Tanveldan Goldenoak named Speaker

Political event

The new High Elvish speaker forges bonds across all the elven sub-races.

As the century long service of Speaker Sylvianne Moonshadow came to a close, the council turned to the business of electing its new members. Knowing they were still distrusted, the Drow did not put forth a claim on the Speaker’s roll instead chose to support the claim of the new representative of the Wood Elves, Caelias Barkwalker.
    The High Elves put forth Tanveldan Goldenoak, a well know warrior turned diplomat. Tanveldan was a very popular choice, certainly much more so than Caelias and would have been able to beat the taciturn wood elf with very little effort. However, Tanveldan wished to truly forge a unified force of government in Talen’Seere, and to that end did all he could to garner the support of each of the other sub-races. Tanveldan spent time among each of the quarters of the city, learning of the ways of his brother elves, and earning much in the way of respect in doing so. It is said that he even accompanied a dark elvish patrol deep into the tunnels below the island and earned distinction for his swordsmanship and ruthlessness in defending a priestess of Belandra from an umberhulk attack.
    The actions of Tanveldan turned his election into a landslide. As speaker, he swore to treat each of the elvish bloodlines with dignity and do his best to honor their individuality.