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The Cataclysmic Era, immediately following the Ancient Era, was defined by disaster, loss, and isolation. Four of the six catastrophes of Snow Elven history occurred during this era, spawning cycles of redemption, isolation, and tragedy. However, it is through the fires of this tumultuous era that Snow Elven strength was forged. | The Cataclysmic Era, immediately following the Ancient Era, was defined by disaster, loss, and isolation. Four of the six catastrophes of Snow Elven history occurred during this era, spawning cycles of redemption, isolation, and tragedy. However, it is through the fires of this tumultuous era that Snow Elven strength was forged. | ||
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The Cataclysmic Era began with the end of their war against Ondnarch and restoration of their sanity. Having fought Ondnarch and freed Wyrvun, Aelthos II sought refuge for his wayward Snow Elves by bending the knee to the Grand King of the Dwarves, founding and settling Frostfall in Urguan. Their newfound peace was not to last. From the north, the Drakaar Setherien’s armies struck with a fury, besieging and sacking Frostfall in the Second Cataclysm despite a coalition of defenders from across the realm. Forced from their homes, Aelthos II led a raiding party to seek vengeance against Setherien. Beyond the frigid northern wall of Anthos, the Mali’fenn were in their natural element, penetrating Setherien’s defences and encountering the unsuspecting Drakaar in his layer. The first mortals to directly encounter Setherien, they gave him battle, cutting down several of his harbingers in the process. Despite Aelthos II throwing a javelin into Setherien’s face, the Snow Elves were no match, and the few survivors withdrew. Upon Setherien’s eventual defeat by the allied forces of the realm, the Snow Elves followed the other descendants to the Fringe. | The Cataclysmic Era began with the end of their war against Ondnarch and restoration of their sanity. Having fought Ondnarch and freed Wyrvun, Aelthos II sought refuge for his wayward Snow Elves by bending the knee to the Grand King of the Dwarves, founding and settling Frostfall in Urguan. Their newfound peace was not to last. From the north, the Drakaar Setherien’s armies struck with a fury, besieging and sacking Frostfall in the Second Cataclysm despite a coalition of defenders from across the realm. Forced from their homes, Aelthos II led a raiding party to seek vengeance against Setherien. Beyond the frigid northern wall of Anthos, the Mali’fenn were in their natural element, penetrating Setherien’s defences and encountering the unsuspecting Drakaar in his layer. The first mortals to directly encounter Setherien, they gave him battle, cutting down several of his harbingers in the process. Despite Aelthos II throwing a javelin into Setherien’s face, the Snow Elves were no match, and the few survivors withdrew. Upon Setherien’s eventual defeat by the allied forces of the realm, the Snow Elves followed the other descendants to the Fringe. | ||
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It was in the Fringe that the Snow Elves met unparalleled death and destruction. Founding the settlement of Lindale, they were granted independence from the Grand Kingdom of Urguan. Seizing upon an opportunity to unite mankind under a new dynasty, forces of the Holy Orenian Empire faked an attack upon their countrymen, laying the blame squarely at the Snow Elves’ feet. Abandoned by their Dwarven allies, the Snow Elves were besieged and sacked at Lindale by the Empire and its Orcish and Haelun’orian allies in what became known as the Third Cataclysm. The siege plunged the Fringe into a series of wars involving every nation within the realm, with the remaining Snow Elves taking sides - eventually, even descending into civil war. Aelthos II was killed in the fighting. Brought to total ruin, the Snow Elves lost all cohesion, and were scattered to the wind as refugees - their Princedom no more. Throughout the realms of Thales and Athera, the Snow Elves were actively hunted. The Haelun’orians in particular sought to wipe the Mali’fenn people from existence on account of their notions of purity, and the powers of the age agreed to aid them in their endeavor. For decades, the Snow Elves clawed at survival, knowing only death and poverty in their isolated hideouts. | It was in the Fringe that the Snow Elves met unparalleled death and destruction. Founding the settlement of Lindale, they were granted independence from the Grand Kingdom of Urguan. Seizing upon an opportunity to unite mankind under a new dynasty, forces of the Holy