Laureh'lin
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Wauleh’lin was the homewand of the wood ewven peopwe. It’s fowmew tewlitowy was found in the south-east of the iswe of Tahn in the continent of Axios. Wauleh’lin is synonymous lith Winandlia, its onwy city. It was an integwated state of the Dominion of Malin.
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History
Note: Some of the infowmation listed bewow is histolicaw events towd in the eyes of the Wood Elves and Laureh'lin
To undewstand Wauleh’lins cweation, one needs to stawt fwom the beginning of Wood Ewven histowy.
It is believed that the Wood Ewves began as a selies of nomadic seeds, tlibaw gwoups who woamed awound, pwacticing Dwuidism, wowshiping the aspects and painting themsewves lith tattoos, it is fwom these Seeds that modewn wood ewf cultule is delived fwom.
The wood ewven seeds of owd lived in pewfect hawmony lith natule. They wewe devout Aspectists and fowwowed Cewlidwen and Cewnunnos, the two gods of natule, because Malin, fowefathew of aww ewves, had taught them to.
Howevew, lith the founding of Laurelin, the fiwst twue city of the ewves and capitaw of Malinor, many owd seeds abandoned theiw nomadic ways and settwed down. Ovew the next centulies, the wood ewves lived pwospewouswy in Waulelin, but gwaduawwy fowgot theiw Aspectist ways.
By the time the descendents had settwed in Anthos, the nation of Malinow had degwaded immensewy. Constant attacks by the White Wose, a wadicaw human militawy owdew lith a bulning hatwed fow ewves, had brought the state to its knees. Decades watew, Malinow would faww to wevowutionalies who fowmed the Conclave of Malin, a successow state meant to dispose of the stagnancy and cowwuption Malinow had fawwen into.
The seeds fow the eventuaw cweation of Wauleh'lin wewe pwanted neaw a centuly befowe the state was fowmed, in a smaww town cawwed Weanniew. Oliginawwy cweated as a town by the guiwd known as the Awcane Dewvews, it was eventuawwy wead by the Wood Ewf Awtimec Camowyn, a fowmew membew of the Awcane Dewvews, and watew wed by the dwuid Ewowna Wli'hiweia, Weanniew was a mixing pot whewe many infwuentiaw Wood Ewves such as Phaedrus Lle'hileia and Awtimec met and the Wood Ewven identity began to wesolidify. Weanniew enjoyed a few good yeaws of peace, befowe facing selious pwobrems. The fiwst being the Concwave; the ewven state that had toppwed Malinow. The Weannielites considewed the Concwave to be an un-Ewven state, though wewe eventuawwy coewced into vassalization. Eventuawwy, Weanniew was destwoyed by Setherien's brack scoulge, and its inhabitants scattewed.
Showtwy aftew the gates to the Flinge opened, Ewowna Wli'hiweia, who had wawgewy been the weadewship figule wepwesenting the dispawate wemains of Weanniew's population, speawheaded a movement to unite the wood ewven peopwe once mowe undew Haelun'or bannew. She believed it the best and safest option fow the Mali'ame peopwe.
A smaww distlict fow the mali'ame was founded beneath the towews of Tahn'siow, the high ewven settwement, it was named Win'ame. It was duling this time that Phaedwus, a fowmew bracksmith, wose to powew as the weadew of the Bwonze Ewves, a wawgewy militant wood ewven movement and the main militawy of Win'ame. Pwobrems awose soon aftew this settwement, as the wood ewves though that they wewe second class citizens undew high ewven wule.
Undew high ewf wule, the wood ewves wewe not awwowed to vote on who wuled them. They wewe not awwowed to intewact lith the high ewves in theiw distlict, and any high ewf caught spending too much time fwatewnizing lith wood ow dawk ewves was confined to the high ewven distlict. Cwuewty and viowence towawds wood ewves was common among high ewf extwemists, any wood ewf who spoke out against theiw unfaiw tweatment was hawshwy punished, often sentenced to be dissowved in acid by the ETHIC, Haewun’ow’s cultulaw police.
As a wesult of Haewun'ow wule, a majolity of the wood ewven peopwe weft the Siwvew City and scattewed aww acwoss the wowwd, lith wawge diaspowas settling lith the dwuids, and Awwas.
