Moniaoron Village

Moniaoron Village was founded by Leobwin[this may change] LASTNAME and [Name] Hickey in the year XXXX. They, along with three other families dislike the leadership of their home village in [PLACE]. The elves settled in [LOCATION] on earth which was still highly populated with feral dragons, the previous community's main trade/income/tool.
The village was set up quite similar to their old home. Only men were allowed to learn magic and take higher roles of leadership in the village. The roles of leadership are twofold. A "leader" is a young man who has been well learned of the world and the village customs. A leader was also the eldest son of a previous leader, maybe the grandson sometimes. 
In Moniaoron there are at most five leaders, one for each founder. The founding families are Whelan, Quirke, Hickey, McGill, and Norris. 
Once a leader is too old to continue traveling he will retire and become an "elder". Elders are wise and advise the leaders when they request it. They deal with internal affairs of the village. The current elders from oldest to youngest: Leobwin Whelan, [] Quirke (dead), Alberich Hickey (dead), Wotan McGill, and Etzel Norris. Currently there is only one leader and he's only just finished his training, Leolin Whelan. He is the grandson of Leobwin, who's son died young in a hunting accident. 
Women's role in the village is much smaller. They could sell/trade between others in the village and even own shops, but it was highly frowned upon for a woman to wish to travel. Girls were forbid from learning any kind of magic and expected to marry and have children. Once married, both couples were expected to buy food, cook, make/buy clothes, and help in raising children. This is a fail safe if something was to happen to the other.
All children wee taught to read, write, cook, hunt, and other basic habits needed to live. At the age of ten is where the two genders would be split. While girls were taught to sew, garden, and knit, boys were taught magic.
Often the father would teach his son magic. If for some reason the father is not able to teach his son, then the next of kin male would teach the child. Boys with older brothers might not even need his father to teach him.
It was very uncommon that a child might be apprenticed to another family. This was many times the choice of the child because he found a talent in the other family's craft. A son of a baker may work with the inn keeper. The inn keeper's son may work on a farmer's land.
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