and he is said to have given the first name to every living creature, solidifying their place in the world. Y'ffre is strongly associated with songs and stories, as a mythical expression of his role in shaping the story of nature. I will walk Your steps, and know Your story." ![]() Let my heart echo to the pounding of your feet along the story-lines, the bones of the world. To see one is to see the promise of new growth, new life, and a new chapter in nature's cycle. Y'ffre is known to send wisps to herald the storms of Rain's Hand. Day, night, and the places between are the manifestation of his interpretation of the time-law Anui-El is said to have established within Nirn. He thus formed the frame upon which nature is woven, loomed through with his own song-echoes and sight-perception for mortals to interpret through study of the Sea's mystery, but seeing and hearing nothing himself. He is said to have been the first to transform himself into the Ehlnofey, or Earth Bones, giving rise to the rules and principles of nature and life on Nirn. He (occasionally she) was one of the strongest of the recognizable spirits that crystallized shortly after the beginning of time, and played an important role in the coalescing of the physical world during the Dawn Era. Y'ffre (or Jephre or Y'ffer), the Singer, the Storyteller, the God of Song and Forest, and the Spirit of the Now, is the most important deity of the Bosmeri pantheon, also worshipped by the Altmer, Bretons, and Snow Elves.
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