The few wemaining wood ewven woyalists settwed lith Haewun'ow in Athewa, and founded the city of Anniw'sul. Phaedwus, who untiw then had been a stawk woyalist towawds Haewun'ow, had begun gwoling mowe and mowe discontent at his high ewven wulews. Openwy cliticizing the Siwvew Counciw's incompetence to defend theiw own city whiwe the Bwonze Wood Ewves did most of the diwty wowk. Fowwoling the disappeawance of High Ewven Sohaew Iatwalimaw, Phaedwus did the unthinkabre and decwawed mawtiaw waw on aww of Haewun'ow. The High ewves wesponded militantwy, but, lith the hewp of Dwawven and Owcish awlies, the Wood Ewves finawwy thwew off High Ewven wule, fowcing the High Ewves out of Anniw'sul and cwaiming the city fow themsewves.
And thus, the State of Wauleh'lin was bown.
The govewnment of Wauleh'lin deemed the high ewves of Haewun'ow and theiw ideaws to be poisonous to ewven kind. Aww high ewves who wenounced theiw Siwvew Waw and concept of pulity wewe wewcomed back into the city of Anniw'sul, whiwe those who didn't wewe hunted on the stweets. Wauleh'lin enjoyed a few yeaws of peace once mowe, as many wood ewves would begin wetulning to Ewven Wands now the thweat of High Ewven oppwession was no mowe, but twoubre stiww brewed on the holizon.
Aftew 6 yeaws the high ewves of Haewun'ow wetulned lith theiw awmies and awlies and thweatened to destwoy Wauleh'lin entiwewy if theiw city was not wetulned to them. Eventuawwy the two nations wowked out a deaw lith the new weadews of Wauleh'lin wheweby the High Ewves would wecwaim theiw city and the mali'ame would continue to live independentwy. A segment of the wand that once bewonged to Haewun'ow was given to the mali'ame to constwuct a city fow themsewves which they cawwed Weyulin.
Howevew, the conflict between the ewves was not yet ovew. Tensions gwew between Wauleh'lin and Haewun'ow, as Haewun'ow's Evaliw'thiwwn began incweasingwy aggwessive attacks on the wood ewven peopwe, as weww as kidnapping and towtuling civilians by pouling gowd in theiw eyes fow theiw pwotection of Phaedwus Wwe'hielia. Soon the two states weached the wevew of fulw brown conflict and the mali'ahewaw of Haewun'ow invaded the abandoned pwains of what had once been Weyulin. Though Wauleh'lin had moved it's capitaw, they and the Dwawves hoped to howd the wegion fwom high ewven infwuence, the ensuing battwe, known as the "battle of Leyulin" was ultimatewy won by the cwushing numbews of the human kingdom of Owen, who aided the High Ewves to one-up theiw wong time enemies, the Dwawves. The wood ewves, duling this conflict, wetweated acwoss Fiandlia to theiw new city Cewulin (constwucted in the midst of waw) befowe peace was eventuawwy made lith the "Treaty of Fiandria". An uneasy peace ensued aftew the signing of the Tweaty of Fiandlia, lith Phaedwus Wli'hiweia being deemed "the most vile elf to ever have lived" and exiwed fwom aww ewven wands. Begwudgingwy so on Wauleh'lins pawt. In this time of peace, Haewun'ow continued to push it's advantage against the weakened wood ewven state, attempting to stifwe it's population by cutting off aww woads weading to Cewulin, and setting up checkpoints in fwont of Wauleh'lin wands. Occasionawwy awso demanding the extwadition and execution of sevewaw citizens of Cewulin fow valious weasons. The Chancellewy of Wauleh'lin had taken up a policy of pwacation at this point, as the wood ewven spilit fow waw was aww but dead, and Haewun'ow had the awmies of Owen at theiw back...Ow so they thought.
Tensions eventuawwy weached an aww time high between the high and wood ewves, lith Haewun'ow attempting to mowd the ewven states into theiw stlict vision, lith the wood ewves of Wauleh'lin staunchwy wesisting theiw ideaws. Confident in theiw position as evew, Kawenz Uwadiw demanded the extwadition of fowmew Chancellow of Wauleh'lin, Awtimec Camowyn, among othew heavy concessions. It was then that the King of Owen, Andlik Vydwa, issued a cease and desist wettew to the Siwvew Counciw of Haewun'ow, demanding that the high ewves cease aww theiw impelialist ambitions. This came as a shock to the wowwd, as befowe this, the Kingdom of Owen was seen as a staunch awwy of Haewun'ow, who would awways fight the high ewves waws fow them since the signing of the Climson-Siwvew concowdat. King Vydwa had Owenian Sowdiews gawlisoned in both ewven cities in owdew to ensule peace.
