High Elves

The High elven people are hardly one given to outright war, however that does not mean that they are not eagotistical, and that has caused three elven kingdoms to emerge over the years, to be united from time to time under the leadership of an Emperor, chosen by the three kings from the most powerful mages however such a crowing is rare, with Emperor Songbird being the current emperor, who as befits the emperor resides in the eternal-Palace, a massive palace complex the size of some small cities in The Cidel Empire that was first built by the first emperor with his successors each expanding upon it.
== Culture. ==
== Government ==
== Member Kingdoms ==
=== Haesong ===
the nearest high elven region to mount Valina and as such is the location of the high elf's primary capital of Baek which is located on the slopes of the Middle ridge mountains within eyeshot of Mt Valina, the elves of this region are particularly, even more so than the other regions of the high elves alliance, connected to the mage-scholar system, with all family's who can afford to have their children tutored in the various subjects the system requires, trained to take the exams upon their return from their travels across the isles.
=== ChunTzin ===
Between Haesong-Tan and the star elves lies ChunTzin or "the middle kingdom" a quiet peaceful region due to being off the coast of the sun elves meaning that while it's shores are dotted with naval ports servicing Elven Junks betweens patrols, the interior is a peaceful land, at least for the most part, as of 1210 A.E. it has a bandit problem mostly comely from the world-ceilling mountains behind it however most of the kingdom's nobles think it's of little importance and so are quite content to send off any potential magic users to Haesong-Tan to study for the exams and hopefully earn a place in the bureaucracy helping to run high elven culture while others are sent off to various forts in order to train to defend Valina, however the bulk of High elven youths in this region will mostly end up tending to the rice fields that cover a fair chunk of the kingdom, spending their free time studying the arts with poetry in particular being a popular pastime.
=== Raj-ong ===
On the far side of the World ceiling mountains and connected by massive tunnels dug out over high elven lifetimes and of course sea travel, is the kingdom of Raj-ong, is covered by tall forests filled with trees that sprouted when the high elves were born, amidst the branches of which the high elves of Raj-ong have built numerous treehouses connected by soaring bridges, perhaps inspired by their woodelven cousins or perhaps some primitive means of finding safety without the expenses of massive walls, as along the coast line they have built several more traditional high elven cities all of whom are more populous than any of the tree based ones for obvious reasons however the tree based ones are more numerous and house a greater percentage of the population. However a result of the trees is that most high elven junks have their births here in Raj-ong where careful tending enables a plentiful supply of wooden planks to create the Junks that most elves prefer to sail for both war and trade with other peoples.