Darancove

### Clothing:

Colorful silks, shells and teeth woven into the fabric. Shark and sea serpent skin is used for leather and armor.

### Weapons

Scythes like Daran (poisoned with jellyfish venom). Bows and arrows. Great naval fleet. They have sea serpents that they ride into battle. Good at sabatoging ships.

### Language:

Darankovian (?)

**GENERAL INFO**

Darancove is a rich bountyful country of the south west region of Al’Anea. It is inhabited by the Daraphin, a aquatic elf with fins on their arms and light blue and red highlights on their bodies. They usually have light hair and eyes the color of the ocean. Darancove is also home to regular elves that usually sport similarities to the Daraphin in regards to hair, eye color and abilities.

Darancove has an abundance of food, and exports the food all over Al’Anea, Kar’Endia and Xal’Crith. They have rich soil, a booming fishing industry, and are a peaceful country. They shy away from war, but have a large army and lots of sellswords. Though most of their games are won through politics without bloodshed. They also have a large band of rogue pirates that are always causing trouble for the realm.

Darancove has been ruled by the Nautalis family for centuries. House Nautalis is the most important and powerful family in all the five holds of Darancove. The hold of Oceanos is also run by a Nautalis.

King Nioke Nautalis is wed to Bastiel Urcine of House Urcine. They live in the Bastion, which is a large castle built a mile off the Hadean Sea, near the city of Miklos.

King Nioke came into power after his father was killed in a hunting accident blamed on the sea monster said to inhabit the coast of Darancove. Though it is suspect that the death was caused by King Nioke himself.

King Nioke’s brother’s son is smitten with Arganti’s son Desa.

Cerith mages are powerful Darcovian mages. Chesirae goes there to ask how to heal Eliander.

One of the kings is said to have tamed a kraken, a giant squid, who submitted to him after the king killed a bigger one?

Seadragon myths and sea serpents.

Throne is a carved opal shell and it’s beautiful. Their castle is in the ocean and only accessible by ship or by being able to breathe under water.

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The Darancovians put lime in their hair and spike it up to appear taller, their armour looks like fish scales that shine and blind their enemies when in the sun. They look like serpents coming from the underworld to murder their enemies.

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Popular hairstyle: pulled back with the upper portion tied

**RACES**

Daraphin have fins on their arms, and gill type slits on their necks. Fins have blue spots and hues. Both the Daraphin and Daran elves can have blue hues to their hair. Eyes change color with the sea. Some have spots on their temples, or ankles.

**CLOTHING**

Darancove is in a warm or neutral climate. Colorful silks, shells and teeth woven into the fabric, shark and sea serpent skin is used for leather (made from shark skin) and armor. Fur is not typically worn.

Popular hairstyle is having the top part of their hair tied back.

**WEAPONS**

The god Daran is said to have two scythes, each used to control a giant sea monster in a common Darancove legend. The scythe is the most common weapon, though it isn’t as curved and the outer edges has poisoned fish teeth imbedded so it tares into the flesh. They also use serrated spears though mostly only for fishing.

The Darancovians put lime in their hair and spike it up to appear taller, their armour looks like fish scales that shine and blind their enemies when in the sun. They look like serpents coming from the underworld to murder their enemies.

**PEOPLE**

High Kings:

High King Bastiel of House Urcine (longer face, narrow, piercing eyes)

High King Nioke of House Nautilus

Royal children:

Crowned Prince Sinna Nautilus (age 22) married to Evercovian prince Seviros age 16. (Description: styled short blond hair, tinged blue like all purebred daraphin and bright, tropical blue eyes.)

Princess Dayna Nautilus (age 20) married to Kariss lord.

Prince Avery Nautilus (age 15) (King Nioke suggests arranged marriage with middle son)

Prince Mykah Nautilus (age 14)

Princess Ceela Nautilus (age 10)

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Royal Houses:

House Urcine (Royal House of Urcine)

House Nautalis (King married to King)

House Urcine (Lord of Urchin Keep)

House Leviahkin (Lord of Darania)

House of Mikelti (Lord of Shellgarden)

House Razorfin (Lord of Kelpfin)

House Nautalis (Lord of Oceano)

House of Neihe

House of Koralt

House of Torrent

House of Giltide

House Meikil

House Finlyn

House Nahve

House Stonesea

House Koral

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Important People Mentioned:

Gamascus breaks Tseer out of the Locus Cave

Five major holds of Darancove:

Urchin Keep: House of Urcine (Lord Ulian Urcine)

Darania: House of Leviahkin (Lord Sol Leviahkin)

Shellgarden: House of Mikelti (Lord Sheldon Mikelti)

Kelpfin: House of Razorfin (Lord Jonper Razorfin)

Oceanos: House of Nautilus (Lord Skate Nautilus, Nioke’s father)

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Clans:

Adder Clans of the Lissins. They live in the hills of Darancove.

Lelan Hold:

Run by Silvi Luceon

Has a son named Davin

**PLACES**

Major Cities:

Darancove Castle is water access only. It’s half in the ocean. Carved out of an island. Beautiful white sand seabrick walls, seaweed weaving it’s way up the base. Extremely well protected.

Islands:

The Nautalis Islands

Bluerock

Urcine

Vallen

Terrains:

The waterlands

King’s Marsh

Ottershelf

The Shale Sea

Softflow Pass

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Places:

Castle Azreus (In Urchin Keep. Has the flooded cells according to Tseer)

Coraltooth Landing

Milanos Sea

Bastien Castle

Blacksquid Pass

Tridentlands

Breakgull bay

Kesurian sea

Ketali Crag

Breakfin Narrows

Daran Strait

Gulf of Urcinos

Hadean Sea

Shallows

Mikalos

Darankeep

Sea of Mismi

White skate

Ghost Sea

Daran’s Scythe

Angler’s Feast

Sapphire Coast

**LANGUAGES/EXPRESSIONS**

Haste-right: Fast

Codder: Asshole

Cockles: Swear

Wader: Listless idiot

Bowa clutcher: Listless idiot

**RITUALS/TRADITIONS**

All daraphin had to be born in the water by tradition, and mothers and chayle-mothers who lived inland had to make the journey. If somehow they were not able to, the baby born would have brown or green eyes, and though it wasn’t like they were smothered or anything, it was something that was tsked and clucked at, especially by older daraphins who were more traditional. There was also a fair amount of class status attached to it, since poorer daraphin and Darcovian elves were more likely to live inland, and thus more likely to be unable to make such a journey.