Aside from the wondrous bowers, sunlit glades, and shadowed ravines that comprise this vast woodland, the Anseur Forest is also a small nation of elves renowned throughout the Northlands for their arcane mastery and unwavering honor. A primeval wood with many ties to the fae world, the Anseur is a place of myth, beauty, and very real danger. Magical beasts— good, evil, or simply hunting for food—roam its depths, and the elves who call this place home are haughty even by elvish standards.
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The Anseur elves are devoted to the study of the cosmos and the constellations above Áereth. One of the largest arboreal temples to Desna can be found in the heart of the forest. Known as Tharv’Erestan (“World Viewer” in Elven), it is a massive oak whose upper branches support a spacious, domed observatory. While admittance into the elven nation is not easily granted, pilgrims of all races willing to travel to Tharv’Erestan are always welcome. The elves maintain their secrets, but the lore of the stars and the teachings of Desna are offered to all. Since the fall of its parent nation, Ahna-Vithyre, Anseur has remained neutral. Only in the last century have they agreed to a tenuous alliance with its younger neighbor, Morrain.
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King Mirias Stormwarden has convinced the elven queen that the growing threat of monstrous and giant humanoids is worth establishing military contingencies. Whether it is Stormwarden’s pragmatic diplomacy or the recent incursions of frost and hill giants from the north, she has been listening.
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