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Kingdom of Lothlorian
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Kingdom of Lothlorian
Goverment
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Type of Goverment Absolute Monarchy
Head of State Kael'Thalas Sunstrider
Secondary Leaders Lothlorian Council
Geography
Location Forests of Athel Loren in south eastern France
Capital Silvermoon City
Population
Languages Thalassian
Demonym Lothlorians
Religion Elven Pantheon
Races, and Ethnicity Lothlorian Elves
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The Kingdom of Lothlorian is the governing Kingdom that rules over the Sindar Elves of theAthel Loren forests, and has come to utterly dominate the southeastern section of France. The Kingdom of Lothlorian has become embroiled in a conflict with many different oponenets including Quel`Thalas, Icecrown, Trollocs, and the Orcs of France and this has made them extremely hostile to all that are not their allies thus making new friends is a problem for them.

The Kingdom of Lothlorian is ruled by the King of Lothlorian Kael'Thalas Sunstrider and the king is responsible for basically all decisions made in the Kingdom. The position is heriditary but their have been numerous changes in families since the beginning of the Kingdom. The High King of Lothlorian is also one of the only three Lothlorian Elves that has the ability to enter the Sunwell, as for nearly everyone else it is forbidden to enter the most inner sanctum of the Sunwell.

The Kingdom of Lothlorian is located within the forests of Athel Loren, a forest of which as you move farther away from the settlements of the Lothlorians is extremely dense. The forest has lost much of its Forest Spirits of whome see no collaberation to be had with the members of the Lothlorians, and as such some of the more powerful or headstrong members of the Ents of Athel Loren have left and gone to Quel`Thalas.

The Lothlorian Elves are quite unque in that there males as well as many females are obsessive users of Magi of which they have harnassed through their creation in the Sunwell. The Sindar Elves listened to their leadership and because of this they slowly begin to use Magi, and stop communicating on the same level with the forest. As this continued to happen the litteral appearance of the Lothlorian Elves begin to change and they all seemed to grow blonde hair and culturally they became obsessive wearers of red. No longer truly Sindar, they are not High Elves, and they are not dark enough to be Dark Elves, and this makes the Kingdom of Lothlorian extremely unique.

The Kingdom of Lothlorian was founded during the Exodus of the Sindar Elves although it was never planned to be a Sindar Society by the ruling elite, and instead to be a hybrid culture designed by their leader at the time. The KIgdom would really grow after the creation of Silvermoon City as their capital and after an offer by Illidan Stormrage they created theSunwell. Lothlorian would continue to grow for a long time before it was involved in a rash of conflicts of which the first was the conflict within their Kingdom in the Lothlorian Civil War. These two were once the same thing but following the Lothlorian Civil War the Sindar Elves that followed the old ways, and did not want to travel down the Lothlorian path decided to attempt to take control. This failed and the Lothlorians banished basically all non-Lothlorian Elves and in this way they are perhaps their own kind of Elven society now. Following this war the rebels would come to found two distinctly different kingdoms in Icecrown of which was a Dark Elven CUlture, and Quel`Thalas of which was extremely Sindar. With this devision the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas was created in the Lothlorian outpost forest of Quel'Thalas and the two would be at nearly constant border conflicts. Following this they would be foreced to defend themselves after Icecrown launched a massive assault which nearly destroyed the entire forest. Instead of destroying the forest the conflict created Netherstorm in the westen section of Lothlorian, and the Netherstorm has in fact only added to the growing level of power that is taken in by the Kingdom of Lothlorian. The Kingdom of Lothlorian would fully open relations with the Kingdom of Lucerne after they discovered from a captured Murloc that the Murloc were being slowly defeated by the Orcs and that it was getting closer and closer that they would have to pull back and regroup.

Geography[]

Main Article : Athel Loren

The Kingdom of Lothlorian has historically been the home of the Lothlorian Elves of Athel Loren, and has contained the heart of their empire for millennia. Although the woods have seen their share of battle between the elves and their nearest neighbors, the forest trolls, the region has retained a harmonic and peaceful feel. Within the overall Kingdom their are several regions known as provinces in the form of Eversong, Ghostlands, and the Isle of Quel'Dalas.

Eversong Woods[]

See Also : Eversong Forest

Eversong Woods stand in perpetual autumn with golden leaves falling from the trees. As yet there are no dungeons of any kind and no battlegrounds in Eversong Woods. However, there is an unknown wooden gate at Tor'Watha, just as seen in the Ghostlands (leading to Zul'Aman) in the southeastern portion of the zone. It can be assumed this is a portal leading to an unknown instance, to be implemented sometime in the future, or it could have been the original entrance to Zul'Aman.

The Ghostlands[]

Isle of Quel'Dalas[]

See Also : Isle of Quel'Dalas

Netherstorm[]

History[]

War of Vengeance[]

Main Article : War of Vengeance

Sylvanus Windrunner2

It was during the War of Vengeance that the life of Sylvanus along with her family would change completely. She went along with her siblings when the call of the Pheonix King went out for all Elves to assist the war effort in France against the aggressive and monsterous Dwarves. As the conflict continued the four siblings began to show a split in what they were interested in. Vareesa followed the teachings of Maflurion Stormrage and looked for a forest that teemed with the life that the world was made of. Unlike her siblings who followed the general teachings of Malfurion Sylvanus was a believer in the teachings of Laera Sunstrider, and his words to her had been for her to find a place that teemed with the power of Magi that he sought. She was confused about this command but in the end she did it anyway out of devotion to him. She spent her time looking for a forest that met this criteria and eventually came upon the forest of Athel Loren. Deep within this forest was an island which she couldn`t take her eyes off. One day as she walked the edge of the forest she laid down to sleep, and when she woke up beside her was Illidan Stormrage. Illidan spoke to her of how this forest was teeming with Magi, and that he could litterly feel his power grow every moment he stayed in it. With this knowledge she prepared to leave the forest and find her siblings but discovered that they were all devided on what to do when the war came to an end.

