Svahroll

Weave:  stronger; 1.5 = spell ranges doubled

Races
Elves, just every damned type of elf the game has come up with

This world is as diverse in its lands as the elves are diverse. This is a ringed world; the drow and Shadar-kai live in the shadowed regions (drow in the southern hemisphere and the Shadar-kai in the northern.) The elves for the most part stay put but will travel to learn more of the universe. Most Elven societies welcome travelers as sources of news and to learn of their worlds and histories. However, the elves are more controlling of their lands then other races from other worlds. The Wood Elves and Eladrin are currently in a state of political conflict over their territories borders. The high elves are on good terms with the Shadar-kai and Drow who they trade with for the magical vegetation that grows in the shadow of the rings.

Forests, mountains, great seas where the sea elves live, cities, shadowed lands that only the most hardy and magical of vegetation can survive. There are many huge cities to small towns and villages. The Avariel (winged elves) have towering cities on the mountain peaks, the sea elves are more of a collective and more nomadic on the ocean floor so there are no big underwater cities.

Locations: The main cities of Svahroll are; Gloire the Avariel spiraling tower city in the mountains, éclat the sprawling High Elf capital city in the south east of the world, the Wood Elf city of Fasciner who is in dispute over territory with the Eladrin city of Emportement. The Drow and Shadar-kai don’t have large cities like the sea elves but are not nomadic, instead they have small town spread out but they do each have a larger town, for the Shadar-kai it’s espiègle and for the Drow it’s capricieux

Brief history
Svahroll is the largest world in the realm but not the most populous so the cities are spread out but there are some small villages that have been establishing themselves over the past few centuries. The high elves of éclat claim that their city is where the elven gods first viewed this realm and placed their people and from there as the elves explored and settled down, they changed with their environments. The high elves used to see themselves as the “pure elven form” and can draw ire from the other elven races for their old history of subjection of some of the other elven races; mainly the Eladrin and the wood elves. Though it’s been a few thousand years since the high elves once held power over other elven races, there are still those who want to hold dominance over their world.

The Avariel made their home in the peaks of the mountain range when the world was still young and are mostly cut off from the rest of their world as table up to their city is extremely tortuous even with most magic and even when one does make it, the thin air and altitude would send most not used to it back down. Because of this, not much of their history is known and those who do travel down have trouble communicating as most don’t actually speak elvish. The Avariel have been known to aid the wood elves in the past and it’s thanks to their aid that the wood elves ended their subjugated before the Eladrin.

The sea elves didn’t start out as a nomadic people, they once made a capital on the island of chute d'étoile but they eventually abandoned their city and escaped to the sea as the high elves grew in power. They are more of a collective now, not wanting to emulate the high elves so they move throughout the world via its rivers and will help when needed but like the Avariel they mostly keep to themselves.

The Drow and Shadar-kai are both neutral parties in the history Svahroll. Unlike the Avariel, sea-elves, wood elves and Eladrin, they did not change from the high elves but were created when the world first was, even before the high elves. It is unknown if they share an origin and changed based on the reflections of the rings or if they were created separately but they share enough history that it’s become irrelevant. The drow and Shadar-kai will trade with all other elves that come to them but neither will take up arms to fight unless it’s to defend their shadowed lands. The wood elves and Eladrin are mistrustful of them but need to trade with them so there is cold animosity towards those who would stand by while they were oppressed.

The Wood Elves and Eladrin, though both once subjugated by the high elves are not always on the best terms with one another. They both made cities in neighbouring forests when first setting out into the world and often fought over land. Though they set out so close together the ever changing nature of the Eladrin set themselves apart from most other of the elven races. The Eladrin are the most common elves to find in the other worlds of the realms as a connection point to Hyrhafell is located within their forest. Some say it’s this connection to the weaves strongest point in the realm that made them so different from their kin.

Gender is not really a thing for the Elves; they’re extremely androgynous and don’t express gender in any meaningful way. Elves use neutral or personal pronouns, those who travel to other worlds understand that gender is a thing for other worlds but it’s not something that sticks with them.

Gender? In this economy?!

Economy; all terrestrial elves use coin. Though not as masterful as the Centaurs, the high elves are adept crafts people so armor, weapons and items are easy enough to find. The Drow and Shadar-kai brew potions and craft magical items. The sea elves barter for items as they don’t make much outside of simple weapons and armor. The Avariel seem to be able to make potions and items but as they are so cut off not much is known of how they do so, they also don’t engage in trade.

Gods: Firlit the elf deity, domains; Arcana, light, knowledge. Stritzaa the elf deity said to live in the rings of Svahroll, domains; grave, trickery, tempest.