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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 504299" data-attributes="member: 8530">Mengale HistoryMengale Some 800 miles west of Silvanost is the Kingdom of Mengale.   The area of this Kingdom is shaped approximately like an isosceles right triangle, the longest side measuring approximately 300 miles north to south, and each of the other sides projecting to the west for a length of approximately 200 miles.  The land is one of light forests, and is bordered on all sides by a dark and thick old growth forest that varies from 10 to 30 miles in depth.    There are only three roads through this forest to the interior of Mengale, one from near the southern corner, another on the eastern side approximately 60 miles below the northern corner, and the third about 40 miles southeast of the western corner.   A mountain range runs along parallel to the diagonal line created by the northwestern side of this triangle, and it from these mountains that the rivers of Mengale flow.  Within Mengale these separate rivers merge, and flow out of the Kingdom parallel the southern road.  The Elvan community of Mengale consider themselves to be the true descendents of those blessed by Correllon Larethian.   From the time of breaking with Silvanost, approximately 2,600 years ago, Mengale has been ruled by a council of nine High Lords and High Ladies.   Each of these Lords and Ladies can trace their lineage directly back to one of the original nine who accompanied Larethian.   The firstborn child of a High Lord inherits the position upon the death or resignation of their parent.  The Mengale Elves believe in racial purity, and feel that the bloodlines of those blessed by Correllon should be kept untainted.   From the time of Mengale’s founding the forests surrounding the land were manned by elvan archers to keep any unwelcome folk from entering.  For the first 1,400 years of Mengale’s founding the only visitors ever permitted to enter the land on the three roads were those of pure blood from either Silvanost or Brondani, who were then encouraged to stay and become part of the Mengale community.   That changed approximately 1,200 years ago, with the incident that became known by those of Mengale as “The Betrayal”.   That was when the Bards and Mages of Brondani tried to incite a war between Silvanost and Brondani.   Skirmishes occurred at both locations before the Kingdoms realized they had been tricked.  A total of eighteen Mengale elves were slain at the hands of the Silvanost elves.   These eighteen are now revered by those of Mengale, and worshipped as saints and martyrs of the Kingdom.   Brondani refused to accept responsibility for the destruction that they had initiated.  As a result Mengale decided to forever ban outside visitors from the two other Kingdoms.  They also banned the singing of Bardic songs from that day forward.In the twelve centuries since then the Mengale society has become far more isolated and insular than ever before.  Without the influx of new pureblooded members from the other two Kingdoms the population has actually begun to decline, and is currently estimated to be at approximately 6,000 elves.   About 20% of these are on guard detail in the border forests, the rest of the population living in twenty separate communities throughout the land.    The largest of these communities, with a population of only around 500, is called Ilgathius, named after the Mengale founder, an elvan Cleric who died approximately 900 years ago.   Three of the nine High Lords and High Ladies reside in Ilgathius, the other six each living in communities named after six of the nine that had originally accompanied their god.   The High Lords and High Ladies are the leaders of the seven communities where they reside.   The thirteen smaller communities is each ruled by the High Priest of the church in that town.</blockquote>

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