Lelan

**GENERAL INFO**

The Lelanders were a strong elven race that inhabited the string of Leland islands off the south east coast of Alcove. A thousand years ago after Al’Anea aided Lelan in the Great War of Lelan and Kar’Endia’s kingdom Kejrik, when Kar’Endia tried to take over the Leland Islands.

Near defeat, Al’Anea aided Lelan when Lelan had little to offer in return. After the war ended and peace was reached, a declaration was signed that in return for loyalty, and trade the four countries of Al’Anea would give a piece of land to Lelan settlers to build a hold and expand their numbers since they were very valuable archers.

This agreement flourished and now all four countries have Lelan holds in them.

Honey water and sweetcorn bread are a Lelan staple.

**Five holds, one kingdom, ruled by one king. Each kingdom is in a reserved area of Al’Anea:**

Lelan in Alcove: High King Korivander Luceon

Lelan in Darancove: House of Emisel (Lord Bruni Emisel and wife Silvi. Youngest son is named Davin)

Lelan in Dashavia: House of Fidian (Lord Tulio Fidian and wife Ani )

Lelan in Evercove (small): House of Rook

Lelan Islands: House of Luceon. King Korivander’s brother Kordalis

Place in Alcove’s Lelan: Korvago’s Field.

Velhia is the capitol of the Lelan Islands and Lelan Hold.

Shellkeep is the royal castle in Darancove.

**CLOTHING**

Leather tunic with a green wool undershirt and belted in the middle, Tight-fitting Lelan trousers and hard-sole riding boots.

**WEAPONS**

Long bows, skilled archers. Swords. They ride their mikaus into battle, usually attacking on them first then jumping off to continue fighting while the mikau fights and kills their horses.

Mikau have armour too.

Lelans have loose armour, and it varies slightly in the other holds, taking bits of their hold kingdom’s style influence.

**PEOPLE**

**High King:**

*High King Korivander of House Luceon*. Quiver of the realm, Soul of the North

Queen Aurellei of House Pelly (deceased)

**Royal Children:**

Crowned Prince Eliander of House Luceon (age 20)

Prince Taugis Luceon (age 19 deceased)

Prince Chesirae Luceon (Age 17)

Princess Aurelle Luceon (age 16, deceased)

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**Royal Houses:**

House of Pelly (Queen married to King, deceased)

House of Emisel (Lord of Lelan in Darancove)

House of Fidian (Lord of Lelan in Dashavia)

House of Pelly (Lord of Lelan in Evercove)

House of Luceon (King of Lelan. Kordalis is Warden of the Lelan Islands)

House of Fetcher

House ot Thatch

House of Korsecoy

House of Konnory

House of Tyndale

House of Ryholt

House of Ironfinger

House Ambre (Guard in Lelan Castle. Lesser highborn)

House Ashnova (Guard in Lelan Castle. Lesser highborn)

House Avid (Syrek of House Avid named his newborn son Korivander)

**Court:**

Cupbearer: Vilki

Page: Ari

Lelan Hold Master of Arms: Ahzura

General of Lelan Hold’s army: General Geldirin

Healer: Satcha

Council member: Petar

Council member: Figuro

Arch Auchtrelf: Archt Feldrick

Auchtrelf: Danstin

Arch Mage: Evyn

Squire: Reedis

Kordalis’s squire: Haddon

Chamblerlain: Perrik

Reimest: Rammol

Keeper of the Keys: Hoss

**King's Patrol:**

Their standard outfit when guarding indoors: Standard green and gold Lelan tunics with chainmail vests, steel gauntlets, leather gloves, longbows on their backs and swords at their sides.

Tass

Talis

Jevi

Farin

**LANGUAGE/EXPRESSIONS**

Coid (cowardly. A play on coidog)

Mothercodger (motherfucker)

Kin-: Kin-Father would be stepfather.

Kin-Uncle is uncle on your mother's side.

**RITUALS/TRADITIONS**

It was Lelan tradition to have two earrings in the lobes, one for the bow, and one for the arrow, and the top piercing was to show your devotion to Lelander.

The royal family has a grove, the Grove of Kings. When a prince or princess is born, their parents plant an acorn/pinecone/seed from their tree, a special tree called a Valinir. When they die, the tree is cut down for their funeral pyre.

It was called the Grove of Kings, and in that grove grew a type of tree called the Valinir said to have been planted by Lelander himself. It was a sturdy oak tree that wielded green and gold leaves, Lelan’s colours, that only grew in that grove.

When a Lelan prince or princess was born, their parents travelled to the grove with the baby in their arms, and selected a single acorn from each of the parents’ tree. It was planted, and added to the other trees that grew and flourished in the grove.

And when the elf died, their tree was cut down. Its wood was used to make the pyre that the elf would be burned on top of, and their ashes would be added to the crypt that housed all of Lelan’s royals. Since Korivander had died in Lelan Hold, he’d be placed by Aurelle, and once Eliander returned to rule in the Lelan Islands, he’d bring his father and sister home to rest amongst their ancestors.

It was tradition that everyone was in heavy mourning for five days after a king dies, and then there was two months of what was called sorrow mourning. Heavy mourning meant that there was no happy music to be played, no festivities or anything that could be seen as joyous, and the royal family could retreat to their quarters and mourn.

On Korivander’s specific request though, every worker and soldier who wished it could take a day off out of the five to spend with their families… and thus, in this sadness little children were running around playing tag, and couples were sitting close together watching them.

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The guards bang their sword hilts against their chest armour, then made four stomps on the ground. The other guards do this, and all conversation is stopped. It's done to shut people up when the royal family is about to enter a room.

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It was a Lelan custom to pass around a pipe of dried bayaleaf when attending a council, kind of a reinforcement of peace and productivity.

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They do a three finger salute.

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Politics are not spoken indepth at the dinner table.