the elven empire
formed after their victory over the blair empire the elves would rise as the dominant power.
Structure
the high king rules the empire. he wears the dragon crown giving him ultimate power over the other kings. the king is the heir to the empire and hold large amounts of power. his sons and daughters serve as protects of the other kingdoms . after them there are local kings who rule there small kingdoms.
Culture
Elven culture difference depending on different areas.
wood elves worship hazelia most of all. they make there fortresses and kingdoms in the forests of the the known world
Dark elves live in the old elven heart lands and based there culture around dark magic in hope doesn't
Assets
the elven imperial capital was at the heart of the empire and it is where the imperial estate of the the verianberg empire the estate being built on it old ruins. it was built on top of an old blair fortress. it was strategically placed on the banks of the great lake where The river of kings empty.
the valley valeloch was considered to be the most beautiful even over the imperial city. it was built on a river in the mountains.
History
the formation- elves were first sighted on the western coast of the northern Continent around 29000YBCW. at that time they were a stone age society. however they quickly grew in power and came to dominate the western coast. they became excellent sea fairs. this is believed to be the origin of the sea elves. this was the first formed kingdom with the sea fairer creating there own kingdoms. within 200 years 7 elf kingdoms were created. all in the lands in what is know frank. around this time where dark elves were found. these people were of a far darker temperament and liked the company of there own king. many had black hair with black or dark eyes. many of these elves flocked to the banner of the dark magic necromancers who wondered the boarders of the different kingdoms. these dark elfs took to the worship of death. however the religion was built on worshiping and respecting the dead and using. in the elven kingdom dragon ridering became common but what was more common was hunting them using magic and weapons they built.
forging the empire- after the elves had consolidated there power there yes turned east to the lands help by the blairs. at this time the blair kingdom was at it weakest since its war with the darklings. however the elves lacked heavy weapons as there recourse limited them and so using magic them made the gohlem race. soon after the elves invaded the blair kingdom. there invasion was total smashing through the plains of what is know the lands of the crown. the blairs tried to use weapons from the death forges of kasmar and there own dragons. the battles of the war would scar the lands which they were fought on. however soon after 200 years of fighting the blairs retreated to the mountains. the elven army spilled into the lands the blairs know fled all the way to what is know attelo and hells-landing today. the blairs counter attacks failed to retake these two locations then know in the blair tongue beshara(attelo) and the dragon crown
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the time of elves
the time of elves is around 28000YBCW in this time the elven race began to master the sky the seas and mountains. there culture was fast to develop. there army became extremely powerful. the elven empire became the dominant power and they would be ruled over by the high king the greatest of the high elves. all would kneel before his power. dragons were hunted for sport. peace lived through the land. there had been no large scale wars. the blairs never turned there swords on the elvens instead waging war in the east against the animals of the steppe.
regin of urian (astaroth) 1st-
kahrilalin the weak- the the sword of Astaroth had damed urian's family. his daughter had died giving birth to her only child which arrived stillbirth. his youngest son had died in battle and his eldest son prince kahrilalin was dissabiled, able only to speak in a few words. his only friend was the dragon which had called to him indrougenin ( the elven word for butterfly). the dragons name refelcted his other intrest, the young prince was intrested in lepidopterology or the study of butteflies with his cahmbers in the palace covered in frames full of butterfiles. the realm heald its breath when the mentally inferm prince was crowned high king of the elves. all knew he could not rule so a regency council war formed to rule in his stead. his uncle aryadar was named prince regent. his mother the high queen dowager was named as well as the lord warden of the west.
the wester war broke out 5 years into the new high kings regin. angered by the high taxes levies by the prince regent many lesser lords of the west rose in rebellion. thee western ports saw riots break out over food shortages and high tarrifs. the rebelion picked up steam when king fingoladrin of the kingdom of tolirel joined the rebellion
the orks grew in strength around 13500YBCW and even attack the imperial capital. but with the help from the blairs the orks were beaten back to the holes they came from.
