Avelorn

The High Elves – or the Asur, as they call themselves – are one of the most ancient and powerful civilisations of the Old World. Hailing from a mighty, mist-shrouded island-continent located at the centre of the Great Ocean, the High Elves of Ulthuan are a proud and mighty kingdom of masterful warriors, peerless mages and lords of sky and sea. At the zenith of their power, the world was truly theirs for the taking, but in their arrogance they brought about a bloody war against the Dwarfs which crippled both of these two elder races.

The time of the High Elves has passed, yet such is their immense pride that they fight on regardless, for they consider themselves the true and rightful protectors of the known world. Let the servants of destruction beware the Asur's righteous wrath!

Faction Name Avelorn

Campaign wh3_main_combi

Culture wh2_main_hef_high_elves

Subculture wh2_main_sc_hef_high_elves

Military Group wh2_main_hef

Faction Group wh2_main_fact_group_high_elves

Faction Group Name High Elves

• (wh2_dlc10_political_party_hef_alarielle)
  Alarielle ventures from Avelorn’s borders, mustering her cavalcade amongst the groves of Gaean Vale on Ulthuan’s Island of Rebirth. Avelorn lies at the heart of Ulthuan and the Everqueen is its sovereign. Her realm is the principal site of the Earth Mother, and she is regarded as the spiritual leader of the entire Elven realm. The position of the Everqueen is always taken by the previous queen's firstborn daughter, conceived during her year-long ritual marriage to the Phoenix King. After this formal marriage, they are free to take fresh consorts, but only the daughter of the Phoenix King can be the new Everqueen. Hence the queens of Avelorn have always been the Everqueens of Ulthuan, forming an unbroken chain from ages past.
  
  Avelorn itself is ancient. Its great forest is the oldest of all Elf realms. Ancient glamours lie upon its tangled groves, and creatures of legend - Treemen, Nymphs and Dryads - still walk beneath its eaves. It is a place of outstanding beauty and visceral danger to intruders, even the monsters that wander down from the Annulii mountains.
  
  The court of the Everqueen is always on the move, travelling through Avelorn from place-to-place like a great carnival, pitching silken pavilions wherever it halts. By day, silver laughter rings through the forest as the Elves make sport. By night, faerie lights flicker in the darkness, illuminating the revels and feasting.
  
  And yet, to mistake this Everqueen as merely a totem of the Earth Mother, Isha, would be unwise. She has a shrewd grasp of the political games played by Elven royals, and sends her own envoys to the courts - the Handmaidens - to ensure the good of all Ulthuan is upheld when such machinations are underway. And while Everqueens of the past may have avoided the battlefield, Alarielle the Radiant joins the fight without hesitation. Her power drawn from the hearts of all Asur, she is anathema to creatures of fell spirit, and no one can speak falsehood in her presence. So it is that a High Elf army might find glorious aid in its darkest hour, when the Radiant goes to war...
  
  Carnival of the Everqueen
  The silken pavilions of the Radiant's carnival bring revels and joy to the fey folk of Avelorn.
  
  Hero capacity: +2 for Handmaidens (faction_to_faction_own_unseen)
  Gains bonuses when all of Ulthuan is held by High Elves (faction_to_faction_own_unseen)
  Receives penalties when regions within Ulthuan are not held by High Elves (faction_to_faction_own_unseen)
  Greater Invocation of Isha: Additional bonuses for Tree Spirits units (faction_to_faction_own_unseen)
  Invocation of Lileath: Improves casting and magic item drop chance (faction_to_faction_own_unseen)
  Influence cost: -25% for Intrigue at Court actions (faction_to_faction_own_unseen)
  

Intrigue: Influence can be spent on superior Lords, or used to affect diplomacy between factions.
Espionage: Improved foreign Outposts and Allegiance point gain.
Martial Prowess: Superior coordination in melee combat when High Elves enter battle at full strength.

Faction Group

wh2_dlc09_effect_increase_army_capacity_hidden (faction_to_faction_own_unseen)
Battering rams: +1 per siege item constructed (all armies)
Siege towers: +2 per siege item constructed (all armies)
Sea Lanes journey duration: -1 turns (factionwide)
Underworld Sea travel time: -1 (factionwide)
Allegiance points gained: +100% (faction_to_faction_own_unseen)
Seductive influence: +250 required for complete seduction (faction_to_faction_own_unseen)
Seductive influence: -5 per turn from race (faction_to_faction_own_unseen)