The Sindari Exodus[]

Main Article : The Exodus of the Sindari

Our time on Ulthuan has come to an end.
Exodus of the Sindari Elves - Maps

The Exodus of the Sindari Elves from Ulthuan would begin from eastern Ulthuan and move towards western France. Landing in Western France they would move themselves in two main groups towards their respective new homes. While the two main groups would originally start with similar goals in mind the eventual Lothlorian Elves have become little different then High Elves.

There comes a point when all things end. A time in the lifeline of a people when the glory, and honor of the past are replaced by the greed and corruption of the future. I shall not sit by and watch as the island of Ulthuan burns around me. I shall not watch as the people I have loved and cared for since my birth are destroyed by the madness of our failings.
Malfurion Stormrage

Eventually the corruption of the High Elves reached a point where no longer could Malfurion Stormrage or the vast majority of the Sindar Elves in Ulthuan accept the madness of Ulthuan. Malfurion would one last time go to the Pheonix King who at this point was Bel-Anahar and during this final conversation Malfurion went before the Pheonix King alongside his two closest commanders in the form of Laera Sunstrider, and Vareesa Windrunner in the great council chambers where they were surrounded by High Elven councilors. Malfurion requested one last time for the Pheonix King to give them control over the central forests of Ulthuan and with this allow their traditions to continue, but the Pheonix King was an arrogant man believing he was in the right with his movement of the Elves and in this way he would deny this request. As the disappointed Sindar Elven group left the meeting the situation was made much worse when the Pheonix King egged on by several of his Councillors would insult the Sindari way of life causing the other assembled councilors to laugh at the group, and this final insult was the last straw for the already furious Sindari.

There was just no living there after seeing the way our leader felt for us. The end of our time in Ulthuan had come.
Malfurion Stormrage

Following the return of the command structure of the Sindari Elves to their forest holdings the decision was clear to all of them that they needed to leave Ulthuan and go to a new home. Ideas flowed from the group, but several of them all pointed to the nearly wild land of France, and due to the experiences of many Sindari who had fought in the War of Vengeance this decision was found to be the right path to take. Following the decision by the leadership to leave for France they commanded the Sindari Elves to pack what things they needed and to make for the ports on the coast of eastern Ulthuan where they constructed a fleet of ships over many months to take the Sindari to France. While these ships were being constructed many of the High Elves attempted to convinse them to stop, and there was even discussion in the capital by the Pheonix King to stop them militarily, but in the end the High Elves were unable to unify in their view of how to stop it so they ended up doing nothing when the day came that the ships set sail for France.

Sindari Group Site of Settlement Site of Group
Malfurion's Elves High Forest 1,600,000+
Laera Sunstrider's Elves Athel Loren 600,000+
Cathannius Windwatcher's Elves Menegorth Forest 300,000+
Thadral Lightleaf's Elves Bloomwall Forest 120,000+
Nandos Wildgazer's Elves Plyrood Forest 65,000+
Filadon Silverleaf's Elves Lamarane Forest 55,000+

Founding of the Kingdom of Lothlorian[]

I had to carve out a new destiny for our people. The Sindar Elves would only find themselves destroyed if they follow Malfurion any further. It was time for a new path.
Laera Sunstrider

As Malfurion Stormrage started the exodus of the Sindar Elves the second most powerful Sindar Elf in Laera Sunstrider took his followers and went as well. During the crossing he used Magi to make sure that certain ships were delayed quite heavily. In this way the ships of his followers as well as several other Sindar Elves that he wanted did not arrive in France until nearly two months later. As time wore on the Elves on board became horrified that they would never arrive, and that some great evil was delaying them, but each day Laera Sunstrider used his charisma to control more and more of the Elves. By this point Laera Sunstrider spread word to his supporters amongst Malfurion that the ships had crashed into rocks leaving the fleet of Laera dead or lost in the waters. Malfurion with great sadness would leave behind volunteers of whom took the form of Laera supporters to wait for the stragglers but he took the rest of the Sindar Elves with him to High Forest. When the second wave finally did arrive in France and did not find Malfurion waiting for them those who were not among the devout followers of Laera were scared, and open to manipulation. Laera used this moment to rally the second wave of Sindar Elves of which there were many of his personal followers, and brought them to the forest of Lothlorian which was the forest scouted by Sylvanus during the War of Vengeance, and of which she had advised him of.

