Laetheril diplomacy

=Laethian diplomatic principles=
Generally, Laetheril has little to no experience regarding diplomacy with foreign nations, their only attempts at it having been towards other Laethian elves with a clear power difference between the Ruling Council and the other party. They are aware of this, and the stranger the creatures they establish contact with, the more cautious they will be. First contacts in Laeth will almost always be cautiously aggressive, while first contacts initiated by them will be more amicable, but still careful in order to gauge the danger of the newcomers. 
=Diplomatic status=
==Ekastia==
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==Ianiǧžer==
First contact was established with Ianiǧžer in the year 934AS, when an Etheril scouting boat came across three colonizing vessels while patrolling a small area of the north-eastern coast of Laeth. After a brief and tense exchange, the scouts were able to leave unharmed and warn the Ruling Council, while the colonizers settled on the shores. Due to the extremely limited knowledge about these strangers, their display of power and confidence in settling Laeth, and the inexperience of the elves with foreign cultures, these people were left to their own devices for many years.
However, this pacifist attitude only lasted for so long: after that first display, the Ianiǧžer hadn't seemed to venture further into the island or tried to establish any communcation with the Etheril. Around 100 years later, with the spirits of young elves emboldened, Laetheril launched its attack on Ianiǧžer. The armies of almost all the lords of the island were gathered for a single massive push on the colonies, and success came easily against the surprised four-limbed people, who were not prepared nor had time to request support from their motherland. This offensive turned around half of the settled Ianiǧžer land to the hands of the elves.
The momentum of this swift conquest seemed to indicate that a second attack would follow, but a missive by the Quanti houses stopped this plan: they considered that the security of the island had been ensured, and thus their armies would no longer march along the Etheril and Syndrion's to war in the north-east. While these armies were considered enough to take over the territory, the tensions with the Quanti houses were high enough that an attack on Daeganor while the Ruling Council's armies were away was feared. The foreign territory has since been left untouched, kept in the middle of a political game between the northern traders and the southern rulers.
==Ma'atali==
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==The Institute==
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==Vulrazhir==
First contact was established with Vulrazhir in the year 1174AS, when a Vazhanem whaling boat was sank by a storm near the Laethian northern coasts, and the sailors ended up on the island's shores. A Quanti trading ship found them, and brought them on their journey towards Leyri, where an old sailor, veteran of Kantamian raids, was able to roughly translate their language.