Advatan Elves

Khawd'sm Advata

*"The Stars. Advatans claim they are made of them, and yet they dare not dream to reach it."*
- Khayr Malik, "Words of Penilune Judgement"

## Overview

### Children of the Stars

The Advata call themselves the Children of the Stars, as they'd mostly believe to be descended from the stars itself. Throughout the millennia, they've survived the endless conflicts of man with the efficient use of Astral and Dendric magic fueled by Elven Ichor and Desert Essence. Most of their kind tend to be researchers of the real and the occult, as they believe on rationality as the highest and foremost column of their civilization.

### Council of the Stars

The rulers of Advata refers to themselves as the Council of the Stars, as they're composed of the most renowned and knowledgable Astronomers, Mathematicians, and Sorcerers of Aethos itself.

### The Meksha'i

To eradicate all knowledge "Hostile to the Truths of the World", the Children themselves created an armed body called the Meksha'i, tasked to seek and find forbidden knowledge; and destroy them indefinitely. They operate through nighttime and base themselves all around Advata. Their command seems limited to the land itself, though - as it appears that their power would wane if they got farther from the Amuna.

The leaders of the Meksha'i, called the Harvatat, are rumored to possess supernatural powers of divine proportions, one being the ability to wipe one's memory by incantation

### The Three *Qabila*

Ancient scripture from the age of the Stars has always pinpoined that the Three Qabila hold absolute hegemony over Advata - In the human realms, they're known as the three "clans" or "houses" which inhabit the land and comprise most of its leading board.

#### Qabila el-Hashem (House Hashem)

The House of Hashem (*Qabila el-Hashem*) is one of the most prominent houses in Advata, famed for its excellence in producing great minds and researchers for the nation. They own several lands on the nation, with some even seated in the Council of the Stars - yet they're still majorly overshadowed by the other two clans in power.

#### Qabila el-Adar (House Adar)

The House of Adar (*Qabila el-Adar*), are the radars of the night. Most of their children end up joining the Meksha'i, some even reaching top ranks in the organization itself. Known for their secrecy and cunning minds, who would've known when they'd strike next - when they even scheme against their own.

#### Qabila el-Hua'yt (House Hua'yt)

The House of Hu'ayt (*Qabila el-Hu'ayt*), are filled by religious scholars and the like - which already has a hold of Advata way before the Amuna was even established. They also compromise most of the military and nobility, and are the builders of the Star Domes which veil the isolated forest-nation.

## Advata Yavannandra

### The Amuna

Created after the Cataclysm, the Amuna is a center of Advata, sustaining its lush ecosystems as the beating heart of the forest itself. Once barren, the land of Advata is supplanted by the seeds taken from the Land Beyond the Sea, believing that it contained Astral and Dendric attributes. It was said that they were smeared with Ichor so that they'd never rot unless by command. Not long after it was planted, it became the lush, ever-lasting forest that we know as Advata today, with the Amuna being its indestructible core.

### Before the Cataclysm

Before the Amuna was found, several records state that the citizens of Advata used to live on the Naadhrim with the Aphasor and Virtusim Elves, a realm in Old Aethos that once was so powerful that it'd rival the human and godly realms altogether - however, even it could not survive the Cataclysm and its aftershocks.

1. ↑ Aethos before the Cataclysm
2. ↑ Aluminem.