Godfrey is an ancient entity known by some as the “wildman” or “wiseman” of Sylvan Forest, respected by beastman and elves alike for his gentle temperament, insight, and the occasional peacekeeper role he has been forced to play between the other races.

Perhaps the enigmatic Godfrey was once also like one of the hot-blooded younger races, prone to conflict and to the resolution of disagreements by magical spellcasting, but the millennials have taken away Godfrey’s harder edges as he has slowly come to understand the significance and importance of maintaining a peaceful forest and thus has taken upon himself the role of the forest’s secret guardian, and frequent “indweller” of the Starlight Altar.

If any mortal is likely to know of his true nature and origins, it may perhaps be Virgil the Phoenix King who, along with his fellow warriors, was saved from the hands of the dark elves by one of Godfrey’s infrequent interventions into the affairs of other races during the terrible elvish civil war around the time of the destruction of their Phoenix Mountain. Godfrey acted behind the scenes, recognizing the threat the dark elves and the Chaos Rift posed to the rest of Aurelia, and provided invaluable insights that allowed Virgil to gain the upper hand during the bloody conflict. At most other times, Godfrey is more of a neutral arbiter or bystander to conflict unless it impinges on what he regards as the “side of nature”.

Thus, did Godfrey intervene during Virgil’s momentous sacrifice to collapse Phoenix Mountain on his own body in a desperate effort to destroy the Chaos Rift and block the demons’ endless access to the Elvish Realm, which he accomplished by helping Virgil complete his inexpertly-woven spell in such a way as to achieve its desired effect. Godfrey also assisted Virgil by keeping his spirit back on the mortal plane, thus allowing Virgil’s associate, Mytheasia, the ability to retain Virgil’s essence in physical form, a most unusual feat.

Godfrey returned, as he always does, after this intervention to his quiet home in the forest, although he has been known to play occasional chess games with Virgil’s spirit from within the Starlight Altar on the occasional visit. Thus Godfrey has made only a handful of interventions into the mortal realm over the last millennia, although recent events with the renewed rise of the Dark One and Soul plunder may force Godfrey’s hand once more.