We had travelled all this way, and yet here I stood on the edge of a lake that was supposed to lead us to everything we would need, and I saw nothing.
Laera

When the Elves arrived in Athel Loren they were guided throughout by Sylvanas who had intimate knowledge of the forest. In this way the large group of Sindar Elves was able to dramatically eliminate the local Trolloc without much difficulty. With the forest clear Sylvanus lead Laera to the island that she had seen, and been told by Illidan was a source of great power, but when they arrived there Laera discovered that they had been tricked by Illidan and that there was nothing special about the island. As he prepared to give up on this spot out of the water appeared Illidan Stormrage. Illidan begged to speak to Laera priveatly and when he agreed the two discussed how Illidan had absorbed the Skull of Maethor thanks to the efforts of his children and for this he wished to meand the differences between the two by helping to craft a massive devise which would be able to harnass a massive amount of Magi, and become the culmination of everything that Laera had ever dreamed of. Laera was skeptical at best but told Illidan that he had one year to complete the devise, and if he succeded then all would be forgiven but if he failed then he would hunt him down and kill him. Following this Illidan travelled to the Island of Quel`Dalas as the Elves had come to call it, and begin constructing the Sunwell. While working on this he was watched over by Laera`s trusted daughter Maen`Tryden Sunstrider who was a youthful but still gifted Magi. As the sunwell was being constructed the Elves obviously could not sit idle so they were joined together and begin constructing the city of Silvermoon.

Founding of Silvermoon[]
COming of High FOrest
We had travelled all this way, and yet here I stood on the edge of a lake that was supposed to lead us to everything we would need, and I saw nothing.
Laera

Silvermoon was constructed over the course of the year that Illidan was constructing the Sunwell, and during this time the Sindar Elves who were heavy in number constructed a city that could home the entire group of them meaning that the well over 400,000 Elves at the time needed to live there. The city was constructed out of white stone and living plants in the style of the ancient Ulthuani empire and interwoven with the natural topography of the landscape. The city contained the famous Academies of Silvermoon as a center for the learning of Arcane Magic and Sunstrider Spire, a majestic palace home to the Royal family of the Sindar Elves of Athel Loren. The Convocation of Silvermoon (also known as "The Council of Silvermoon"), the ruling body of the Sindar elves was also based here within the Court of the Sun. Nearly a year after starting the construction and nearing completion the entire society of Athel Loren stopped as Illidan returned to the main island accompanied still by Maen`Tryden.

Illidan's Betrayal[]
Illidan Stormrage Cover Founding
I held up my end of the bargain Sunstrider. Its your turn to hold up your end of our deal.
Illidan Stormrage

Illidan would come shore with Maen`Tryden still at his side but she was now clearly quite pregnant, and this caused great anger from Laera Sunstrider of whom had planned her marriage to nobles loyal to him and this put a serious wrinkle in his plans. From this anger he would reject the deal he had with Illidan Stormage and after a great argument broke out Illidan would be taken into chains while Maen`Tryden would also be taken to the palace and kept locked away. Illidan would be kept under guard by Maeiv Shadowsong of whom would be placed in charge of the new Lothlorian Barrow Dens which would serve as a large prison for Athel Loren. While Illidan and Maen`Tryden remained locked away the upper echolon of the forces of Laera Sunstrider would travel to the now created Sunwell and upon arrival basked in its power with several passing out from the effects of the Sunwell. Large forces were brought to the island where they would construct the fortress of Quel'Dalas and completely cover the Sunwell within. While this was happening communication begin to open fully between High Forest where the main force of the Sindar Elves had landed, and the now growing lands of Laera Sunstrider of which Laera attempted to slow as he wanted to keep complete control. After months of construction Laera would stand over the top leadership and proclaim the creation of the Kingdom of Lothlorian, and in his first act he ordered the execution of his sister, and Illidan for treason.

Give me my brother. He needs to pay for his crimes, but not this way. Laera listen to reason.
Malfurion Stormrage

As the preparations were being made for the two's execution Alleria Sunstrider would sectrely send word to Malfurion Stormrage in High Forest of what was happening, and after the initial shock that the Sindari Elves had survived in the second group Malfurion would go to Athel Loren in large force. Captain Vur'talos Darkshadow would arrive before the main High Forest army with some four hundred sentinels and would relay the coming of Malfurion Stormrage to the Lothlorian commanders of whom led by Laera planned to resist and tried to kill Illidan but found his, and Maen'Tyrden's cell's were locked through Magi and they couldn't get in. Moving in from the west another force of some two thousand Sindari Elves from High Forest arrived under the command of Hammon Winterdew and would block the western approach into Silvermoon awaiting the arrival of the main force led by Malfurion. Arriving at Silvermoon with nearly one hundred and fifty thousand SIndari Elves at his back Malfurion would demand the return of his brother to stand for trial, and at first Laera would refuse, but as the High Forest siege of Silvermoon continued many Sindari in his own ranks whispered of the right of Malfurions claims and thus he was forced to relent and returned Illidan to Malfurion, but the relationship between High Forest, and Athel Loren was broken. While Malfurion was willing to fight over the return of his brother he was less willing to fight over Maen Sunstrider of which Illidan once he was returned to the High Forest lines would take as a betrayal and not even the words of Tyrande could stop him from abandoning his brother who had just saved him.

