Svartalfheim
Kingdom of the Night Elves
Home of the Night Elves, crisp autumnal woods stretch into dead lands aboveground due to a blight that began long ago and covered the lands. With carved cities below the mountains, and a vast, cold barren desert to the north, it is a hard land, dead at first look, but there is life is you know where to find it.
In the lands in the south where life remains you can find druids, monks, assassins and Dwarf Giants. Mostly aboveground but hidden in the mountains to the east you can find settlements of elves living quiet lives, while underground in the west are great cities and some pockets of dark magic.
Geography
Svartalfheim measures nearly 150 miles across, and 175 miles north to south in a more or less rectangular region bordered by towering mountain ranges, with the remains of a long dry riverbed running through the center.
Climate
Svartalfheim wishes they would be troubled by storms, because those often mean water, but the land remains dry, especially in the north. The blight has ravaged the lands, but with that the weather is rather predictable, in that there isn't much. The temperatures in Svartalfheim vary by region, warmest in the southwest, colder in the north and east. Temperatures in the spring and fall average in the high 50s, rising a mere five degrees in the middle of summer, and dropping by as much as twenty degrees in the winter.
Natural Resources
In the early days of the Realm, Svartalfheim had some natural resources, not as plentifully as their western and southern neighbors, especially as this kingdom has no coastline. After the blight, plants barely have a chance to grow before they wither and die, and no water runs aboveground anymore. It can still be found in places deep beneath the ground.
What they do have is gold, ore, excellent quality stone, even gemstones and crystals, and great craft with working beneath the earth. The passages underground hold fish, amphibians and other creatures. Above, you will find some creatures, but they are nearly all terrifying predators.
Since the opening of the Void, the rest of the elven lands have banded together to supply Svartalfheim with what the land no longer does.
What they do have is gold, ore, excellent quality stone, even gemstones and crystals, and great craft with working beneath the earth. The passages underground hold fish, amphibians and other creatures. Above, you will find some creatures, but they are nearly all terrifying predators.
Since the opening of the Void, the rest of the elven lands have banded together to supply Svartalfheim with what the land no longer does.
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Svartalfheim Kingdom Traits
FOR BUILDING YOUR IN-REALM D&D CHARACTERS
Moon Touched: Proficiency in the Arcana (Int), History (Int) or Insight (Wis) skill, and you can speak Northern Elvish (if you lived on the surface) or Darkspeak (if you lived underground).Night Friend: You have always had a way with animals, especially this one kind. While you cannot speak to or understand the language of them, you have a nonverbal way of communicating thoughts, ideas and concepts with animals from your chosen group: Shadowprowlers (felines), Moonwings (bats & nocturnal birds), Darkweavers (arachnids), Soulshadows (undead). At the 5th level, you CAN speak to them.
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