Orenian Empire faked an attack upon their countrymen, laying the blame squarely at the Snow Elves’ feet. Abandoned by their Dwarven allies, the Snow Elves were besieged and sacked at Lindale by the Empire and its Orcish and Haelun’orian allies in what became known as the Third Cataclysm. The siege plunged the Fringe into a series of wars involving every nation within the realm, with the remaining Snow Elves taking sides - eventually, even descending into civil war. Aelthos II was killed in the fighting. Brought to total ruin, the Snow Elves lost all cohesion, and were scattered to the wind as refugees - their Princedom no more. Throughout the realms of Thales and Athera, the Snow Elves were actively hunted. The Haelun’orians in particular sought to wipe the Mali’fenn people from existence on account of their notions of purity, and the powers of the age agreed to aid them in their endeavor. For decades, the Snow Elves clawed at survival, knowing only death and poverty in their isolated hideouts. | ||
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It would not be until the realm of Vailor that Aelthir I, son of Aelthos II, reached maturity. Regathering the Snow Elves, he reforged the Princedom of Fenn, settling the city of Tar’sil. Peace and isolation reigned, until once more, the realm plunged into warfare. Orcish raids prompted Aelthir I to declare war upon the War Uzg. At the First Siege of Tar’sil, the Snow Elven defenders routed a besieging Orcish army, earning them their first respite in centuries. This was not to last, however. The Holy Orenian Empire, along with Haelun’or, the Wood Elves, and other assorted allies, joined ranks with the Orcs to once more attack the Snow Elven Princedom. Joined by the Grand Kingdom of Urguan, the Snow Elves fought bitterly at the Second Siege of Tar’sil, but were defeated in what would become known as the Fourth Cataclysm. As in previous cases, the city was sacked, while men, women, and children alike were put to the sword. Decimated once more, the Snow Elven survivors fled north to continue the fight alongside their Dwarven comrades. Aelthir I died in the subsequent Siege of Rhewengrad. With his heir only a child, Aelthir I left the throne vacant. Leaderless, the Mali’fenn once more separated, with many taking up residence among their Dwarven allies. | It would not be until the realm of Vailor that Aelthir I, son of Aelthos II, reached maturity. Regathering the Snow Elves, he reforged the Princedom of Fenn, settling the city of Tar’sil. Peace and isolation reigned, until once more, the realm plunged into warfare. Orcish raids prompted Aelthir I to declare war upon the War Uzg. At the First Siege of Tar’sil, the Snow Elven defenders routed a besieging Orcish army, earning them their first respite in centuries. This was not to last, however. The Holy Orenian Empire, along with Haelun’or, the Wood Elves, and other assorted allies, joined ranks with the Orcs to once more attack the Snow Elven Princedom. Joined by the Grand Kingdom of Urguan, the Snow Elves fought bitterly at the Second Siege of Tar’sil, but were defeated in what would become known as the Fourth Cataclysm. As in previous cases, the city was sacked, while men, women, and children alike were put to the sword. Decimated once more, the Snow Elven survivors fled north to continue the fight alongside their Dwarven comrades. Aelthir I died in the subsequent Siege of Rhewengrad. With his heir only a child, Aelthir I left the throne vacant. Leaderless, the Mali’fenn once more separated, with many taking up residence among their Dwarven allies. | ||
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Upon the descendants’ arrival at the realm of Axios, Aelthir II was finally old enough to assume the mantle of his people’s leader. Not yet of age, he established a fort named Nim’lindel and began the process of gathering his kin. His efforts were swiftly interrupted, however. Capitalizing upon a border dispute, the Wood Elven Dominion of Malin declared war upon the nascent Snow Elven gathering, bringing the full force of the Empire of Man and Haelun’or to bear along with it. Alone and heavily outnumbered, the Snow Elves met their attackers in the field, but were driven back within the fort. The Siege of Fort Nim’lindel would prove to be the Fifth Cataclysm, driving the nascently reforming Snow Elves to the Grand Kingdom of Urguan for protection. For harboring the Snow Elves, the Grand Kingdom was attacked by the Empire of Man and their Elven allies, leading to the Axiosan Coalition War. The Snow Elves fought alongside the Grand Kingdom of Urguan, Orcs, Warhawkes, the Grand Duchy of Lorraine, and the ascendant Kingdom