Founding of Lothlorian[]

The Founding of the Kingdom of Lothlorian
I had to carve out a new destiny for our people. The Sindar Elves would only find themselves destroyed if they follow Malfurion any further. It was time for a new path.
The Result of the Sindari Exodus from Ulthuan
Grouping Site of Settlement Population
Malfurion's Elves High Forest Upwards of 950,000 Sindari Elves heavily devided between fighters, civilians and children.
Laera Sunstrider's Elves Athel Loren Around 400,000 Sindari Elves heavily divided between fighters, civilians, and children.
I had to carve out a new destiny for our people. The Sindar Elves would only find themselves destroyed if they follow Malfurion any further. It was time for a new path.
Laera Sunstrider

As Malfurion Stormrage started the exodus of the Sindar Elves the second most powerful Sindar Elf in Laera Sunstrider took his followers and went as well. During the crossing he used Magi to make sure that certain ships were delayed quite heavily. In this way the ships of his followers as well as several other Sindar Elves that he wanted did not arrive in France until nearly two months later. As time wore on the Elves on board became horrified that they would never arrive, and that some great evil was delaying them, but each day Laera Sunstrider used his charisma to control more and more of the Elves. By this point Laera Sunstrider spread word to his supporters amongst Malfurion that the ships had crashed into rocks leaving the fleet of Laera dead or lost in the waters. Malfurion with great sadness would leave behind volunteers of whom took the form of Laera supporters to wait for the stragglers but he took the rest of the Sindar Elves with him to High Forest. When the second wave finally did arrive in France and did not find Malfurion waiting for them those who were not among the devout followers of Laera were scared, and open to manipulation. Laera used this moment to rally the second wave of Sindar Elves of which there were many of his personal followers, and brought them to the forest of Lothlorian which was the forest scouted by Sylvanus during the War of Vengeance, and of which she had advised him of.

We had travelled all this way, and yet here I stood on the edge of a lake that was supposed to lead us to everything we would need, and I saw nothing.
Laera

When the Elves arrived in Athel Loren they were guided throughout by Sylvanas who had intimate knowledge of the forest. In this way the large group of Sindar Elves was able to dramatically eliminate the local Trolloc without much difficulty. With the forest clear Sylvanus lead Laera to the island that she had seen, and been told by Illidan was a source of great power, but when they arrived there Laera discovered that they had been tricked by Illidan and that there was nothing special about the island. As he prepared to give up on this spot out of the water appeared Illidan Stormrage. Illidan begged to speak to Laera priveatly and when he agreed the two discussed how Illidan had absorbed the Skull of Maethor thanks to the efforts of his children and for this he wished to meand the differences between the two by helping to craft a massive devise which would be able to harnass a massive amount of Magi, and become the culmination of everything that Laera had ever dreamed of. Laera was skeptical at best but told Illidan that he had one year to complete the devise, and if he succeded then all would be forgiven but if he failed then he would hunt him down and kill him. Following this Illidan travelled to the Island of Quel`Dalas as the Elves had come to call it, and begin constructing the Sunwell. While working on this he was watched over by Laera`s trusted daughter Maen`Tryden Sunstrider who was a youthful but still gifted Magi. As the sunwell was being constructed the Elves obviously could not sit idle so they were joined together and begin constructing the city of Silvermoon.

Founding of Silvermoon[]

COming of High FOrest
Silvermoon was our future. It was everything.
Laera Sunstrider

Silvermoon was constructed over the course of the year that Illidan was constructing the Sunwell, and during this time the Sindar Elves who were heavy in number constructed a city that could home the entire group of them meaning that the well over 400,000 Elves at the time needed to live there. While most of the population of 400,000 begin the construction of small farms and villages almost half the population there would come to live within the city itself and the surrounding estates. The city was constructed out of white stone and living plants in the style of the ancient Ulthuani empire and interwoven with the natural topography of the landscape. The city contained the famous Academies of Silvermoon as a center for the learning of Arcane Magic and Sunstrider Spire, a majestic palace home to the Royal family of the Sindar Elves of Athel Loren. The Convocation of Silvermoon (also known as "The Council of Silvermoon"), the ruling body of the Sindar elves was also based here within the Court of the Sun. Nearly a year after starting the construction and nearing completion the entire society of Athel Loren stopped as Illidan returned to the main island accompanied still by Maen`Tryden.

The Betrayal[]

Illidan Stormrage Cover Founding
I held up my end of the bargain Sunstrider. Its your turn to hold up your end of our deal.
Illidan Stormrage

Illidan would come shore with Maen`Tryden still at his side but she was now clearly quite pregnant, and this caused great anger from Laera Sunstrider of whom had planned her marriage to nobles loyal to him and this put a serious wrinkle in his plans. From this anger he would reject the deal he had with Illidan Stormage and after a great argument broke out Illidan would be taken into chains while Maen`Tryden would also be taken to the palace and kept locked away. Illidan would be kept under guard by Maeiv Shadowsong of whom would be placed in charge of the new Lothlorian Barrow Dens which would serve as a large prison for Athel Loren. While Illidan and Maen`Tryden remained locked away the upper echolon of the forces of Laera Sunstrider would travel to the now created Sunwell and upon arrival basked in its power with several passing out from the effects of the Sunwell. Large forces were brought to the island where they would construct the fortress of Quel'Dalas and completely cover the Sunwell within. While this was happening communication begin to open fully between High Forest where the main force of the Sindar Elves had landed, and the now growing lands of Laera Sunstrider of which Laera attempted to slow as he wanted to keep complete control. After years of construction Laera would stand over the top leadership and proclaim the creation of the Kingdom of Lothlorian, and in his first act he ordered the execution of his sister, and Illidan for treason.

