Ardenai (Player-Created Lore)
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A repository for various Ardenai player headcanons or observations about the culture.
Government
- The ruler of House Ardenai, currently King Eamon Ardenai as of 5122, is also referred to by tradition as "The Briar Crown," ruling over "The Evergreen Court" which moves each season, hosted by different powerful families who vie for the honor through exhibitions of grandeur.
- The nobility of Ta'Ardenai is composed of several families whose lineages can purportedly be traced to the time of Sharyth Ardenai. Among these are the ruling families of the Northern villages, traditionally loyal bannermen due to ancient oaths sworn to Sharyth Ardenai by their ancestors.
- In modern times a steadily increasing number of merchants, bankers, and other individuals prominent in the field of commerce have been elevated to noble status. This has earned the ire of many of the traditional nobility, especially those of the North.
Customs and Traditions
- The villages dotting the harsh hinterlands of the Darkling Wood all the way to the northern shores are populated by elves who adhere to what they call the "Old Ways." They generally swear allegiance to House Ardenai but are a wild, almost savage people possessed of a close spiritual connection with the primal energies of their homeland.
- Coinciding with the Eve of the Reunion, the northern Ardenai celebrate a holiday they call Winter Night. It marks the end of harvest and any animals not expected to survive through the winter are butchered and made into sausage or dried for the winter stores. It is also a time of revelry, celebrated with old tales honoring those who have lived and died before. The mead flows freely, and what mead is not drunk by the rowdy elves is saved to mix with beer for the winter braggot.