Celebrene

In the heart of the Veghrinaad, there rests a strange, and ancient tower known as the Godspire. Entering the tower is to step into another world, a place larger on the inside than outside, and ascending the tower is said to take a pilgrim to the heavens themselves. Though none truly understand where the Godspire came from, each of the Hanging Towers were carved to some degree to replicate its strange design.

In the last age, or sometime before, there was a great war, where the Oravenian elves of Meneilas laid siege to the great tower in order to gain entry into the heavens. In its defense, the Godspire created the celebrene, large crystal golems with glittering angelic stars for hearts. These solemn guardians defended the tower without rest, until the Oravenians were turned away, and afterward they fell dormant and began the long vigil at the perimeter of the great spire.

Ages came and passed, and the Godspire mostly faded into myth, until the day came when the Qeruborim magi lit the first of the Hanging Towers. Without warning or explanation, the celebrene began to silently arrive and stage a defense of the nascent tower. Largely because of their unexpected arrival, the Eruvenian armies successfully defended the tower and the Qeruborim lit it up with their ley magic, sending it into the sky and signaling the end of the Megalithic apocalypse.

Today, the celebrene are commonplace amongst the sky people. Mostly, they are inert, silent guardians, taking up positions where they see fit on the Towers and then falling into a dim torpor. However, some chose to stay lit, and assimilate with the teeming refugees of the Spinning Cage.

Star Golem Ancestral Traits

Age. Star golem do not age, and are not, strictly speaking, born. Similarly, they do not die: if their body is destroyed, they claim that they reincarnate in the starlit heavens, their furnace heart installed in a new crystalline shape. Following that, they can choose to reemerge, but the trek down the great tower of the stars is so long, and so arduous, it can take them years to return to their station.

Size. Star golem are often of great size, their crystalline forms standing 7 to 8 feet in height. Although most are unique in shape, many are broad, with a strangely large top-half and long arms. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Star golem are not known for being quick. Your base walking speed is 20 feet.

Star-speakers. Star golem do not have vocal chords and are unable to speak any language except the star-tongue, a weird language of resonant chimes. Although able to understand many languages, the only way to understand a star golem speaker is to learn the star-tongue.

Dim Torpor. When you take a long rest, you must spend at least six hours in an inactive, motionless state, rather than sleeping. In this state, your body is inert, but your star heart may disconnect from your body. You are not unconscious in this state, and can see or hear as normal, but you are incorporeal, and may not speak at all, or physically interact with the world. While in a torpor, your star heart may not travel more than 120 feet from your body.

Crystalline. Due to being wrought of starfire and crystal, you do not need to eat, drink, or breathe in order to survive. You are immune to disease, and you have advantage on saving throws against being poisoned, as well as a resistance to poison damage.