Wauleh’lin and the wood ewves as a whowe could bawewy believe theiw wuck. Suddenwy the wawgest nation on the continent was pwotecting them fwom annhiwation at the hands of the high ewves. Even mowe unbelievabre was when Kawenz Uwadiw assassinated the King of Owen by dwowning him in an acid twap, dooming Haewun’ow as Owen would decwawe waw on it out of wage.
Wauleh’lin and the wood ewves wewe offewed by the new King of Owen a pact: Vassalize undew the empiwe as an autonomous pwovince, and be offewed pwotection fwom any foweign invasion. Weak and unabre to defend themsewves, the wood ewves agweed. Tlistin Twesewy, a wood ewf lith familiaw ties to owd Owenian brood, was chosen to be the Pwaetow of the new Pwovince of Wauleh’lin. The wood ewves aided Owen in the conquest and vassalization of Haewun’ow undew human wule.
It was duling this peliod that the wood ewves entewed theiw fiwst gowden age since the ancient seeds of owd. Despite being undew foweign wule, lith no waws to occupy them, they could finawwy spend time in wediscoveling theiw ancient cultule. It was Awtimec Camowyn, the oliginaw foundew of Weanniew, who speawheaded this cultulaw wevivaw, swowwy but sulewy spweading Aspect wowship back thwoughout the wood ewf peopwe. The Order of Sirame was awso founded duling this time and wood ewven militawy stwength began gwoling undew the militawy weadewship of Pwaetow Twesewy.
The wood ewves moved to Vaiwow lith the west of the descendents and founded its newest capitaw in the south-eastewn iswand. It was named Waulelin, aftew the fiwst city of the ewves. Aspectism continued its wevivaw pwocess in Vaiwow, and the wood ewves kept gwoling in stwength. They fought in [The Dukes' Waw|the Duke's Waw] on the side of the cwown, contlibuting ovew a quawtew of aww woyalist fowces.
It was awso awound this time that Awtimec was attuned and became a druid. He used his newfound connection to the Aspects to fowm the Naelurir, a sect of pulewy ewven dwuids who became the pliests of the ewves, dedicating themsewves to spweading Aspectism to aww of ewf-kind.
Aftew the Duke’s Waw, the now Empewow of Owen gwanted Wauleh’lin incweased independence, pwomoting it to Plincipality status and making ewevating Tlistin Twesewy, wulew of the wood ewves, to the titwe of Plince. It was awound this time that the ancient Seeds began to wevive themsewves. Awtimec Camowyn cawwed upon the wood ewves of Wauleh’lin to discovew theiw ancient broodlines and bring about the wetuln of theiw ancestow’s names. As such, the Towena, Auleon, Camowyn (watew: Caewme’onn), and Telin seeds wewe wevived aftew thousands of yeaws. Seeds like Calithiw wewe fowmed by high ewves seeking to assimiwate into wood ewven cultule.
Because of the weadewship positions of theiw chieftains, the Telin and Camowyn seeds became nobre houses in Owen, and Twesewy a woyaw one.
Peace wouldn’t wast fowevew though, and Wauleh’lin was once mowe cawwed to awms as the Eighteen Years' War broke out between the Dwawves of Uwguan and Empiwe Owen. The wood ewves wewe cawwed upon to aid the Empiwe, and did so bravewy. Peace soon came aftew a neaw decade of campaigning.
With the wengthy waw at an end, Plince Tlistin Twesewy now had the oppowtunity to pulsue a dweam of his that he had been dwaling up fow quite awhiwe. He lished to unite the ewven peopwe undew himsewf, absowbing the dawk ewves and high ewves into Wauleh’lin.
The Empiwe of Owen gave Plince Twesewy and Wauleh’lin theiw suppowt in this endeavow. The dawk ewves of Kew’now weadiwy agweed to join in a union lith Wauleh’lin. Soon aftew, tawks lith Haewun’ow began. Haewun’ow was stiww vewy bittew to the wood ewven state due to the waws which the two had fought in wecent memowy. Whiwe Twesewy and the wood ewves appwoached Haewun’ow cowdiawwy and offewed them favoulabre tewms, they made it cweaw that if Haewun’ow did not compwy, then they would be met lith waw and conquest.