the guardians of new life and the reign of shade and shadow- as there power grew younger races looked to them for guidance. these races included syrens (who claimed to be the children of hazellia), gohlems were also protected by there creatures as the race were gentle yet limited of mind. but one day a wood elf ranging party stumbled upon a cave in which lived a beastly pail skinned race gorging on the blood of a dead stag. after a short skirmish one was brought to the woodland hall of queen regent of the woodland kingdom the beautiful Laerdya. she first ordered her own sun priest to study the race she kept the beast in her cells and sent word to high king Amerian saying that she had a new race. he ordered the creature brought to the capital. the sun priests he heads of the elven religion said it was not teachable and it and its race should be destroyed. the king is said to have replied
what would we be if we didn't want to help this ones race. it is our duty to help and nurture races as no others do.the beast was named a vampire and the race know as vampires was born. more vampires were found in the wood and caves of the empire and were nurtured into a race much like elves with respect. but the elves began to fear this new race as they had the power to use magic. all vampires like blairs are in some form magic sensitive and many could use the powers of death magic. the elves began to reagent them. vampire found it hard to get work and many turned to criminals and mercenary. the vampires felt betrayed like children rejected by there parents. many moved to the mountains of the lands just north of the city of valeloch in the lands they would name drakenfell. they delved deeper into there arts of magic and forge a crown from the shadows themselves crested with a snarling bat. they then crowned sharac the first king of shade and shadow. sharac then announced that the lands of drakenfell were no longer in the empire. an army under the lord of valeloch Haladavar march north. while camping in the night they were attack and slaughtered. when his son march to help him day had come and the army vanished. they pushed north but at night they were attacked but when night came they vanished. this form of war fair prevent the re taking of the area know as drakenfell. the fall of the elves and the end of the elven empire the decline of the elven race saw the end of an era. however it wasn't a fast ending there were moments that they could have kept there great power statues. they were still very rich and there army couldn't be challenged but there were many internal divides. the line of high kings was also dying out after years of inbreeding head destroyed many branches of the royal family. the first crackes in the empire were seen during The battle of the Black Fires where the vampires stopped the invasion of there lands by the elven empire. the last war fought by the elves was against Morzak the last of the great dragons in the confelct which is know as the dragon war in which the elves killed the last dragons followed quickly by the extinction of pure dragons. over 1000 years after the war in around 7400YBCW after being relentless attack by ork clans and raids by the vampire final cracked the elven empire apart. the different faction of elves had began to recent each other. however they all hated the high elves. the conflict is know to scholars as the elven schim . the elves of the seas made there attack first launching there invasion of the high elf lands from the southern continent coast which is the thin strip of land linking the the sultanate of Abria and the the sultanate of Castilian. from the forest the wood elf army's attack the elf home.this invasion of the elven heart land by the wood elven who worshiped different gods to the rest of elf kind. in the sight of this turmoil the blairs attack the evlen empire territory. in doing this however they lost control of the steppe. the wood elves were able to destroy the high elf army and then stormed the imperial capital. when it fell the different elf kingdoms split for the empire thus ending the elven empire.
Disbandment
after the elven schim the empire was officially divided and dissbanded .
Demography and Population
the elven heartlands of which became The kingdom of Frank and the lands of the crown had the largest populations. the eastern provinces are known also as the outer kingdoms were lands which were sparely populate and acted as colonies.
Military
the elven imperial army was the largest mobilize force of its time.
the imperial guard numbered 30000 men. there wore golden helmets and Armour.
during is hight many elvesh lords had dragons.
Foreign Relations
as the largest power in the know world the elves found many enemy's. orks plauge the boarders and the former Blair empire which became The Blair kingdom was always an issues.
Infrastructure
around the heartlands and center of the empire was well connected but in the east the outer kingdoms were less connected.
DISBANDED/DISSOLVED
Type
Geopolitical, Empire
Judicial Body
the justicars where the chief authority on law in the empire and the high kings is the head of the order of justicars
Official State Religion
Subsidiary Organizations
Neighboring Nations
Related Ethnicities
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