Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 528840" data-attributes="member: 8530">People and Calendar of MengaleThe high elves of Mengale are a devout people, dedicating their lives to their deity and to their beliefs of racial superiority.   There are “five tiers” of Mengale society.   In addition to the twelve communities and the Trading Area, there is also a central meeting place called the “Mengale Gathering” where groups from all tiers can come together for religious ceremonies or other meetings.   Multiple buildings are in this location to house the different tiers when they are at a gathering.   This area is situated only a few miles away from the Trading Area, and is where the Mengale elves interested in making purchases stay whenever a caravan is visiting.  This area is also highly guarded at those times, to ensure that no inappropriate contact takes place with outsiders.  The top tier consists of Mengale society consists of the nine High Lords and High Ladies.   These individuals could be of any character class, but most tend to be clerics.  These nine are precluded from ever becoming High Priests and High Priestesses, as that office would present a conflict of interest among their duties.   The next tier of Mengale society are the High Priests and High Priestesses.  At any point in time there will be 25 to 30 individuals holding this rank (presently 27), who meet and make rulings by committee.   All High Priests and High Priestesses are considered to be of equal rank.   Whenever this group meets a new Chairperson is selected, who will act as spokesperson for the assemblage until the next time they meet.  At least nine different Chairpersons must preside before any one would be allowed to repeat that role. The third tier of Mengale society are the Lords and Ladies.   These individuals are the senior members of each elvan household.   They are authorized to speak for their family on all matters of importance.  There are presently 162 individuals who hold this title.   While these groups frequently meet at societal social functions, a formal “Council of Lords and Ladies” is only held once or twice every century.    The leader of each of the twelve communities will rely on the Lords and Ladies of that community as their chief advisors.The fourth tier of Mengale society, which comprise the vast majority of the population (about 90% at present) are the Citizens of Mengale.   A citizen is one who has sworn allegiance to Mengale, and forsaken allegiances to any outside community.   They have agreed to abide by all of the Laws of Mengale, which includes monogamous marriages.    The tier contains a mix of all key classes, except for Bard, which is outlawed.   The few wizards and thieves of Mengale tend to be from this tier, as those professions are looked down upon by the three higher tiers.  While all citizens are considered to be equal is status, in reality the spouses, chief advisors, heirs and other immediate family of those in the top three tiers tend to receive more favorable treatment.  The lowest tier of Mengale society consists of Non-citizens, who currently number around 400.  Most of these are full-blooded elves that had come from either Silvanost or Brondani prior to the time of “The Betrayal”, but who were not willing to fully commit to all of the Laws of Mengale.   These are primarily elves that had previously been in polygamous unions.  They have been allowed to retain those prior marriage structures as long as they do not actively promote that lifestyle or take on any new spouses.   Also included with those considered to be Non-citizens are former citizens who have been found guilty of breaking the Laws of Mengale, but the offense was not considered serious enough to warrant banishment from the Kingdom.   These individuals have been temporally stripped of their citizenship until such a time that the High Lords and High Ladies decide that they have redeemed themselves.   A final group of Non-citizens are a dozen foreigners who are not full-blood high elves that descend from those that had been blessed by Correllon.   These people are each in Mengale through very unique circumstances, and have each been granted a special exception to reside in the Kingdom.   They are prohibited from ever engaging in sexual relations with the full-blooded Mengale elves.   Five of these twelve are high elves, two are Grey elves, one is a wood elf, one is a high elf/sea elf hybrid, one is a high elf/silver dragon hybrid, one is a high elf/human hybrid, and the other is a gnome. The Mengale Calendar.All official time records for Mengale begin on the day of the Kingdom’s founding, 2,628 years ago.</blockquote>

Verification