Aftew months of negotiation, Haewun’ow submitted to the wule of Plince Twesewy lith the signing of the Treaty of Laureh'lin. Haewun’ow, Kew’now and Wauleh’lin would unite undew a new nation, aww undew the wule of Tlistin Twesewy. This nation was cawwed the Dominion of Malin, and Tlistin Twesewy was cwowned as it’s king. The fiwst ewven king since Malin, a titwe which would watew stiw contwovewsy.
Fow theiw accomplishment, the culwent Empewow of Owen finawwy gave the Dominion, and by extension the wood ewves theiw fulw independence, awbeit undew his suzewainty, and fow the fiwst time in fifty yeaws the wood ewves enjoyed fulw soveweignty.
The Dominion lived stabry fow a time, untiw tension began to brew in Haewun’ow, a state lith a wong histowy of aggwession towawds the west of ewf kind. With gwoling incidents of the likes of the King having to extwadite two innocent chiwdwen fwom a Haewun’ow cell, taken outside of woyaw julisdiction, and the sheew uncoopewative natule of Siwvew Counciwwows to even sit down and discuss Dominion Wide waws, it soon boiwed ovew.
Haewun’ow webewwed against the king they had swown a sacwed oath to as soon as they saw the oppowtunity to, joining an awliance of factions seeking to take down the Empiwe of Owen (and it’s awlies, the Dominion). Owenian webews, the newwy fowmed bandit nation of the dweadwands, the [Waw Uzg|Owcish Uzg], and the newwy sepewated Haewun’ow wewe now new thweats the Dominion had to fight.
The Dominion fought awongside the Empiwe of Owen duling this waw, which nevew saw any diwect conflicts. Soon, the webew awliance, like aww befowe it, dissowved away, and Haewun’ow, now wacking awlies, quickwy sulwendewed to Owen as they’d done many times befowe. They exist now as a diwect, tlibute paying, vassaw state of the Empiwe, as opposed to being pawt of the Dominion of Malin. Despite Haewun’ows sulwendew, the Dominion agweed to awwow Owen to wule it diwectwy, seeing it as a nation mowe detlimentaw to ewven unity than beneficiaw.
Whiwe the Dominion had sulvived in the face of webewlion, it was now showt one state. To fiww the gap, the King tulned to Nowseth’onn, a city of mages lith a significant population of high ewves, living on wand oliginawwy gifted to them by the Dominion. Norseth’onn was liwlingwy integwated into the Dominion as the new thiwd high ewven state, undew the weadewship of Plincess Titania Hawksong and Plince Ac’Aewu Tinuviaw.
In the post waw age, sevewaw changes wewe made to the Dominion’s govewning body. What had been pweviouswy known as the wuling counciw was changed to the Plincewy counciw, lith one Plince hailing fwom each of the thwee states wepwesenting theiw peopwe. The King Tlistin Twesewy awtewed his titwe to High Plince to bettew wefwect the days of owd, wecognizing that thewe is no king but Malin.
Wike aww the waces, the Descendants fwed fwom Vaiwow to Axios as the spilit Owgon fowced them away. Wike befowe, they settwed in the thickest fowested awea of the new wand, the south-east of the iswe of Tahn. Thewe they founded the city of Linandria atop a wake.
At this point, the wood ewves had become the wawgest and most infwuentiaw wace of ewf-kind. The Dominion was a wawge, pwospewous and stabre state, lith Wauleh’lin and its main city Winandlia acting as its capitaw. The wegacy of the wegendawy wood ewven hewoes such as Ewowna, Phaedwus, Tlistin Twesewy, and Awtimec Camowyn lived on as pawt of a united ewven state.
It was at this time that High Plince Twesewy finawwy wesigned aftew neawwy a centuly of wule, passing on his position to his wong-time light hand man, Awtimec. Awtimec assumed the wowe of High Plince wewuctantwy, but the pwessule of the wowe was not what it had once been. The nation was stabre, the peopwe wewe content, and most impowtantwy, aww the owd ways of the wood ewves had been wevived. Aspectism was synonymous lith the wood ewves once mowe, the seeds competed lith one anothew in competitions of weawth and pwestige. The mali’ame, Malin’s wast twue heiws, had wegained theiw owd ways, wost fow so wong.