Give me my brother. He needs to pay for his crimes, but not this way. Laera listen to reason.
Malfurion Stormrage

It was while the city of Silvermoon was under construction and in the years that followed that Alleria Windrunner would leave behind her children and husband while she and Sylvanus attempted to find out what had happened to their sister Valeria who had travelled with Malfurion. As the preperations were being made for the two's execution Alleria Sunstrider would sectrely send word to Malfurion Stormrage in High Forest of what was happening, and after the initial shock that the Sindari Elves had survived in the second group Malfurion would go to Athel Loren in large force. Captain Vur'talos Darkshadow would arrive before the main High Forest army with some four hundred sentinels and would relay the coming of Malfurion Stormrage to the Lothlorian commanders of whom led by Laera planned to resist and tried to kill Illidan but found his, and Maen'Tyrden's cell's were locked through Magi and they couldn't get in. Moving in from the west another force of some two thousand Sindari Elves from High Forest arrived under the command of Hammon Winterdew and would block the western approach into Silvermoon awaiting the arrival of the main force led by Malfurion. Arriving at Silvermoon with nearly one hundred and fifty thousand SIndari Elves at his back Malfurion would demand the return of his brother to stand for trial, and at first Laera would refuse, but as the High Forest siege of Silvermoon continued many Sindari in his own ranks whispered of the right of Malfurions claims and thus he was forced to relent and returned Illidan to Malfurion, but the relationship between High Forest, and Athel Loren was broken. While Malfurion was willing to fight over the return of his brother he was less willing to fight over Maen Sunstrider of which Illidan once he was returned to the High Forest lines would take as a betrayal and not even the words of Tyrande could stop him from abandoning his brother who had just saved him. 


Runestones[]

The construction of the Runestones was a religious effort for the Lothlorian Elves, and for the Sentinels/Sindar Elves this was the culmination of all the work the forest needed to finally protect itself. Following the contruction of the Sunwell, and Silvermoon city the Elves begin to expand beyond the natural bounderies of Silvermoon, and the region around it, and thus with this expansion came the growth in deaths amongst these expansions from the nearbye Trolloc who still entered the forest basically at will. In order to change this the easily accesible areas of the forest were laced with Runestones that made entry through them extremely painful except for through small entry points. Having entry points meant that the Sentinels, and the rest of the Lothlorian army could more easily focus on the attackers and not have to defend a vast forest that spread them too thin. As these runestones came to be more numerous the expansion of the kingdom came to coincide with the location of the Runestones, and thus in areas where they were heavily concentrated you would very likely find a large settlement.

Lothlorian Civil War[]

Main Article : Lothlorian Civil War

The War in France[]

Main Article : War in France

The Orcish Invasion of Athel Loren
This forest protects us. You shall never pass these walls. Never.

Orcish Invasion of Athel Loren[]

Regina Eisenburg Cover1

Regina Eisenburg and Valeera would bond giving to the elimination of the resistence of the expanding relationship between Malitivan and Kael'Thalas.

Maybe not today. It might not be tomorrow. It might not be soon, but the truth is that every day you bring us closer to the humans is a day closer to them leading down a very bloody road. Blood and death are all there people know.
Valeera Sunstrider

The Kingdom of Lothlorian had historically been laize faire towards the Kingdom of Bretonia with the two mighty nations basically ignoring each other, but this changed dramatically following the meeting of Maltivian Eisenburg, and Kael'Thalas Sunstrider. Watching her husband grow closer to Maltivian it was Valeera Sunstrider that was constantly vigilant about protecting her husband from growing to close to the prince of the Bretonia. She warned Kael that the humans were not long for this world, and that getting involved with them would do nothing but bring trouble to the forests of Athel Loren. Despite her warnings Kael and Maltivian grew to be great friends and it was because of this friendship even more then the strategic importance that the Lothlorians became heavily involved in the War in France.

Second Assault[]

Total Defeat[]

The Orcs would mass one more time with a larger force then the second time as they received nearly a hundred thousand more troops incoming from Hispania, and moved forward towards the First Gate Once More. This time the army was led by two High Orcs in the form of of whom Incorporated dozens of Orc Magi into their assault of which greatly weakened the effects of the Elven Magi defenses allowing the Orc scouts to move into the actual forests where skirmishes quickly broke out between the Sentinels defending the trees and the hundreds of Orc irregulars that flowed into the forests around the main gate.

The Netherstorm[]

Main Article : Netherstorm

The Netherstorm
This was meant to destroy us but I believe it shall be our salvation.
Tenris Mirkblood
We had grown comfortable in our safety. We were blinded by it, and it almost cost us everything.
Kael'Thalas Sunstrider

With the situation in the Kingdom of Lothlorian undergoing a dramatic growth there seemed nothing that could stop them from growing more and more. The threat from the Trollocs and Orcs were little due to the massive defences around the Gatekeeps, and the growing military. Quel'Thalas was too busy surviving against the Trollocs to actually put up any kind of threat to them so internal issues were the discussion of the day inside the Kingdom of Lothlorian. This would change in a moment with the arrival of Tenris Mirkblood of whome was one of the princes of the San'Layn. Tenris arrived in Athel Loren on the northern border and met with members of the silent remaining members of the San'Layn in Athel Loren. This group snuck him inside of the kingdom and past the runestones meant to protect the kingdom from such individuals. As he arrived in the western part of the forest he and his members would begin setting up the ritual that was meant to tear the forest apart from within. Tenris Mirkblood created a portal which he used to summon in the prepared armies of the San'Layn. The moment the portal was opened though the Lothlorians understood that something was wrong and they mobilized themselves to repel the invaders, and in these early moments the Lothlorians who were attacking without knowledge of the Tempest Keep found themselves with a great advantage. As the Lothlorians mobilized they discovered that they were facing a large threat when the San'Layn moved Tempest Keep through the portal. Tempest Keep was a truly massive floating fortress that was manned by hundreds of San'Layn and thousands of their undead solders as well.