of Courland against the Empire of Man, Dominion of Malin, and Haelun’or. After a bloody war, the Snow Elves and the rest of the Axiosan Coalition would emerge victorious, destroying the Empire of Man and isolating the Dominion of Malin, with Snow Elven Ivae’fenn led by Aelthir II personally overthrowing the Haelun’orian sovereign. Despite the losses assumed throughout the war, the Snow Elves returned home victorious. Upon Aelthir II’s coming of age, he would officially reforge the Princedom of Fenn and settle the city of Velaris, and was crowned as the fourth Grand Prince of Fenn. Thus began a new era in Snow Elven history. | Upon the descendants’ arrival at the realm of Axios, Aelthir II was finally old enough to assume the mantle of his people’s leader. Not yet of age, he established a fort named Nim’lindel and began the process of gathering his kin. His efforts were swiftly interrupted, however. Capitalizing upon a border dispute, the Wood Elven Dominion of Malin declared war upon the nascent Snow Elven gathering, bringing the full force of the Empire of Man and Haelun’or to bear along with it. Alone and heavily outnumbered, the Snow Elves met their attackers in the field, but were driven back within the fort. The Siege of Fort Nim’lindel would prove to be the Fifth Cataclysm, driving the nascently reforming Snow Elves to the Grand Kingdom of Urguan for protection. For harboring the Snow Elves, the Grand Kingdom was attacked by the Empire of Man and their Elven allies, leading to the Axiosan Coalition War. The Snow Elves fought alongside the Grand Kingdom of Urguan, Orcs, Warhawkes, the Grand Duchy of Lorraine, and the ascendant Kingdom of Courland against the Empire of Man, Dominion of Malin, and Haelun’or. After a bloody war, the Snow Elves and the rest of the Axiosan Coalition would emerge victorious, destroying the Empire of Man and isolating the Dominion of Malin, with Snow Elven Ivae’fenn led by Aelthir II personally overthrowing the Haelun’orian sovereign. Despite the losses assumed throughout the war, the Snow Elves returned home victorious. Upon Aelthir II’s coming of age, he would officially reforge the Princedom of Fenn and settle the city of Velaris, and was crowned as the fourth Grand Prince of Fenn. Thus began a new era in Snow Elven history. | ||
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The Fennic Remnants, also known simply as Fenn, is an absolute hereditary monarchical princedom made up of Mali'Fenn and home of the faith Isvinity. Located in the Northern reaches of Almaris. Fenn is the ancestral home to the ancient Tundrak Bloodline and a multitude of other ancient bloodlines and families. The current capital of the Fennic Remnants is the city of Ikur'fiyem, established after the migration away from Arcas.
In 27 SA Prince Vytrek Tundrak gathered the remaining Mali'Fenn bloodlines for the Third Fennic Bloodlines Summit. There the Archon of each bloodline swore allegiance to Vytrek Tundrak and the Mali'Fenn once again unified under their Tundrak Prince in the newly formed Fennic Remnants.
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History
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Cataclysmic Era
The Cataclysmic Era, immediately following the Ancient Era, was defined by disaster, loss, and isolation. Four of the six catastrophes of Snow Elven history occurred during this era, spawning cycles of redemption, isolation, and tragedy. However, it is through the fires of this tumultuous era that Snow Elven strength was forged.
The Cataclysmic Era began with the end of their war against Ondnarch and restoration of their sanity. Having fought Ondnarch and freed Wyrvun, Aelthos II sought refuge for his wayward Snow Elves by bending the knee to the Grand King of the Dwarves, founding and settling Frostfall in Urguan. Their newfound peace was not to last. From the north, the Drakaar Setherien’s armies struck with a fury, besieging and sacking Frostfall in the Second Cataclysm despite a coalition of defenders from across the realm. Forced from their homes, Aelthos II led a raiding party to seek vengeance against Setherien. Beyond the frigid northern wall of Anthos, the Mali’fenn were in their natural element, penetrating Setherien’s defences and encountering the unsuspecting Drakaar in his layer. The first mortals to directly encounter Setherien, they gave him battle, cutting down several of his harbingers in the process. Despite Aelthos II throwing a javelin into Setherien’s face, the Snow Elves were no match, and the few survivors withdrew. Upon Setherien’s eventual defeat by the allied forces of the realm, the Snow Elves followed the other descendants to the Fringe.