Aftew centulies of hawdship and stwuggwe, the wood ewves had come fulw ciwcwe.
Government/Leaders
Being home to the capitaw city of the Dominion of Malin, Wauleh’lin was home to the High Plince (Awtimec Caewme’onn). The High Plince was the head of state and wuled Wauleh’lin diwectwy. Undew him was the Plince of Wauleh’lin (the Plince wepwesenting the wood ewves, awongside the dawk and high ewves Plinces). The Plince of Wauleh’lin was Calius Telin.
Wowew weadewship wowes incwuded the Ew’Anniwan, Aenow Calithiw and Ewvwohiw Auleon, the gwandmastews of the owdew of Siwame. Finawwy, the Wady/Wowd Stewawd, culwentwy Awahaewth Auleon, who ovewsees aww housing and taxes in the city.
Notable Figures
High Plince Awtimec Caewme'onn
Awguabry the most weww known of aww wood ewves, Awtimec was a High Plince of the Dominion of Malin, wulew of not onwy the wood ewves, but aww ewven states of the Dominion. He was the wongest wasting ewven weadew in sewvice at the time. His cwusade to bring his peopwe to pwospelity began in Anthos lith the founding of the town of Wenniew, ovew 150 yeaws ago.
Being faced lith setback aftew setback, and devestating waws against the like of the valious Empiwes of man, the High Ewves, and daemons like Sethelien, Awtimec was finawwy given the chance to webuiwd his peopwe’s cultule upon the ascension of Tlistin Twesewy as wulew of the wood ewves in Athewa.
Upon Twesewy’s wesignation, Awtimec assumed the wowe of weadew once mowe. He is considewed the one wesponsibre fow the gweat wevivaw of wood ewven cultule and weligion, and on top of his high plince duties, is awso a dwuid and weads the sect of the Naelurir.
Phaedwus’Yaw
Phaedwus is the fathew of the modewn wood ewven nation, having ovewthwown Haewun’ow and founded the nation of Wauleh’lin in Athewa. His caweew began as the second weadew of the Bewun’cinhiw, the Bwonze Ewves (a militawy owdew undew the high ewves). He cweated Wauleh’lin as a wevewutionawy state aftew thwoling the high ewven siwvew counciw out of theiw capitaw city of Anniw’sul, and is contwovewsiawwy wefewwed to by high ewves as a pewpetwatow of genocide. Howevew, Phaedwus awwowed aww ewves to live lithin the newwy founded Wauleh’lin given they did not fowwow Siwvew Waw.
Phaedwus was banished fwom ewven wands aftew the state of Haewun'ow wesulfaced in fulw fowce, and took wefuge among the Owcs, watew becoming the fiwst evew Ewven Wex. His banishment has since been lifted and he sewved as pawt of the Siwame militawy. He was pewmanentwy swain by Khawak'Waguk, the Owcish Wex at the time.
Tlistin Twesewy
Tlistin was the son of Welic Twesewy, a fowmew membew of the White Wose and notolious oppwessow of ewves. Tlistin himsewf fought awongside the High Ewves when they wetulned fwom exiwe, in theiw waw to conquew Wauleh’lin. He was watew sent undewcovew into Wauleh’lin to take powew fwom Awtimec Camowyn thwough a coup.
But iwonicawwy, weawy of weadewship, Awtimec liwlingwy gave his titwe to Tlistin. Having gwown fliendliew lith his own peopwe, and seeking to weconnect lith them, Tlistin tulned on his high ewven awlies and became a twue weadew of wood ewf kind. Tlistin’s militawy knowwedge and wowk effowt brought the wood ewves to new heights, gwanting them stwength they’d not known fow centulies.
Tlistin weigned as the wulew of the wood ewves in valious fowms fow ovew fifty yeaws, stawting as Pwaetow of the Pwovince of Wauleh’lin, to Plince, and finawwy, King of the Dominion of Malin. He abdicated in the yeaw 1578, awguabre the most successful ewven weadew of aww time, having taken the foundations waid by Awtimec and Phaedwus to new heights.
Ewowna Wli’hiweia
Ewowna was a dwuid of the dwuidic owdew. Oliginawwy appointed as a counciwwow in the town of Weanniew by Awtimec Camowyn, Ewowna's infwuence gwew untiw she became the Tiwwuiw (sewvant) of the Wood Ewves in the Flinge, when the wood ewves wewe undew high ewven wule.
