The Moonwood
The last decade has seen the wood elves banned from Silverymoon. As they retreated deeper into the moon wood, wood elf culture began to implement elements of Uthgardian culture. They became more nomadic, traveling outside the wood to trade with Nesme and the villages of the Silver Marches. They developed a hybrid common-elven language used to obfuscate their true motives when dealing with people they did not trust. Traveling in caravans of intricately decorated wooden wagons, they made their way from the moon wood to nesme and nearby villages, selling carved trinkets and curios as well as animal hides and meat hunted in the moon wood. These traveling wood elves became known as the Ach’el clan, and distinguished themselves from their stationary brethren with intricate face paints that both intrigued and terrified the common folk of the silver marches.
With the bardic college of Silverymoon closed and druidic magic banned, the elves of the Ach’el clan began to spread the bardic and druidic arts. As they traveled across the marches, Ach’el bards recounted tales of old from tavern to tavern and earned good coin doing so. When audience members’ pockets began emptying themselves as they watched, mistrust of the Ach’el began to spread. They were quickly labeled as thieves and charlatans. As their reputation soured, the elves only became more industrious and began dealing largely with the underworld of the silver marches (and the occasional foolhardy villager). Meanwhile, their druids began selling their services to farmers in need of magical help from nature herself. As they occasionally return to the moonwood, the Ach’el relay gossip and information to the more politically-aligned members of the Free Folk. While the rest of the silver marches sees them as untrustworthy nomads, their true purpose as spies for the free folk remains obfuscated to outsiders.
With the bardic college of Silverymoon closed and druidic magic banned, the elves of the Ach’el clan began to spread the bardic and druidic arts. As they traveled across the marches, Ach’el bards recounted tales of old from tavern to tavern and earned good coin doing so. When audience members’ pockets began emptying themselves as they watched, mistrust of the Ach’el began to spread. They were quickly labeled as thieves and charlatans. As their reputation soured, the elves only became more industrious and began dealing largely with the underworld of the silver marches (and the occasional foolhardy villager). Meanwhile, their druids began selling their services to farmers in need of magical help from nature herself. As they occasionally return to the moonwood, the Ach’el relay gossip and information to the more politically-aligned members of the Free Folk. While the rest of the silver marches sees them as untrustworthy nomads, their true purpose as spies for the free folk remains obfuscated to outsiders.
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