Elwynn

Elwynn
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Feudal Status:	Imperial State
Capital:	Eliria
Largest Cities:	Ardashirshahr, Anun, Avaldsnes, Caligae, Eliria, Fjǫrleifsbýur, Rǫvarsbýur
Local Leadership Title:	King of Elwynn
Local Government:	Absolute Monarchy
Current leader:	Thorstein Noah Ayreon-Kalirion and Ettlingar Freyu
Local language:	Common Tongue, Elwynnese Languages
Local Religion:	Bovic Faith, Froyalanish Ancient Ways, Holy Church of the Divine Icebear, Treesian Unorthodoxy, Zurvanism,

The political map of Elwynn as it was in the year 1629.

Elwynn is the traditional name of the Benacian lands which are situated between the two arms of the River Elwynn before they merge at Shirekeep. The name Elwynn comes from a goddess with the same name who originally hailed from the Treesian pantheon. Elwynn is nowadays an Imperial State of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth and the style and name of its body politic is Elwynnese Union. It is noted for its violent and complex history, its significant minority populations, and for its long period of independence from direct Imperial control.

History

See the History of Elwynn.

Demographics

See the Twelve Peoples of Elwynn & the Demographics of Elwynn.

Language

See Elw language for more details.

Elw is the language of the indigenous eponymous ethnic group that comprises the largest segment of the population. Owing to the significant ethno-cultural diversity of the immigrant and regional populations of Elwynn there are a great variety of other languages spoken within the Elwynnese Union, these include Babkhi and Kalasperin, Farewellish, Froyalanish and Wintergleamish as well as various Norse dialects.

The Common Tongue serves the necessary purpose of a lingua franca for government business, commerce and day to day living.

Names of Elwynn

For more information on the names for Elwynn as given in the Elw language, see the article Elw titles.

Elwynn has acquired a variety of names over the course of its existence owing not only to the variety of peoples that call it home but also to the tendency of some ethno-cultural groups, particularly the Froyalanish, to bestow extravagant poetic and attributive names upon their homeland. This is not an exhaustive list:

• Eluin;
  
• Eluinshahr;
  
• Elwyna;
  
• Flower of the North;
  
• Froyalan;
  
• Jewel of Many Facets;
• Lands of the Two Sacred Rivers.