Alnealn

Alnealn is a fictional deity in the fantasy setting of Eldoria, primarily associated with the sea, memory, and navigation. In the coastal cultures of the Nyren Archipelago, Alnealn is invoked to calm storms, guide ships, and preserve collective memory across generations. The term also appears in broader epics and folklore within Eldoria’s world-building.

Traditionally, worship centers on coastal temples and seasonal rites. The most prominent festival, the Tide of Alnealn, occurs at the vernal equinox and includes processions, the recitation of ancestral names, and offerings of shells and salt. Iconography commonly shows Alnealn as a figure with a conch shell or spiral motif, embodying both water and memory.

Scholars within Eldoria debate whether Alnealn represents a single deity, a personification of natural cycles, or a syncretic cult combining older sea-spirit beliefs with memory cults. In literature and art, Alnealn serves as a symbol of continuity, lineage, and the mutability of memory in changing seas.

See also: Eldorian pantheon; Tide deities; Memory in folklore; Shipwrights’ legends.