It was in the Fringe that the Snow Elves met unparalleled death and destruction. Founding the settlement of Lindale, they were granted independence from the Grand Kingdom of Urguan. Seizing upon an opportunity to unite mankind under a new dynasty, forces of the Holy Orenian Empire faked an attack upon their countrymen, laying the blame squarely at the Snow Elves’ feet. Abandoned by their Dwarven allies, the Snow Elves were besieged and sacked at Lindale by the Empire and its Orcish and Haelun’orian allies in what became known as the Third Cataclysm. The siege plunged the Fringe into a series of wars involving every nation within the realm, with the remaining Snow Elves taking sides - eventually, even descending into civil war. Aelthos II was killed in the fighting. Brought to total ruin, the Snow Elves lost all cohesion, and were scattered to the wind as refugees - their Princedom no more. Throughout the realms of Thales and Athera, the Snow Elves were actively hunted. The Haelun’orians in particular sought to wipe the Mali’fenn people from existence on account of their notions of purity, and the powers of the age agreed to aid them in their endeavor. For decades, the Snow Elves clawed at survival, knowing only death and poverty in their isolated hideouts.
It would not be until the realm of Vailor that Aelthir I, son of Aelthos II, reached maturity. Regathering the Snow Elves, he reforged the Princedom of Fenn, settling the city of Tar’sil. Peace and isolation reigned, until once more, the realm plunged into warfare. Orcish raids prompted Aelthir I to declare war upon the War Uzg. At the First Siege of Tar’sil, the Snow Elven defenders routed a besieging Orcish army, earning them their first respite in centuries. This was not to last, however. The Holy Orenian Empire, along with Haelun’or, the Wood Elves, and other assorted allies, joined ranks with the Orcs to once more attack the Snow Elven Princedom. Joined by the Grand Kingdom of Urguan, the Snow Elves fought bitterly at the Second Siege of Tar’sil, but were defeated in what would become known as the Fourth Cataclysm. As in previous cases, the city was sacked, while men, women, and children alike were put to the sword. Decimated once more, the Snow Elven survivors fled north to continue the fight alongside their Dwarven comrades. Aelthir I died in the subsequent Siege of Rhewengrad. With his heir only a child, Aelthir I left the throne vacant. Leaderless, the Mali’fenn once more separated, with many taking up residence among their Dwarven allies.
Upon the descendants’ arrival at the realm of Axios, Aelthir II was finally old enough to assume the mantle of his people’s leader. Not yet of age, he established a fort named Nim’lindel and began the process of gathering his kin. His efforts were swiftly interrupted, however. Capitalizing upon a border dispute, the Wood Elven Dominion of Malin declared war upon the nascent Snow Elven gathering, bringing the full force of the Empire of Man and Haelun’or to bear along with it. Alone and heavily outnumbered, the Snow Elves met their attackers in the field, but were driven back within the fort. The Siege of Fort Nim’lindel would prove to be the Fifth Cataclysm, driving the nascently reforming Snow Elves to the Grand Kingdom of Urguan for protection. For harboring the Snow Elves, the Grand Kingdom was attacked by the Empire of Man and their Elven allies, leading to the Axiosan Coalition War. The Snow Elves fought alongside the Grand Kingdom of Urguan, Orcs, Warhawkes, the Grand Duchy of Lorraine, and the ascendant Kingdom of Courland against the Empire of Man, Dominion of Malin, and Haelun’or. After a bloody war, the Snow Elves and the rest of the Axiosan Coalition would emerge victorious, destroying the Empire of Man and isolating the Dominion of Malin, with Snow Elven Ivae’fenn led by Aelthir II personally overthrowing the Haelun’orian sovereign. Despite the losses assumed throughout the war, the Snow Elves returned home victorious. Upon Aelthir II’s coming of age, he would officially reforge the Princedom of Fenn and settle the city of Velaris, and was crowned as the fourth Grand Prince of Fenn. Thus began a new era in Snow Elven history. Write information about the first era.
The Hegemonic Era
With the reformation of the Princedom in Axios, the Snow Elves entered a new era of peace, prosperity, and power. Drawing on their tumultuous history, the Snow Elven Ivae’fenn gained a reputation for martial prowess, and it was during this era that the Snow Elves were regarded as the foremost Elven military power and de facto hegemon.
