Quanti

==Overview==
The Quanti are an ethnic group that inhabits the north-western part of Laeth. They have peaceful customs and usually solve disputes through more traditionally "civilized" ways. These customs made them uniquely suited in the island for a transition to a more structured society, in which they took advantage and turned into the main commercial area of Laetheril.
==History==
===Pre-Unification===
The area mainly occupied by the Quanti tribes in the island stayed the same for a few hundreds years before the unification of Laetheril, due to the largely peaceful nature of these elves. However, the territories inside frequently changed hands: power plays and political plots were frequent, and the true ruler of a plot of land was often hard to discern behind the complex web of political allegiances and extortions. Due to this reason, the Quanti territories are the hardest to map historically: although they didn't usually leave the borders of their culture (due to other tribes being more prone to physical violence), and they weren't bothered due to their pacifist traditions, each historian will have a different version of who ruled what in their lands.
===Post-Unification===
The Quanti tribes were the only group to join Laetheril willingly during the unification: the Syndrion territories had been annexed through conquest in the years prior, and the Etheril were still war-hungry. This led to a peaceful relation between Quanti and Etheril leaders, although the mercurial nature of the Quanti rulers made it harder for the valley elves to actually establish their power there, since they weren't sure of who to talk with. This, along with the lack of violence in the Quanti territories, led to both sides to the idea that the Quanti were not submissive to the Etheril, but rather a party of a willing partnership born out of interest.