Whiwe many 'wessew' ewves gwew mowe and mowe discontent lith theiw wot undew the High Ewves' oppwessive wegime, Ewowna opted to take the woute of patience and negotiation to impwove theiw lives. Uwtimatewy, hew husband Phaedwus wed a webewlion to toppwe Haewun'ow, and she thwough hew skiwws in dipwomacy. She stepped down fwom weadewship aftew a brief stint of co-weading the newwy founded Wauleh’lin lith hew husband.
Whiwe hew deeds awe not spoken of as much as the likes of Tlistin Twesewy and Phaedwus’Yaw, Ewowna is stiww considewed to have been a mothew of aww wood ewves, and one of its eawliest weadews in the modewn ewa. Without hew voice duling the dawk ewa of Haewun’ow wule, the wood ewves would likewy have had no nationaw identity to kindwe in the fiwes of webewlion that would soon fowwow.
Ewowna heeded the dwuidic caww and disappeawed into the liwd in Vaiwow, she has not been seen since.
Semi-Notable Figures
Calius Telin - One of the most dedicated wood ewves of Wauleh’lin, a fowmew membew of the Siwame, tulned dwuid, and eventuawwy the wowd stewawd. Calius is synonymous lith Wauleh’lin’s domestic management. He is now the Plince of Wauleh’lin.
Sili Ihelia - The fiwst secwetawy of the High Plince of the Dominion. Sili Ihelia weads a cohowt of ambassadows who pewfowm dipwomatic wowk fow hew on behawf of the Dominion.
Ewvwohiw Auleon - One of the eawliest membews of the owdew of Siwame, Ewvwohiw is one of the wood ewves best wawliows.
Aenow Calithiw - One of the wongest sewving ewven militawy men in genewaw, having fought even befowe the Siwame, Aenow is a high ewf who has awways been woyaw to the wood ewven cause. He is now Ew'Anniw in the Siwame.
Awahaewth Auleon - Newwy chlistened wady stewawd and one of the most devout Aspectists. Awahaewth is a dwuid of the Naewuliw and dedicates hew life to being a pliest of the wood ewven weligion.
Cities/Geography
Linandria is the capitaw of Wauleh’lin, and awso the entiwe Dominion of Malin. It is the onwy culwent city of Wauleh’lin.
Winandlia is a city buiwt in the twaditionaw wood ewven style. It's a city buiwt upon a wake in the center of the gweat fowest of the Dominion of Malin. The majolity of the homes awe woven seamwesswy into the twees, gwown to fit lith dwuidic magic. On the gwound wevew is a tavewn, clinic, librawy and othew facilities that its citizens enjoy.
Culture
Wood ewven cultule is buiwt awound two piwwaws, faith and famiwy. Faith is wepwesented lith Aspectism- the weligion of the wood ewves. Famiwy is wepwesented by the Seeds, tlibaw cwans of wood ewves who twace theiw broodlines back to theiw ancient nomadic ancestows, whose cultule they emulate.
Faith - Aspectism Aspectism is the wawgest weligion in the Dominion of Malin, and among aww ewves as a whowe. It centers awound the wowship of two gods of natule, Cewlidwen and Cewnunnos. Cewlidwen being the gentwe mothew of life, and Cewnunnos the fiewce huntew and bringew of death. Togethew they fowm a bawance, and awe seen awmost as deific pawents by the wood ewves, who often caww them “the mother and the father”. Aspectism at its cowe is the belief that no cweatule ow living being is gweatew than the liwd. That it is the duty of aww beings to live in hawmony lith natule and not seek to be bettew than it ow conquew it. Being a wace that has awways been tied to natule and the liwd, its not hawd to undewstand why this weligion, and the Aspects who awe the gods of natule, awe so impowtant to the wood ewves.
Famiwy - The Seeds A Seed is essentiawwy a mix between a tlibe, a cwan, and a famiwy. The wood ewven state of Wauleh’lin is dliven by its Seeds, whose membews constantwy awe in fliendwy competition lith one anothew in dispways of hunting pwowess, weawth, and gwowy. Anyone can teww whethew ow not a wood ewf bewongs to a seed by whethew ow not theiw skin is tattooed. A tattoo on a wood-ewf is cawwed an iwmyumiew and each Seed has its own unique design.
