Illijian

Home to the Wood Elves, Ilijian has been protected by potent magical wards since the end of the Great War and the founding of the Sintaren Empire; though no-one has seen the Wood Elves with their own eyes in mortal memory, sailors whisper of leviathan-ships which the Wood Elves use to survey the waters around Illijian, and with which they are rumored to sink any Imperial vessel that ventures too close to their mysteriously chosen holy sites. Inland, myths tell of a southern Flight of dragons, distant cousins to the northern Flight that dominates the skies of Brillund.

Geography

Cutting through her broad, uncharted forests, two mountain ranges divide the realm of Illijian. Brave adventurers have quested for centuries into Illijian to hunt for the southern Flight in these mountains, but none have ever returned. Between the mountains, fiercely guarded by the Wood Elves, lies an emerald lake whose waters are said to heal any wound, even returning the recently dead to life.

Government

The Realm of Ilijian has been closed to outsiders since the beginning of the Great War. Those who attempt to enter the realm soon become aware that they are being watched, and none who have continued on after this feeling sets in have ever returned. Travelers who do return from the edges of the Realm often report amnesia, loss of weeks or even months of time, and a lingering fear of the dark, which few ever lose.

People

The Wood Elves are an insular and xenophobic people, bound not by a single bloodline but by their shared dedication to the cause of protecting the borders of their Realm. Though no-one has seen the Wood Elves in centuries, legend maintains that they are the greatest warriors of Iona; wise as the Celestials, as fierce as the Giant-kin of Ognaris, and as alien as the Strandless, they are said to dazzle and confuse both friends and foes.