Silenus

Silenus
The Silenus (pronounce Sy-Lay-nOOs) are the Great Defenders. Accept for their name not much is known about this race, being one of the “Lost Peoples” of Orenda. These are Imagodai’s guardians of life and spirit. Physically more present in the world than any of the other Children of Spirit. The other Fae Folk view them as both a mysterious champion and bogeyman to be respected and feared.

History
The Silenus disappeared from Orenda, almost as soon as Imagodai set them about their task, to protect life in all of its forms. Some of the Fae Folk believe that these Silenus are actually the sixth archetype of Pookas. But this does not explain why no "Manny " couples ever report that their new child does not have one of the five archetypical animal traits that are common for the Pookas.

The Silenus were said to be the result of Imagodai's rage at seeing some of the changes being wrought upon her finished project, the World of Orenda. Even though she had not taken much interest in the completion of that project after she created the Elemental Gods, beyond becoming annoyed at delays brought about by the interference of the God Elementals against each other. The actions of the Children of the Elemental Gods is what angered her, after they had completed their part of the project. The Aviarus flew across the world of Orenda introducing themselves to the other races and letting those races know that there was more to the world than their corner of it. The Dweorh began to cut and dig beyond what they were intended to do and taught the other non-human races how to build roads and cities of stone. The Elves discovered hunting and the pleasure of cooking and eating of met, which they taught to the other non-humans. The Sauropsidans  found the pleasure sport of fishing and spread that knowledge to the people of Orenda.

A dark period of time existed after Imagodai discovered the changes and flew into a rage. The non-human races' histories all show a time when travel, exploration, colonization, and new discoveries were severely curtailed or ended completely. Populations pulled back to the areas that they first inhabited when the God Elementals brought them into Orenda. When asked by the other Fae Folk what happened to the Silenus, Imagodai cannot even remember that these Children of Spirit were even spawned. It is unclear why the Silenus seemed to stop attacking all the other races or if they were indeed the reason for the devastation that lasted for 200 years.

Since the ending of the devastation, none have seen or heard of any encounters with the "Great Defenders", also known as "Imagodai's Rage". Myths, Legends, Stories, and Folklore are all that seem to have survived the purge of the Children of the Elemental Gods by "Imagodai's Rage".