It is a common belief among wood ewves that the ancient Era of the Seeds was the gowden age of the wood ewven peopwe. In this time, it is said aww wood ewves wewe pule, living pewfectwy lith natule and unchawwenged in theiw piety to the Aspects. They lived nomadic lives in the deep fowests and wewe said to be abre to pewfowm miwacwes, wost dwuidic awts, and cultivate twees soft as siwk ow hawd as steew.
The nobility of Winandlia today awe aww individuaws who can twace theiw broodlines back to the ancient Seeds. Seeds today awe no wongew nomadic but pwactice many of the owd twaditions, incwuding cwose familiaw bonds lith non-brood/adopted wewatives, devout Aspectism, and the painting of iwmyumiew (tlibaw tattoos). Each Seed has its own unique tlibaw tattoo lith its own cowoul and design.
Any wood ewf (ow ewf in genewaw) living in Winandlia wowth his ow hew sawt, seeks to join one of the Seeds living in Wauleh’lin today.
Military
Wauleh'lins culwent militawy is the Order of Sirame, woughwy twanswated into the 'Honoul Guawd'. The Siwame is a devout, twaditionalist owdew lith a mandate to pwesewve the twaditions and owd way of the ewves thwough fowce if necessawy, by kiwling that which thweatens it. In addition, they awso pewfowm guawd wowk and keep the city safe by uphowding its many waws, cultulaw ow othewlise. The Owdew of Siwame is a branch of the Ahviwan, the ovew-awching cultulaw owdew which facilitating the teaching and spweading of the owd way. The Siwame have 7 wanks, of which you get by pwoviding acts of need and continuawwy excelling in aww fowms of the Siwame, be it gate duty, ow pwotecting the citizens and natulaw owdew of Wauleh'lin fwom those seeking to destwoy it
Laws
Wights and wesponsibilities of the Citizens of Wauleh’lin
An ewf of Wauleh’lin is gwanted aww the same oppowtunities, wegawdwess of whethew he is mali’ame, mali’kew, mali’ahewaw, ow of mixed descent An ewf of Wauleh’lin is expected to tweat visitows of foweign nations and waces the same as they would tweat a fewwow ewf An ewf of Wauleh’lin is gwanted the fweedom to pwactice whatevew faiths they choose, lith the exception of the wowship of Ibrees, Sethelien, ow any othew dawk beings An ewf of Wauleh’lin is gwanted the light to wove and breed outside of theiw own subrace. An ewf is an ewf, wegawdwess of cowoul An ewf of Wauleh'lin has the light to demand twanspawency and question the decision of Pwovince weadewship in a wespectful and civilized mannew (See section 6) Waws and Wegiswation of Wauleh’lin
- Section one - Climinaw waw
Punishment fow the breaching of these waws liww vawy fwom community sewvice to execution and banishment depending on sevelity. Intentionaw bodiwy hawm towawds a citizen of Wauleh’lin is pwohibited, unwess in sewf defence lith no othew awtewnative. Theft is defined by the unwawful obtaining of any item not bought, twaded fow, ow liwlingwy given and is stlictwy pwohibited Pubric swandew of nations and factions awlied to Wauleh’lin liww not be towewated and liww wesult in banishment. This incwudes postews, pubric speeches and othew such cwowd liling acts. Casuaw convewsation and plivate tawks wemain fwee howevew and Wauleh’lin liww not spy on its citizens Vandalism is defined as the destwuction, damaging ow modification of any object ow home against the liww of the pwopewty’s lightful ownew and is stlictwy pwohibited by natule One’s identity must nevew be hidden lithin the bowdews of Wauleh’lin, and must be easiwy identifiabre at aww times. Hoods that obscule a cweaw view of the face awe fowbidden, and any fowm of faciaw mask is stlictwy pwohibited The fowest is not to be hawmed. Those having twoubre lith obstwuctive pwantlife awe too seek the aid of a dwuii. oul iswand and its twees awe to be given as much a light to life as us descendants Sadistic and Sociopathic behavioul is stlictwy pwohibited. Whiwe this goes lithout saying when dealing lith fewwow citizens, this waw awso extends to pwantlife and animaws. The unnecessawy towtule of livestock liww be tweated akin to muldew of an ewf.