Tempest Keep[]

Main Article : Tempest Keep

Tempest Keep1
My King they have attacked with some sort of floating city. It is devestating our forces, and I do not know what manner of weapons to defeat it with.
Pantheon

The Tempest Keep acted as a massive fortress which would block the relief forces from being able to attack Tenris Mirkblood and his attempts to destroy the Sunwell through the use of the spell. The Lothlorians attempted to attack Tempest Keep but discovered that the fortress was massively defended and had extreme firepower which could only be stopped by actually assualting the keep itself. The keep was defended on the ground by the massive army of the undead and since it was in floating in the air only an air assault could dislodge the fortress. As the spell reached its closing point the Magisters in the Sunwell begin to enact spells in an attempt to delay the spell being cast, and this caused a massive battle between the two forces with the San'Layn already so far ahead that they were pushing the Magisters massively in the wrong direction. As the Magi battle turned against them they discovered the water around the Sunwell litterly tearing itself apart with the power of the spell.

Assault on the Eye[]

This will be the last time I am found with my hands up not knowing what to do. I will never again allow my enemies to make me look foolish, and I certainly will never again allow my enemies to damage my people in this way.
Kael'Thalas Sunstrider
Tempest Keep The Eye

With the spell nearing completion the Lothlorians launched a massive air assault led by Kael'Thalas, and many of his luitenants invading all across the Keep. As the assault continued the defenders of whome were mainly elite San'Layn defenders along with Prince Taldarum of whome defended the main theatre of the Tempest Keep in the Eye. As the defenders fell one by one to the attacking Lothlorians they discovered that the Lothlorians took control of the Mechanar one of the three platforms of the Tempest Keep. With control of the Mechanar they flooded attacks against the Eye where the Lothlorians were now in an all out attack on in an attempt to take it before the spell was completed. In the Eye Kael'Thalas battled Taldarum and after a tough battle he beat Taldarum but he was saved from death by Haernene Kellblood who whisked his broken body from the Eye surrendering Tempest Keep to the Lothlorians. With the fall of Tempest Keep the Lothlorian army proceeded to beat back the undead army defending Tenris and they entered the summoning area just as Tenris was nearing completeting.

Creation of Netherstorm[]

Netherstorm
Even in victory it was a minor defeat.
Kael'Thalas Sunstrider

As the two forces battled to stop or allow Tenris to complete the spell the entire situation became too late when Tenris unleashed his Magi in the air and as the beam came back down and he prepared to push it towards the Sunwell Kael'Thalas unleashed a massive bolt of Magi at Tenris which caused the instant death of all of his companion summoners, and caused Tenris to fall to the ground and thereby the spell continued straight down and pushed straight into the ground causing a massive explosion. When the explosion cleared the San'Layn were gone as they had been taken away by the power of the spell as the portal to Icecrown had collapsed. The Lothlorians picked themselves up and surveyed the damage. A massive crater had been created throughout the west of Athel Loren from which the sky above was litterly a purple tinge from the power of the spell. Standing in the middle of the storm remained Tempest Keep of which pieces of the keep had fallen from the sky and were scattered throughout the land. With a massive portion of the forest now known as the Netherstorm the Lothlorian Elves realized that they had an external threat in the form of the San'Layn.

The threat of the San'Layn was something I believed was gone. I believed that in my core and for that we have been dealt a massive blow to our people. I have failed to protect our people in the way I had promised I would. For that I will make them pay. I will carve a bloody path through the San'Layn.
Kael'Thalas Sunstrider

As the Lothlorian Elves surveyed the damage though they found the remains of two destoyed satelites from the Tempest Keep, and they had broken into pieces all across the Netherstorm, and out of the tears in the world itself had formed. Zerevor Sunsorrow and several other Magi were able to tap into these rifts and with hundreds of workers brought in from the capital they were able to seal them behind the remains of the satelites. As they continued to work they discovered that they could harnass some of the releasing energy into cubes of which contained pure pieces of the Fade, and the Magi itself. With this in mind Kael'Thalas would form the Order of the Netherstorm under the command of Zerevor Sunsorrow and they would be charge of creating these Magi cubes from the Mana forges set up throughout the Netherstorm.

Goverment[]

High King of Lothlorian[]

The Kingdom of Lothlorian is ruled by the King of Lothlorian and the king is responsible for basically all decisions made in the Kingdom. The position is heriditary but their have been numerous changes in families since the beginning of the Kingdom. The High King of Lothlorian nominally rules from Silvermoon City, and the city itself is his heridetary manorship of which he recieves the revenues from and the control of the personal military of the city. The High King of Lothlorian is also one of the only three Lothlorian Elves that has the ability to enter the Sunwell, as for nearly everyone else it is forbidden to enter the most inner sanctum of the Sunwell.

Name Reign Notes
Laera Sunstrider -2893 to -408 Killed during First Lothlorian-Trolloc War
Kael'Thalas Sunstrider -408 to Current

Lothlorian Council[]

The Lothlorian Council are the leaders of the five main Orders within the Kingdom of Lothlorian. The Lothlorian Council has its own palace within the capital of Silvermoon, and they are appointed upon the beggining of a new High King of the Lothlorians. In this way they are meant to not be a backstop to the power of the High King but instead they are to be extremely loyal to the High King to such a level that they will serve for life and only death or the removal of them by the High King can allow them to leave the position.

