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High Elves
The high elves secretly enabled the naiad coup, cursed Signet, and now dominate the weakened confederacy.
Story so far
According to Areson the Wise, high elves helped naiad dissenters murder the tsar and royal family. One of them placed the water-repelling curse on Signet the same night her mother died.
Their intervention ended direct high-elf and naiad fighting, but after Scolopendra's Nine-Tier Attack devastated the naiads, the confederacy became dependent on high-elf approval for nearly everything.
Appearance
A powerful, secretive elven ruling culture associated with pointed ears, magical curses, and political manipulation.
Role
The high elves are the hidden beneficiaries of the coup and the power behind the current naiad regime.
Relationships
Signet — One of them cursed her when her family was overthrown.
Naiad Confederacy — They enabled its rise and now exert control over it.
Scolopendra's Nine-Tier Attack — The disaster intensified their dominance over surviving naiads.
Sources — 7 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 1
- The ruling class of elves, almost physically indistinguishable from the defeated Bush Elves beneath them.
Chapter 9
- Dangerous elven inhabitants of one side of the river, feared enough that hunters avoid their lands.
Chapter 14
- Elven power of the Hunting Grounds, ruled by Imogen, and one of the two nations Signet has sworn to destroy.
Chapter 16
- Castle-dwelling elves who survived the apocalypse behind stolen magic, and are hated for it.
Chapter 20
- An elf nation on the floor, ruled by an unseen queen and holding the castle where the season's ball will be held.
Chapter 21
- Besiegers lobbing poison from a homemade magical catapult at guards immune to poison.
Chapter 26
- The high elves secretly enabled the naiad coup, cursed Signet, and now dominate the weakened confederacy.