# Region: High Vel'Nora > [!info] Quick Facts > | | | > |---|---| > | **Type** | Elven Subcontinent | > | **Status** | Isolationist | > | **Government** | Sun Court | > | **Population** | High Elves | > | **Known For** | Ancestral home of all elvenkind, Adar'Sha (Great Mother Tree) | > [!map] View on Map > [Open Interactive Map →](https://hawksrepos.github.io/elvensong-map/?location=High%20Vel'Nora) **High Vel'Nora** is an **isolationist elven subcontinent**, the ancestral home of all elvenkind. It is largely closed off from foreign entanglements and trade. ## Overview High Vel'Nora is the spiritual and political centre of the elven race. While isolationist toward human nations, it maintains harmonious relations with the four wood elf kingdoms, including [[Region - True Sylvaria]]. ## The Great Mother Tree > [!abstract] The Great Mother Tree > High Vel'Nora is home to **Adar'Sha**, the Great Mother Tree—one of the sacred Great World Trees. Adar'Sha shares a spiritual and physical connection with: > - The monumental trees of [[City - Treeheart]] in [[Region - True Sylvaria]] > - **Oka Naala** (Tree of Water) on Isle Forna in Edaria > - **Vashin'Sadaa** (Tree of Fire) on Isle Forna in Edaria ## Political Structure - Home to the **Sun Court**, a powerful elven authority or ruling body - Holds enough economic and political weight that a formal trade agreement with [[City - Treston]] would be **revolutionary** - Despite being ruled by high elves, [[Region - True Sylvaria]] is well-represented in the ancestral capital, ensuring wood elf interests are voiced within the most holy sites of the elven race ## Relations with Silvaria [[Region - True Sylvaria]] maintains a close and harmonious relationship with High Vel'Nora under [[NPC - Tree-King Olandir]]'s guidance. The wood elves view themselves as kin to all natural things and maintain strong ties to their high elf cousins despite their very different cultures. ## Session 5 Relevance - [[NPC - General Hann]] seeks to form a **historic trade agreement** between Treston and High Vel'Nora. - He presents [[PC - Aelar Thaelond]] with a **draft trade contract** naming: - Hann as **Portmaster General**. - Aelar as **trade master for the Sun Court**. - Such a pact could provide a powerful **counterweight** to [[Faction - Evereach Trading Company]]’s dominance and embroil Aelar in **international elven politics**.