Roanne Valle

Roanne Valle, also known as the Sanctuary, is a castle of stone sacred to the Elemental League, located deep in the forests of Wylden, built somewhere in 300 Tz by the order of Spirit of Tezla. Whole groves of Wood Golems were being grown at Roanne Valle in preparation for a possible war with the Necropolis Sect before the Dark Crusade began. Tanglewood Spirits are used to defend the gardens at Roanne Valle from thieves and predators.

Aside from the Order to which the massenliche take their pledge, the Storm Druids and Rangers also were based here.

## History

For more than a hundred and fifty years, the warriors, mages, priests and priestesses of the Elemental League stood devoted to protecting the Land from those who would pollute or destroy it. When the Crusaders began savaging their way into Elemental territory, attacking from the north and the west, Prophet-Priest Tremelen, under the orders of the Spirit of Tezla, gave the orders for all loyal Elemental warriors to recall to Roanne Valle – as all-knowing Tezla himself ordered the castle built more than 150 years ago for this very purpose. While many of the Forest Elves obediently headed to the castle, the Trolls, Centaurs and Faeries were outraged at the Forest Elves' cowardice, and vowed to fight for the Land rather than hide in a stone box with the rest of the fools, forming the Wylden Host subfaction.

With the massive invasion of the Elemental homeland in 434 Tz, and the hasty recall of all the Forest Elves back to the capitol castle of Roanne Valle, there is a great deal of dissent in the Elemental ranks. While the Forest Elves, loyal to the Spirit of Tezla and devoted to his every command, quickly marched back to serve the wishes of the Circle of Nine, many of the non-elven races took great offense at these actions. For the Forest Elves to retreat and hide within a stone coffin during a time when the forests of the Wylden are filled with torch-wielding invaders is viewed as an act of treachery by Centaurs, Trolls, and Faeries of the Wylden.

Following the capture of the Wylden Forest and the siege of Sanctuary by the Dark Crusade, there are many among the Elemental Freeholds who fear that the Elemental cause teeters on the brink of destruction. Though they still support the Spirit of Tezla and the Circle in Exile, the Storm Druids of the Sanctuary share the anger of the Wylden Host at those who have ravaged their homeland. Focusing their rage into growing magical power, Storm Druids can be found both protecting the leadership of the Freeholds and accompanying those who go into the Wylden to retake it from its conquerors.

## Organization

This is the place where Mending Priestesses are trained and take their Pledge, first performing menial labor while receiving formal instruction in how to care for life and nourish barren earth. Most Pledges leave Sanctuary to return to their farmer families after a year and a day, but a few who show promise go on to become Acolytes, learning Elemental magic and the healing arts. Once they have mastered the teachings, they may leave Sanctuary to follow their own paths, so long as they remember the order's creed: Respect life and protect The Land.

***Elemental League***
 Minor characters

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.mageknight.net/wp-content/uploads/Mage-Knight-Lore-Expansion-Rebellion.pdf
2. ↑ https://www.mageknight.net/wp-content/uploads/Mage-Knight-Lore-Expansion-Whirlwind.pdf