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YVRESSE
Yvresse is a misty realm surrounding the old city of Tor Yvresse. The people of this land raise regiments of some of the most determined and steadfast warriors of Ulthuan, as befits the homeland of Eltharion and so many other paladins. The favoured weapon is the spear, and the warriors fight shoulder to shoulder with almost unshakable discipline.
THE SHADOWLANDS
The kingdom once known as Nagarythe was destroyed by the sorcery of the Dark Elves during the Sundering. Its population was scattered and became nomadic, wandering in the wilderness of northen Ulthuan. The warriors of this realm are known as Shadow Warriors. Organised in small bands, they specialise in seeking and ambushing Dark Elf raiders. They favour dark tinted armour and tunics and plumes decorated with dark colours, especially blues and sombre greys.
COTHIQUE
This realm has rocky coasts and trecherous seas, so it comes as no surprise that its inhabitants are all skilled seafarers. In the coastal cities hals the Elven warriors are at sea at any time, while the other half are at home guarding the coasts. Elves whose families came from Cothique can be found in all the great Elven colonies overseas. The warriors are also sailors who spend much of their time at sea and fight most of their battles against seaborne enemies and raiders. Encounters with sea monsters are a regular part of a warriors life, and some wear cloaks made from the hides of these creatures or armour styled in the fasion of sea serpents heads. Armour is often tinted in shades of green or blue.
AVELORN
This wooded realm is the domain of the Everqueen. Those who dwell here specialise in archery. It is said that some of the Wood Elf kindreds of Athel Loren in the Old World are descended from the people of Avelorn. The most renowned regiment of Avelorn is the Everqueens warrior guard of Elf Maids. Warriors of Avelorn are most likely to wear green plumes or embroided decoration with floral designs. Armour may sometimes be styled in floral or leaf shapes.
CHRACE
Chrace is mountainous and forested region. The inhabitants are all renowned as skilled hunters. Warriors often wear furs or animal pelts over their armour as cloaks or decorative collars. The most famous are the Lion Guard who guard the Phoenix King. They are distinguished by their white lion pelts and woodsmen's axes.
CALLEDOR
Caledor is a sparsely populated, rugged, volcanic region which has been the home to Dragons since ancient times. The folk of Caledor favour hot fiery colours for their plumes and decorative motifs, and they are the only Elves who commonly use black for plumes and crests. The taming of Dragons is a warrior tradition in Caledor, and it is from here that the Dragon Princes come. Their armour is often tinted green or sometimes red, and its design is intended to reflect the scales and horny spines of the Dragons. Such is the pride of the Dragon Prince, that theirs is the only banner that remains errect while all the other banners are dipped to ackknowledge the rule of the Phoenix King prior to battle.
ELLYRION
Ellyrion is a region of verdant open plains, and is domain of the horse kindreds with their herds of fine Elven Steeds. By tradition, the warriors of this realm are expert riders, taught from a young age the arts of horseback warfare. These warriors, known as Ellyrion Reavers, are experts with both spear and bow. A distinctive feature of the Reavers is their elegant, flowing plumed helmets.
EATAINE
Eataine is the mightiest of the Kingdoms of Ulthuan, centered around the Emerald Gate and the city of Lothern. Many merchants dwell here and send forth colonists to the four corners of the known world. This is a populous region which maintains a large number of troops. Its warriors are skilled with both the bow and the spear and are excellently equipped with the finest weapons and armour. The nobles dress in splendid robes and often wear ornate armour decorated with precious gemstones and valuble metals. These warriors fight on both land and sea, and have detachments skilled in the use of the repeater bolt thrower, which can be either mounted onboard or removed for use on land. The best warriors sever in the Sea Guard, a large body of troops whose regiments are based in Lothern, but also travel throughout the world with the Phoenix King's armies.
TIRANOC
Originally, this coastal realm had broad expanses of sandy beach and rolling downlands, riing suddenly into snow capped peaks. Of all the realms of Ulthuan it was the most wealthy and the most densly populated. The warriors followed a very ancient tradition of fighting from chariots as suited the landscape. During the Sundering Tiranoc was flooded by the sea and dissapeared almost completely. The coastal cities were overwhelmed and their mercantile descendants survive today only in far flung colonies. Inland, on the lower slopes of the mountains, the warriors cling to their age-old tradition of charioteers of great skill.
SAPHERY
This realm is noted for wizardry and within it stands the White Tower, home of the Loremasters of Hoeth. It is a sparsely populated land. The nobility of Saphery study the arts of magic and many choose to fight in battle as wizards. From all over Ulthuan determined young Elves also come to Saphery in the hope of being accepted into the order of Swordmasters of Hoeth. These elite warriors are trained by the Loremasters in the most ancient and arcane of Martial Arts. Their distinctive weapon is the double-handed broadsword, a massive weapon they weild as easily as an ordinary Elf might brandish a knife or dagger.

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