Brecilidia

Brecilidia (breh-sill-idd-ee-aa) is the ancient homeland of the High Elven people. Often considered as the cradle of modern civilization, it boasts some of the oldest known structures and societies currently known to Aradian scholars. Located to the far-north-west of the mainland and bordered to the south by the Thunderlands, it is also one the most northerly places to hold civilization, and its closeness to Terros' North Pole causes frigid low temperatures that make it difficult for most life to thrive, particularly in the uninhabited wastelands (called the White Desert) to its north which are buffeted by constant arctic storms. The region is divided into several prominent provinces characterized by loosely organized city-settlements, with the most prominent being the ports of Cinderfell and Shanehollow, both to the south-west and south-east of the island respectively. These settlements are bordered by the Great Ice-Forest to the north before giving away to the White Desert. 
Once a populous and economically powerful nation, Brecilidia's constant warring with House Blackthorne caused widespread decline and repeated colonization that saw its status reduced to second-tier; the homeland High Elves sit with very little standing as of 1014AE, with poverty and disease being rampant in population centers. For this reason emigration has become common, and the High Elves are currently regarded as a dispossessed and wandering people, far from their former glory. The only prominent high elven noble house is House Karhall, descended from Brecilidian defectors in ancient times. 
The mainland's declaration of monarchy in 1015AE proved an advantage to the Brecilidians, who promptly declared independence to aid the Rebel faction in the Aradian Civil War thanks to their leader--the self declared & newly-crowned King Ethelion III. As part of the eventual peace settlement, the Monarch granted Brecilidia greater rights and aid at the conclusion to this war, This peace was uneasy, as Ethelion made for a tracherous ally, constantly aiding the crown's opponents in the wars that followed, until their final treachery in 107AE that caused the Brecilidian War. As of 1086AE Brecilidian civilization has been all but stamped out by the Dark Prince and his father Caradoc Rookwood, the latter of whom uses the once-beautiful paradise to drill for oil and gas.
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