# NPC: Tree-King Olandir **Tree-King Olandir** is the ruler of [[Region - True Sylvaria]] and head of [[Faction - House Greenroot]], the wood elf royal dynasty. He has reigned for over 200 years from [[City - Treeheart]]. ## Role & Background - **Role:** Tree-King of Silvaria, sovereign of the wood elves - **House:** [[Faction - House Greenroot]] - **Seat:** [[Landmark - The Rising Chair]] in [[City - Treeheart]] - Chosen as king from among his generation of brothers (wood elf succession is not by primogeniture) ## Ruling Style Olandir does not rule in isolation but alongside his six brothers, who serve as princes: - **Taryn Greenroot** - **Arrien Greenroot** - **Caladar Greenroot** - **Onwem Greenroot** - **Ornir Greenroot** - **Vesuu Greenroot** ## Accomplishments Olandir has proven himself a highly capable sovereign: - Successfully secured the borders of the Syndani Forest against modernisation and encroachment - Ended the exhausted mountainous wars that ravaged wood elf borders for a millennium - Secured tenuous peace treaties with the kingdoms of men and the dwarven holds - Established exclusive (if limited) trade agreements with the Dwarves of Greyrock Isle - Maintained harmonious relations with [[Region - High Vel'Nora]] ## Challenges Despite formal treaties, the court remains in constant vigilance: - Faces frequent illegal intrusions from human logging interests (from Durdany and [[Nation - Prosperia]]) - Must maintain a formidable forest guard under the command of the brother-princes - Balances tradition with the pressures of a modernising world ## Philosophy Under his steady hand, the wood elves have preserved their ancient ways while adapting to new threats. The Greenroot dynasty ensures that while the forest may be shrinking, the spirit of the wood remains as fierce and untamed as it was a thousand years ago.