The declines of the Dominion of Malin and Haelun’or positioned the Princedom of Fenn to assume the mantle of Elvendom. At the tail of the Axiosan Coalition War, debate raged among the Elves of their future. Talk of an Elven Empire led by the Snow Elves was commonplace, and for a time, the High Elves of Haelun’or and Dark Elves of the Warhawkes consented to such a possibility. However, with the most populous Elven state, the Wood Elven Dominion of Malin holding out, the idea was put to rest. For a time, the Snow Elves enjoyed alliances with the foremost powers of the realm, including the Kingdom of Courland and Grand Kingdom of Urguan. After being dragged into a decade of warfare to solidify these states’ power, however, the Princedom allowed its treaties of alliance to expire. Aside from periodic skirmishing with the Dominion of Malin, the Snow Elves began a slow retreat into isolation - albeit, a prosperous one.
With the descendants transitioning to the realm of Atlas, the Snow Elves founded the city of Talar’ikur, far to the south. Whilst the beginning of this realm saw further skirmishes with the Dominion of Malin, the Snow Elves of Fenn gradually became isolated; their homeland’s distance from the other descendants only cemented this trend. Regardless, Fenn prospered, and more Snow Elves regathered than at any point since the Ancient Era. In the final days of Atlas, the Snow Elves were forced from their isolation. Raiding parties from the reforged Empire of Man struck far to the south. Each time the elite Dragonknights attacked Talar’ikur, they were cut down by the Ivae’fenn - the Snow Elves reinforcing their martial reputation, and deterring aggression for a time.
The dawn of Arcas would prove to be far more consequential for the Snow Elves. Settling in the city of Tahu’lareh, the peace of the previous realm was shattered by war. Threatened by an expansive Haelun’or backed by the Orenian Empire, the other Elven states - the Wood Elven Principality of Alderyn, Elven Principality of Aegrothond, and Dark Elven Principality of Vira’ker - turned to the Princedom of Fenn for aid. Together, these nations formed the Elven Union. Led by the Ivae’fenn, the Elven Union defeated the Imperials and Haelun’orians in a series of minor skirmishes across the realm, before the Orenian Empire erupted into civil war. In the War of the Two Emperors, the nations of the realm took sides, including the Snow Elves. Despite initial martial success, the Snow Elven-backed Emperor and his vassals were defeated upon the field. On account of the victors’ unwillingness to suffer what they predicted as tremendous losses upon a siege of Fenn, Aelthir II managed to secure a white peace. Thereafter, exhausted from his long reign over the Snow Elves and scarred by two major wars, Aelthir II passed on to Fin'ciwn, perishing. His son, Aelthos III, was subsequently crowned as Grand Prince. In their defeat, the Snow Elves once more withdrew from the realm at large, beginning the Declinate Era of Snow Elven history.
The Declinate Era
Throughout the Declinate Era, the Snow Elves experienced gradual decline, losing their hegemonic status over the Elves.
Under Aelthos III, the Princedom of Fenn’s power within the realm began a steady decline due to external political circumstances and losses incurred from the War of the Two Emperors. His reign was marked by the successful defeat of the Principality of Llyria for aggressions against Fenn. Outside of the Princedom, the Orenian Empire consolidated its rule of the realm, with the Haelun’orians at their side. Without allies, the Princedom had no choice but isolation, with the mantle of Elvendom ultimately passing to Haelun’or. Aelthos III’s abdication paved the way for the two short reigns of Aldred I and Akkar I. Aldred I was thought to be insane, though he managed to successfully navigate the Princedom through another war with the Orenian Empire and Haelun’or, emerging unscathed. His abdication led to the rule of Akkar I, focused upon the rising tide of domestic issues. Finally, towards the end of the realm of Arcas, the Inferi invasion struck and shattered the mountain city of the Snow Elves; the event became known as the Sixth Cataclysm. Their population decimated and Princedom reduced to ruins, Akkar I abdicated, and the Snow Elven survivors abandoned their former nation to eke out an existence as refugees.
Going into the realm of Almaris, the Snow Elves remained scattered, stateless, and leaderless, their Princedom dissolved. Whilst some lived isolated in the wilds, others took up residence with the other Elven states.
Culture
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Fashion
What is the general style of fasion in the Nation?
Art
How does art affect the Nation? Do the people love it? Hate it? What is the general art style of the Nation?
Religion
What is the state religion?
Politics
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Military
Describe the military of the Nation. Does it even have any armies?
Succession
How does succession work? Is it based on a bloodline? Votes?
Demographics
What is the demographic of the Nation? Is one race more prominent or not?
Geography
Describe the geography of the nation. Is it in the mountains? In the deserts? Are there any unique landmarks?
