Snow Elves (Silari)

The Silari are an ancient race of people who founded Saldaria 50,000 years prior the events of *The Snow Elf*. They are considered by many to be a myth.

## History

Saldaria was founded by the Snow Elves, approximately 50,000 years ago. The only race native to the area is the Eborim, who reside within the Burning Wastes. However upon the arrival of the Snow Elves (Silari) they immediately began colonising various swathes of the land, including what is now the capital; Osmia.

Although the Silari arrived from a different dimension, the humans of Saldaria arrived from a different continent. The Snow Elves welcomed these new people, recognising their worth as a labor caste and all but enslaved the entire race. In time humans and select Snow Elves secretly began to reproduce creating the half-elves, or Wood Elves as they'd later come to be known. Repulsed by this, and threatened the superior numbers of the humans (who could reproduce ten times faster than the Silari), the Snow Elves decided that they could not remain in Saldaria. As a result the monarch of the time, Queen Theliea opened a portal to a pocket dimension, whereupon the Snow Elves left Saldaria to found the Seven Cities. After this they existed in a totalitarian monarchy seperate from Saldaria with no contact whatsoever.

## Biology

This race of ancient people are fairly tall in stature, found to be 6'2" on average and lean towards being willowy. Their ears are pointier than Wood Elves, being fairly long and more angular. Every Silari has blue eyes and white hair, with almost no variation in facial structure. The Silari have a supreme affinity for magic, especially Ice magic, leading to their nickname of the 'Snow' Elves. Unlike humans (and even Wood Elves) they age incredibly slowly, reaching adulthood at about 1,000 years and possible living for 10,000 years. As they have such long lives, their ability to reproduce is greatly different to that of humans, meaning they tend to give birth once or twice over centuries, rather than many times within a few years. This leads to a naturally smaller population than in other races that may be quickly overtaken.

## Society

The current monarchs are King Micah and Queen Melenis, the most powerful sorceress in the Seven Cities. The society itself is matriarchal, in which the Queen is the defacto ruler and the King plays a supporting role similar to a vizier.

The Seven Cities are:

* Saeria, the City of Waterfalls
* Maelor
* Tylos
* Luaeyan
* Tel'arth
* Ilikar
* Kiros

Although these cities are all part of the Silari Empire they operate with different governance though the monarchy takes precedence. The Empire exists within a seperate dimension to the world of Saldaria in which the time dilation is different to that of Saldaria, therefore the Silari Empire can stretch or slow time depending on the needs of their society. The Seven Cities are not connected physically, but exist in different bubbles of the dimension. They can be accessed through portals maintained by specially trained mages.

The temperate, weather, day/night cycle are all artificially maintained by the contructs of the Silari as there are no naturally occuring phenoma in their dimension. Due to this, the Snow Elves utilise hydroponics in growing all of their food, with Kiros being the primary agricultural centre. Likewise livestock is raised to supplement their diet, though of course seafood is out of the question.

The Snow Elves have also created magically powered holograms which act as libraries of information to supply Snow Elves with knowledge. The Silari rely heavily upon their magical knowledge and prowess, to the point at which they have no need to advance their technology. Naturally, however, this has led to a degree of stagnation, technologically and culturally.

## Notable Silari

* Eviron
* King Mycah
* Queen Melenis
* Myah