Lord of Tempest Keep[]

Main Article : Tempest Keep

The Lord of the Tempest Keep is the Lothlorian Elf that is placed in charge of the Tempest Keep, and the Crimson Hand of whom are the military Order that has control of the Tempest Keep. The Lord of the Tempest Keep commands over his charges from the Tempest Keep itself, and his command itself is placed in the Eye of the Tempest Keep. The Lord of the Tempest Keep in terms of the Council of Lothlorian stands as the third most powerful member of the council, but considering how new the position is this is an incredible rise to power. The Crimson Hand is supremely powerful militarily, and while not an actual competitor in numbers or eliteness to the Shatter Suns the Crimson Hand is extremely elite in its own right, and within the Botanica contains a massive roost of Pheonix Birds of which are seen as another future mount for the Lothlorian Elves.

Name Seat Family
Pathaleon Nightforge Tempest Keep Nightforge Family

High Nethermancer[]

Main Article : Order of the Netherstorm

The Order of the Netherstorm is the order that defends, and maintains the province of Netherstorm in the north west of Athel Loren. The Order of the Netherstorm was founded after the Invasion of the Netherstorm by the San'Layn and the main purpose was to siphon for themselves the massive amounts of untapped Magi that was spreading throughout Netherstorm. The Order of the Netherstorm produces a massive amount of Magi from the Mana forges that they run and operate, and though this they send this Magi back to the Sunwell in the shape of Magi cubes of which are released into the Sunwell and have been adding to the power of the Sunwell as they do this. Alongside this the Order of the Netherstorm under the most secretive of commands known only by Kael'Thalas Sunstrider has also begun to form its own Sunwell version in the form of the Netherstorm Sunwell where while its still in its infantcy the Netherstorm Sunwell could change the fabric of the Kingdom of Lothlorian.

Name Seat Family
Zerevor Sunsorrow Silvermoon Sunsorrow Family

High Lord of the Shattered Sun[]

Main Article : Order of the Shattered Sun

The High Lord of the Shattered Sun is the commander of the Shattered Sun of which is the most elite, and well trained devision of the Kingdom of Lothlorian. The Offensive's main base is located on Quel'Danas in an area called Sun's Reach, on the island's northwestern corner and it is here where there massive training fields are located alongside their heavily fortified armories within the Sun's Reach. The Shattered Sun act as well as the commanders for every fortress, gatehouse, and defence base for any military formation of the Lothlorian Elves, with one of their largest presences being at the Gates into Athel Loren where they stand as the command base, as well as the most elite formations of the gatehouses.

Name Seat Family
Gathios Sunstriver Sunwell Sunstriver Family

Grand Magister[]

Main Article : Lothlorian Magisters

The Lothlorian Magisters are the Order of Magi within the Kingdom of Lothlorian, and they gaurd the Sunwell, as well as maintain its use, and most recently work alongside the Nethertorm Order in order to expand out the Sunwell. The Grand Magister of the Lothlorian Magisters leads the Order but unlike many of the other Council Members he is burdoned by many other influencial members of the Sunseekers Council of which the Grand Magister is only a member of, and his only increased power is that he has three votes on the Council of ten instead of the other seven having one.

Name Seat Family
Solarian Brightblaze Sunwell Brightblaze Family

Farstrider General[]

Main Article : Order of the Farstriders

The border of the Kingdom is protected with the Magical barriers but in order to keep enemies away from the actual barriers the Sindarian Elf way has always been Sentinels. The leader of the Sentinels is a very powerful position in that the commander controls the recruitment, training and deployment of the Sentinels.

Name Seat Family
Sylvanus Windrunner Silvermoon Windrunner Family

Culture[]

Names[]

Blood elf maiden

A female Lothlorian Elf

As seen with most Sindar Elves who survived the Exodus eastward, the sin'dorei have (for the most part) retained their quel'dorei names. As such, the same naming rules are typical of their high elven cousins. The Sindar and Lothlorian elves share a connection with the sun that is quite prevalent in their choice of family names.

  • Male Names: Mariel, Athaniar, Anandor, Tharama, Viridiel, Malanior.
  • Female Names: Anarial, Freja, Driana, Coria, Alanassori, Melanion, Azshara.
  • Family Names: Boughstrider, Dawnblade, Lightbringer, Morningray, Suntreader.

Unlike the High elves, or their Sindar Elven cousins however, a number of Lothlorian elves have taken on more aggressive surnames - often incorporating the word "blood" into their identity, which had not been heard of prior to the sin'dorei coming to power. Presumably, this is to better illustrate their cultural identity and their drive for vengeance, as many blood elves would have lost family members during the Scourge massacre. This is particularly prevalent within the Blood Knight order, which displays a number of members bearing the term - Bloodvalor, Bloodsworn, Bloodwrath, among others. A number of blood elven ranks, titles and organization names have been fashioned to better convey this, such as "Blood Lord" and "Blood mage", and indeed, the term "Blood Knight" itself.

