Sylvane

Wood Elves

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Connection to the Sylven spirits

**Sylvane**, or **Wood-elves**, as they are commonly referred to, are an elven kindred living in the Alun Forest. Also called the **Sylven Elves**, due to their connection with the Sylven spirits of the Alun Forest, or the **Orphans of Alun** after their origin.

## **Appearance:**

Sylvane are leanly built kindred with tan skin and autumn coloured hair, ranging from golden or ginger to brown-red. Most common eye colour between them is green of all shades or brown.

## **Culture:**

Wood-elves are one of the more peaceful elven kindreds, but won’t hesitate to fire at their kin if they come into Alun uninvited. They are mostly calm and day-dreamy, but will hotly react to insults and anything annoying. They rarely leave the Alun Forest, not even for trading, since the forest gives them everything they need.

If you manage to even see a Sylvane elf in forest, it is because they let you. Indeed, Wood-elves are one of the greatest trackers and scouts that Onixana has to offer, and when one of their elite rangers starts tracking you, it is impossible to escape.

Contrary to popular belief, Sylvane can eat plants, though it puts them into conflict with some of the local druids. Most of them just don’t publicly do it because of that, but secretly eat plants when they can.

## **Social Structure:**

In contrast to other kindreds, Sylvane are ruled by two rulers instead of one. First is Lord Elderleaf, and Queen Terandaia. Her Majesty takes care of the kingdom running, while Elderleaf communes with nature, and tries to gleam any information from it.

After them are the Greenlords, nobles who take care of the military. Most of them is part of the Ranger Brotherhood.

## **Background:**

Alun Forest was always a destination for those, mainly elves, who wanted to know peace and quiet life. It was mainly a home of druids for that matter, and not much else. However, one day, a young elf maid named Terandaia ventured with a group of elves to the Alun Forest. She and her band were Ash Elven orphans, survivors of a long lost elven kindred. They have been forced from their kingdom because of a plague breaking out and devastating their population.

When they arrived, Terandaia, who was an experienced mind-mage, noticed that there was some sort of presence lying on the place. It was not evil, but that was pretty much everything she had to say about that. She started tracking the presence, and eventually found out it´s source was a great tree. She decided to start communicating with it, and it responded.

Terandaia was shocked, but the tree quickly started comforting her. It introduced as Elderleaf, an ancient and sentient tree, that knew many things. He told her that she and her people could settle here with his blessing as the Forest´s guardian. Terandaia accepted.

For four centuries did she communicate his will and ruled her people, until Elderleaf transformed himself into a talking man-like tree figure. Everyone in the forest were scared, but Elderleaf, who was finally able to talk for himself, assured them he had no ill will against them. Terandaia and him fell in love, and started raising many children together, mainly orphans.

## **Notable Sylvane:**

Terandaia: The queen of the Sylvane, an orphaned druid who made contact with Alun's heart. Later married Gwindor Elderleaf after he manifested himself.

Oberon Elderleaf: Adopted son of Gwindor and Terandaia, a legendary hunter and commander of the Sylvane armies.

Fiori Blossom: A young elven huntress.

## **Trivia:**

* They are nearly like your stereotypical tree-hugging Wood Elves. Nearly.

* They are also called Sylven Elves by the rare few, but as the spirits of that same forest are also known as the Sylven, they are referred to as Sylvane here.
* There is much effort put in to differentiate them from the Noteiri, the Wood Elves of Keyvaile, avoiding any body painting and giving them a spiritual connection to the forest as opposed to the strategic reasons that the Noteiri dwell in the woods.