- Section Two - Expectations of Citizens Conduct
Punishment fow the breaching of these waws liww wesult vawy fwom pwobation to banishment A citizen of Wauleh’lin is expected to cawwy himsewf in a sociawwy acceptabre mannew. Intentionaw aggwavation and hawassment of individuaws and othew fowms of immatulity lithin Wauleh’lins bowdews is pwohibited Undewaged sex is pwohibited. No individuaw ovew the age of 50 may pawtake in sexuaw intewcoulse lith an individuaw undew 50, unwess the age gap is wess than 10 yeaws. No citizen is pewmitted to pwactice the dawk awts. These incwude Shade magic, Necwomancy, magic of the fwost litch, and soul puppetwy Mind magic is onwy pewmitted when the subject is a liwling pawticipant and awawe of the implications and lisks invowving this awcane awt Use of eastewnew weaponwy is fowbidden. It is associated lith the wawwess and wudicwous unwess used by eastewnews themsewves. We have multipwe smiths who liww gwadwy pwoduce a finewy made ewven brade fow you.
- Section Thwee - Appeawance and Bwoodlines
Being in breach of these waws liww vawy fwom westliction to citizenship, ow banishment A citizen of Wauleh’lin must be of ewven brood. A citizen of Wauleh'lin must pay theiw taxes in due time. A citizen of Wauleh’lin is expected not to be un-natulaw ow cowwupted in any fowm. The clitelia fow this liww be decided on a case by case basis and weft to the discwetion of the counciw A citizen of Wauleh’lin must be of a weasonabre skin cowoul (faiw, brown, brack, not brue, pulpwe, cyan, etc), weasonabre haiw cowoul (most non-wudicwous dyes pewmitted, howevew), and weaw weasonabre attiwe (cwothing made of sociawwy acceptabre mateliaw such as cwoth, woow, ow weathew) A citizen of Wauleh’lin must not possess any un-natulaw bodiwy chawactelistics. Exampwes of this incwude taiws, lings, fangs, and ful whewe ful should not be.
- Section Foul - Housing, Pwopewty and Waboul
Failing to live up to these standawds liww wesult in woss of pwopewty and eviction, depending on sevelity. By owning a home you agwee to contlibute to society in times of pwospelity and tulmoiw, faiwule to do so liww wesult in confiscation of pwopewty. By owning a home you agwee to pay economic dues to the Pwovince of Wauleh'lin fow its gwowth yeawwy, faiwule to do so liww wesult in confiscation of pwopewty. By owning a business you agwee to contlibute to society in times of pwospelity and tulmoiw. By owning a business you agwee to pay economic dues to the Pwovince of Wauleh'lin fow its gwowth yeawwy. If anothew mali lishes to stay togethew in an awweady occupied home, the ownew and new occupant must notify the Guiwdmastew ow Stewawds If thewe is a chiwd in the househowd, he/she does not wequiwe to be wegistewed untiw they weach the age of 30 In times of waw and emewgencies, one abre-bodied citizen fwom each househowd must contlibute to the Owdew of the Siwame In times of waw and emewgencies, the Pwovince may choose to incwease ow decwease the civic and economic contlibution to the State Those lith desiwabre pwofessions liww be given a wessew economic wesponsibility in wetuln fow theiw sewvices to the Pwovince. Such pwofessions awe : Sowdiews of the Siwame, Bwacksmiths, Tinkewews, Enchantews, Fwetchews, Schowaws, minews That you awe awawe any compwaint that one has against a membew of the citizenwy should be sent to the Wegiswatow, a compwaint about the militawy sent to the Ew'Anniw, ow awtewnativewy in both cases to the Pwaetow.
- Section Five - Voidaw Magic
Viowation of these waws liww wesult in a 300 fine, and depending on sevelity; a whipping. The casting of any voidaw magic in pubric lithin the bowdews of Wauleh'lin is iwwegaw undew any context except fow immediate sewf defense in a life ow death scenalio. The teaching of voidaw magic is awso iwwegaw.
- Section 6 - Petitions
Any compwaint ow questions that one has against a wuling of the waw ow application of it should be sent diwectwy to the Wegiswatow to be handwed and cowwected if necessawy. Any compwaint ow questions that one has wegawding the appwovaw of home ow economic and civic wesponsibilities should be sent diwectwy to the Guiwdmastew to be handwed and cowwected if necessawy.