Hawkstrider

Mounts[]

The Lothlorian most common mount is the hawkstrider, a cockatrice-like creature that appears to be native to the forests of Athel Loren, found no-where else in Earth aside from in the Lothlorian Elvish care. When Kael'thas led his followers into the War in France, the vibrant hawkstriders that were brought with them proved to be welcome reminders of the Lothlorian beauteous home in Athel Loren. Valued for their trustworthiness and speed, these colorful avian creatures embody the inherent splendor of the forests within the Lothlorian elven kingdom. While tragedy has befallen Athel Loren in recent years, the hawkstriders remain an integral part of the elves’ day-to-day lives.

Dragonhawks are another creature the Lothlorian elves have a positive relationship with. They have been used as flying mounts, and have battled alongside their elven masters in several conflicts. The Farstriders mounted them for an aerial assault against the Orcs as they attempted to take control of Athel Loren during the Fall of France.

Arcane Gaurdian[]

Main Article : Lothlorian Arcane Constructs

Arcane Gaurdian

In addition to this, the Lothlorian elves keep and control a large number of magically-imbued guardians to supplement their own guard force, named the Arcane Guardians. These hulking, robotic constructs serve as Silvermoon City's elite patrol force, with the ability to seek out and destroy enemies regardless of where they hide. They are also employed by the Blood Knight order, as seen with Gatewatcher Aendor and his ilk, and the Scryers have also created their own guardians. After the reclamation of the Sunwell, the Arcane Guardians have also been stationed around the holy font of power to assist the blood elven guard force there. It appears that these guardians were created during the reign of King Anasterian, though the quel'dorei had never been seen to make use of them prior to their conversion to sin'dorei.

The Arcane Guardians have also been used as a propagandistic tool by the magisters, and will periodically remind citizens that the laws of Silvermoon must be obeyed, that Lor'themar Theron will lead them to power and glory, that Athel Loren will remain strong in the wake of the Sindar Elves betrayal, and will openly encourage the citizens of Silvermoon to live their lives in happiness.

Population[]

Main Article : Sindar Elves

The Kingdom of Lothlorian is populated by Sindar Elves of the Lothlorian Sub-sect. The Lothlorian Elves have changed from regular Sindar Elves in that there magi dependancy has made their appearance drastically in some cases different. The Lothlorian Elves are quite unque in that there males as well as many females are obsessive users of Magi of which they have harnassed through their creation in the Sunwell. The Sindar Elves listened to their leadership and because of this they slowly begin to use Magi, and stop communicating on the same level with the forest. As this continued to happen the litteral appearance of the Lothlorian Elves begin to change and they all seemed to grow blonde hair and culturally they became obsessive wearers of red. No longer truly Sindar, they are not High Elves, and they are not dark enough to be Dark Elves, and this makes the Kingdom of Lothlorian extremely unique.

Points of Interest[]

Cities of Lothlorian[]

Name Location Lord Note
Silvermoon City
Quel'Dalas
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Silvermoon City[]

See Also : Silvermoon City

Silvermoon City is the Capital of Lothlorian, and one of the largest Elven cities on Earth, and without question the largest Sindar Elven city. It has grown steadily since its founding and remains to this day the center of Lothlorian political and cultural lands perhaps second to only theSunwell. Silvermoon city is located in the Eversong area of Athel Loren which remains the most heavily defended and safe areas in the entire Kingdom of Lothlorian. Because of this protection the walls and defences of the city itself have become increasingly more ceremonial in nature due to the lack of any threat to the city.

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Quel'Dalas
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See Also : Quel'Dalas

"In time, the light and hope within will rebirth more than this mere fount of power. Mayhap, they will rebirth the soul of a nation."

-King Aenestatian  during the construction of the Sunwell

Quel'Dalas is an island in the center of Athel Loren that houses the Palace of the Sunwell.

The Island itself since it holds so much of the important parts of the Kingdom of Lothlorian has become an almost religious area, that the people of Lothlorian was created by the first King of Lothlorian by using just his mind. Alongside this religious part the island is the center of the religious politics of Lothlorian due to this being the home of the Sunwell.

Quel'Lania

Towns[]

Fairbreeze

Failtharion

Unique Areas[]

Runestone Falithas

The Runestones[]

See Also : The Runestones

The Runestones of Athel Loren are the first line of defence for the Lothlorian Elves of the Kingdom of Lothlorian . The Runestones push out a magical shield that cannot be passed through except for a few hidden spots as well as the main gate of Athel Loren located aroundQuel'Lania.

The Runestones do not stretch across the entirety of the forest, but they are designed to surroud the most densly populated areas of the forest so that in an attack the populated areas will be safe. This strategy means that for the areas outside of this including much of the villages of the forest they are still open to attack.

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The Sunwell[]

See Also : The Sunwell

The Sunwell is an amazingly powerful Magi device crafted by theLothlorian Sindar Elves to harness and magnify their Magi powers. The Sunwell sits on the Lothlorian island of Quel'Dalas and is housed within the magnificant Sunwell Palace.

Crafted early in the History of the Kingdom of Lothlorian the devise has cemented the Lothlorian obsession with Magi, and has become the focal point of a unique Lothlorian religion. During the Lothlorian Civil War it was the Sunwell that became the focal point of the later conflict between the San`Layn, and the Lothlorian Elves, which ended with the brief capture of the sunwell by the San`Layn and then recaptured by the Lothlorians. Since this the operation and control of the Sunwell has been more important and because of this the Lothlorians have created the most elite warriors in the KIngdom in the Shattered Sun Order.

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