Azrya Woodlands

Azrya Woodlands

## Azrya Woodlands

### Sublocation

Moonlit Forest
Lunar Temple
Shadow Swamp
Enchanted Forest
Dark Forest

### Relative Location

Southeast of Moniyan Empire
East of The Barren Lands
Northwest of Vonetis Islands
West of Cadia Riverlands

This place is the home to all kinds of Elven creatures. This is where the Elf Kingdom is located. Azrya Woodlands is also known as Izirea.

## Sublocations

### The Moonlit Forest

The place that is home to all kinds of elves, such as Light Elves, Moon Elves, and Leonins. This is where  Nana and  Harith lived, after leaving their homes in the Enchanted Forest. This was known as the target area of the abyssal creatures.

### Lunar Temple

Located in center part of Azrya, this is where the believers and devotees of the Moon Goddess come to pray. Many considered this temple to be holy and this place was ruled and protected by King  Estes until  Alice and the Orcs attacked. Even though Estes defeated Alice, he was weakened and was forced to rest for a long time in a corner of the forest. When Alice attacked again, she brought this forest and the Moon Elves, close to extinction. Seeing this,  Miya prayed to the Moon Goddess for aid and was blessed with a magical bow, with the help of which, she managed to defeat Alice and the Orcs. So Miya was temporarily chosen as the Moon Elves' head since they thought  Estes was dead. Later on,  Alice attacked the Moon Elves again, thinking there was no one to protect them, but  Estes woke up with a new power called "Code of Moonlight", blessed by the Moon Goddess and thus,  Alice and the Orcs were beaten once again. This is the place where the **Tree of Life** can be found. The Tree of Life endows the life of elves and gives them strength. When  Thamuz and the fire demons tried to burn down the Tree of Life,  Belerick was there, along with  Lunox. Belerick saw the Moon Elves lose all hope and so he decided to sacrifice himself to protect the Tree of Life. He successfully protected it, but at the cost of his life, though, Belerick was later reborn in a new form. **Gavana**, Goddess of the Moon, was exalted from Moon Elves as the Supreme God. She was revived in the prayers of the Moon Elves. The moonlight would once again shelter her people.

### Shadow Swamp

The place south of the empire, which is considered to be sacred by the Dark Elves. The once fertile and prosperous land now became swamp due to corroded by the Abyss. The Dark Elf  Selena was once thrown in a bottomless pit where she got her powers from the Abyss Devil.  Karina and  Irithel and  Gloo race also lives here.

### Enchanted Forest

 Harith and  Nana were born here and is also where they grew up until they were forced to leave their hometown.  Irithel and Leo grew up here as well after Nana saved them from slave traders and taught her to speak and fight. In past times, the Twilight Orb was kept in a valley deep inside the forest, and this is where  Lunox was born.  Helcurt once led his army into the depths of their forest and mercilessly decimated the village of the Leonins.

### Dark Forest

A forest which contains many varied species of giant trees, strange plants, flowers, and many dangerous predators. This forest is also believed to be an entrance to a black cave which was known to house, vicious monsters.

## Related Heroes in Azrya Woodlands

* Harith was born here, and then later moved to the Moniyan Empire, after being rescued by  Alucard.
* Thamuz had attempted to burn down the Tree of Life inside the Moonlit Forest but it was saved by  Belerick, who sacrificed himself in the event.
* Helcurt and his fellow shadowbringers once plotted to destroy the Leonin Village and carried it out successfully, wiping out the entire village except  Harith.
* Selena once lived her along with  Karina, before she was claimed by the demons in the Abyss.
* Alice once led her army of Orcs, including  Balmond into the forest in a failed attempt to slaughter the moon elves.
* Aulus also lived here before he step his feet out to begin his adventures.

## Trivia

* **Gavana** is surprisingly a hero found only in the MLA Lore.
* In revamped of Project NEXT: Phase 1, entrance background for  Miya is confirmed in Moniyan Empire although she comes from Azrya.
* The region is mostly based on Germanic Mythology.