An elven alliance of living cities, moon pacts, and hidden paths. Sylvarin is not a single kingdom, but a covenant between ancient forests and the peoples who guard them.
The first elven houses ended the War of Falling Stars by binding their names to nine immortal trees.
Lethariel uprooted itself during the Cinder Plague and carried forty thousand refugees beyond the poisoned valleys.
The Hidden Path War was fought almost entirely through ambush, illusion, and the deliberate erasure of roads.
The Concord opened limited trade with Valedorn after the Silver Famine, beginning the current age of cautious cooperation.
Sylvarin society values memory, restraint, artistic mastery, and obligations extending across generations. Names may change after major life events, while promises made beneath moonlight carry legal and spiritual force.
Each living city sends a Bough-Speaker to the Concord. Decisions affecting the whole forest require seven of nine votes and the assent of at least one recognized spirit sovereign.
Moon pacts, ancestor groves, and the living divinities of river and root
Pathfinders, moonblade circles, ward-singers, beast companions, and mobile tree-fortresses. Sylvarin avoids open-field battles unless the land itself has been prepared as a weapon.
Medicinal herbs, enchanted wood, silk, fine bows, moon-silver, rare seeds, memory crystals, and guided passage through otherwise impassable woodland routes.
Ancient forests cover rolling hills, luminous wetlands, and hidden valleys. Roads shift with the seasons, and unauthorized travelers may walk for days only to return to where they began.
Lethariel — living capital that migrates with the seasons
Moonmere — city of silver bridges and diplomatic courts
Thornwatch — martial settlement guarding the southern paths
Eversong Hollow — sanctuary of healers, historians, and spirit speakers
The Concord of Nine Boughs
The Moonblade Circles
The Keepers of Unspoken Names
The Verdant Covenant
The Thornwatch Rangers
Ilyra Star-Fallen
The Green King Without a Face
Selen Marr, singer of the last moon gate
Ashroot, the tree that walked through fire
Valedorn: allied through trade and mutual fear of Ashkar expansion.
Khazadur: respectful but tense over mines beneath sacred roots.
Ashkar: ancient enemies since volcanic ash poisoned the eastern groves.
One of the Nine Trees has stopped dreaming.
A hidden path now opens into an unknown winter forest.
Moonmere diplomats report missing memories after visiting Valedorn.
The Thornwatch Rangers have found dragonborn legion marks deep inside protected land.