Aglaeca

Aglaeca was once the innocent daughter of Salreth Paranon the elven god of magic. Beautiful but simple and of only minor power herself, she attracted the romantic attention of Valdrez Farnore the elven god of the sky. Valdrez favored Aglaeca and gifted her with a small portion of his power to create life. This act, stirred up jealousy and wrath in the sky god's consort Vashanuna the elven goddess of music, who lured Aglaeca into the wilderness and then cursed her, making her so hideous to behold that her gaze would turn any living being, mortal or immortal to stone. For this reason Aglaeca bandaged over her own eyes, hiding them from the world and dwelled alone in far places where the elves were unlikely to encounter her. There she used her gift of creation to make small things, slimes and frogs and creeping lizards to act as her companions.

When Salreth Paranon discovered that Vashanuna had cursed his daughter he withdrew his favor from the high elves who were creations of Valdrez Farnore. Without the favor of the elven god of magic the high elves powerful spellcraft began to falter and over the centuries the powerful elven kingdoms of old began to crumble and fade. In order to gain revenge against Salreth Paranon for punishing the elves for her curse, Vashanuna engineered a clever trap which reunited Aglaeca with her father but in such a manner that Salreth Paranon gazed into his daughters unfettered eyes and was instantly turned to stone.

Heartbroken, Aglaeca fled into the wilderness and crawled into a deep cavern from which she fashioned trolls and other monstrous creations to loose into the world, monsters to carry her anger against Salreth Paranon and Vashanuna and their beloved elves.