House Elmwood

Summary
Elmwood is a mothertree village in the Nieden region, like all mothertrees, Elmwood sprouted from the sacret forest called "The Everglade". Residing in the Sapphire Commonwealth Elmwood is a highly valuable agricultural and trade district for its many allies, providing many things for the other cities around the Sapphire Commonwealth like - mushrooms and carrots. There is quite a cultural difference between the Glade Elves of Elmwood, and the Najer, as the Najer are either a nomadic people, or a highly developed civilised peoples whereas the Glade Elves of Elmwood are a tribal society rarely ever leaving their home - quite the opposite really.

History
The Glade Elves are descendants from Celestial Elves who established colonies in Najer a very long time ago. It was at this time Eostre saw a future, her forest burning, pillaged, razed... so she sends a call to the recently established Elves, some rejected it, others ventured into the dense forest. The Elven colonies only barely survived the rapid drop in population, yet managed to keep the colonies established for years - the Elves who ventured into the forest did not return nor did they give any signs of life, they assumed the unforgiving nature killed them all. The thriving nature of the Elven colonies angered the Niedene people, despite the overwhelming numbers of the Niedenians the Elves made them pay for every inch of ground, alas, the Elves were defeated, decimated... in the years since Eostre made the call, she had been training the Elves to live amongst the forest, and now it was time. The Niedenians made their way into the forest, burning trees as they passed them with their torches, the Niedenians were met with arrows from atop the trees, though chaos ensued as they could not see the Glade Elves covered by the dense leaves, the vines picking the men up by the necks and crushing their throats, the roots pulling them from their ankles and underground to be ripped apart, eventually the Niedenian's moral was crushed by the sorcery of this forest and they ran back to their homeland. Centuries passed as the Glade Elves living in isolation inside the forest, not being able to trust men after the destruction they brought. The new settlers of Najer never ventured into the forest, as any who went in never came out again, the Glade Elves were seen as folklore, given fairy-like stories to entertain the children, eventually an organisation with a logo of a black field with a red staff and a circle around it started putting boxes of things right on the edge of the forest, things like boxes of wine, jewelry, cured meats, jams, cheeses with notes like "for you, forest dwellers". this striked the Glade Elves' curiosity and so they sent parties of 4-6 out of the forest to explore, to their suprise they found cities built of sand and stone. The humans welcomed them, though the explorers were on edge due to hearing about how bad humans are their whole life - trust grew more and more as the Glade Elves sent more envoys to the human cities and eventually grew trade relations and even joining the Emirate of Najer. After some time a man wearing the same logo seen on the boxes outside the forest casually walks into the forest, attempting to traverse above all the roots and weeds, the guards had their arrows drawn but instead ran back to call the King, the King approached the man.

"You're bold I'll give you that"

"What? Couldn't see me coming?"

"You walk so loud I could've shot you with my eyes closed."

They both share a laugh and the man is invited to the tea house to discuss, he introduces himself as "Azzar" and his logo being the logo of "The Order of the Red Quarterstaff" he explains what his Order does and after more tea and eventually wine, they come to an agreement, Elmwood will be a member of the Order. The King passed laws allowing men to enter the forest and even built roads for them and to this day, the Glade Elves have friendly relations with the Order of the Red Quarterstaff, and the Emirate of Najer.