Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26258526-20160530212127/@comment-26347028-20160603020134

Race: Elves

State Name: Esteldtelosse

Government: Absolute Monarchy (Matriarchal, except in times of war when it's patriarchal)

Economic power(1-10 1 being worst): 2

Source of wealth(That's right you cant be a 10 without reason!): What little crops they have to spare, namely flax and wood. They will never share the secrets to building ships.

Military power(1-10): 7

Basic description of Military: Usually there are many groups of small units of light infantry, say, 20 per group. These sail in a small ship each, and about ten of these will sail together. This is the smallest of groups. Then you get the medium, more ranged, infantry. These are a little larger in terms of manpower, and ship size. The ships are generally only differing in size. Then, lastly, come the shock troops. These are only found with the largest of fleets, and if you see one of these it is usually too late. They act rather like the triarii in that they are reserve troops more than anything. The largest fleet they have ever fielded consisted of five ships containing 50 shock troops each, ten of 40 medium troops, and 30 of 30 light troops. That was a long while back.

Closest Human Culture: I always thought Carthage in terms of ships, but Mongolian in terms of migration stratagies.

Location: Most of the Elven lands that didn't rise up calling for a Republic. Resistance to the current monarchy is fierce.

Size(city state, three small towns an a city, etc.) Generally speaking the autonomy granted to each fleet is bordering on the amount you'd expect from city-states, but they're smart enough to know that through war they are brought together. The larger fleets sometimes split into different ones, on occasion, though, so that is subject to change. None of Esteldtelosse is actually stationary, but some portions are slowly becoming more so.

Location(See map): It varies. They like to settle down where it says they are located on the map for the winter to rebuild. In the summer, they usually go to war or amass more power for a coming war.