The Ilvanári

After the Scarring changed the world and ravaged many parts of what is now known as Eolda, the huge island then known as the Crescent was ripped apart and many parts of it sunk in the sea. With most of the Crescent gone, the Lenavi state of Enélia that, along with the Crescent, covered a large part of the inland greater realm fell in disarray and chaos. After the armies of the collective human nobility waged war on the ruling Archmages of the realm in the aftermath of the Scarring, they ousted the lenavi from their homes and state and took it in the name of their lords. Many surviving lenavi left the realm; some went with the elves to the newborn Faliaanti while others went to Nashira or even to the Wide North. Others that could not leave were driven in hiding in the place they once called home. Years after the Empire of Eolda was founded and the realm was renamed Eolda, one of the emperors agreed to give to the lenavi populace the three small islands that remained from the Crescent but no more than that. The homeless lenavi people in the realm then rebuilt the ruined old capital of theirs dubbing it New Enélia. They also rebuilt two other settlements, Parr and Larvi. Of course, they still were under the control of the emperor and a part of the empire.

Over the centuries, the lenavi lived in relative peace in their cities. However they were many that dreamt of the days before their home was torn asunder and then taken by the Empire. Many shared that dream and they also had rage over the empire. During that time of dreaming and loathing, a secret faction was born. Called the Ilvanári, this faction tried to undermine many workings of the Eoldan Empire over the years. Acting as a resistance group and spies at first, doing things for the good of the lenavi people, the Ilvanári got more and more fanatical over the old lenavi legacy and the great lenavi civilization of ancient times that they perhaps could have if not for the Empire. They grew more brush and more arrogant as time passed, and sometimes refused to acknowledge plights of other marginalized groups in Eolda such as tieflings. Over the years that followed they became a group of lenavi supremacists; the final push being an incident where neighboring realms refused to give them aid in an endeavor of theirs against the Empire. The foreign rulers of each realm were fearful of the might of the Eoldan Empire and its armies and technology, and were also afraid of a potential full scale continental war that would bring Rythalion to its knees.

In present time, the Ilvanári are larger and worse than ever. Lenavi supremacists to the core; they view all other races as inferior to lenavi. They are planning the downfall of the Eoldan Empire but they lack the resources and armies to go against the whole might of the Eoldan military. They still undermine empire agenda where they can, however they long to see the Empire be brought down and Emperor Charles di Eolda burn. They have many outposts hidden across Eolda and there are great many lenavi members that hold the pride and cause of the Ilvanári close to their hearts. Their numbers have swelled up the last 7 years; however they still can’t go to open war against the Empire. They bide their time and wait until the right chance presents itself.

Should they succeed in taking down the Eoldan Empire, they will eventually set their eyes to the other realms in Rythalion in hopes of realizing their grand dream of the rebirth of the Great Lenavi Civilization of ancient times and usher in a new age of lenavi supremacy and domination. Of course, the views of the Ilvanári are opposed by many other lenavi; there are many that see them as villains and as a group to be avoided. Be that as it may the Ilvanári have many followers and plans for the future.