=-The Archontie-=

[Ulfric Greyhame 46]

Race : Wood Elves

Language : Common tongue , few Greek words 

Chere=Hail

File=Friend

Anaktoro=Palace

Ne=Yes

Ochi=No

Malista=Sure

Edaksi=Okay

Kalimera=Good morning

Kalispera=Good evening

Gia=Hello/Hi

Personal traits : Patient people , good merchants , religious .

 

Lore:

When Malin created the elves , the people ( Wood elves) of Archontiai city-state left their homeland Malinor to find a another place to live . After centuries of wandering , they found the land where the builded their city Archontiai. There , away from the others , developed their own architectal style and language .  Since their new place was surrounded by desert , they developed their own architectal style based on Sandstone and stonebricks.

Few years after finishing their town , an Human named Rolf came to the city. He spoke an other language . Rolf spent his last years teaching the people of Archontiai the common tongue . The people decided to make the Common tongue their new language but keep few words from the old one , just for respect and a reminder of their old ways.

Time has passed and  the Archontiai City-State , was in civil war . Menelaus Komninus , the lord of the City-State was in war with his own son Constantine . Menelaus ruled his City in a brutal way . Taxes people couldnt pay , executions and exiles . His son , in order to save his people , declared himself the new lord . His father , a person with no regrets and with MONEY as his own friend , ordered his troops to bring Constantine's head . But the common people joined Constantine's army . The two armies fought in a big valley for hours . At the end both armies retreated because the dead were too many . The valley was covered in blood and dead people . After the battle , Constantine took his people.After months of traveling, they reached the realm of Athera. They were wandering on a foreign land and found an old abandoned Dwarf outpost to settle. They started building their new home  there. Constantine , in search of help , he sent scouts to find help and to scout the area . In order to make sure his scouts will return with good news, he sent his only son Ioannis Komninus along with his most trusted men. Now he waits pantiently for the return of his people . 

 

Religion : 

Their religion was not changed . They still have the same religion as the other Wood Elves

 

Architecture :

Architecture 

There are two types of architecture . 

 First is for palaces , banks and  temples. They are both build like the Ancient Greek architecture style .

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 The second is the normal architecture of houses . Oak wood , stonebricks , for the roof bricks( byzantine tiles).

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 Only the Architect has the right to build new buildings .

 

Sociaty ranks :

The leader of the sociaty is called Vasileus( King).

His first son is Prince , the others get only the last name .

The counsil of the King have the rank of Sumvoulos ( Advisor).

The guards of the Keep have the ranks of Frouros( Guard). *

The wealthy people have the rank of Eugenis ( Noble).

* The best soldiers of the army get this rank and are members of the Elite Guard of the King or Prince in battles .

 

Military : 

Army : Mainly consisted by mounted lancers and mounted archers

Weapons: Bows for archers and lances for melee cavarly 

Weaknesses : Lacking numbers , lacking farms for food 

 

In this sociaty , there are only few military ranks. 

First      :  Strategos (General) and he is commanding the troops on the battlefield

Second :  Ippeus (Cavarly)

Third     :  Hoplite (Infantry)

Forth     :  Toksotes ( Archer)

Fifth      :   Pronoiar . This rank is for farmers , who are given plots to farm and with the money the get , they buy their weaponry.

Last       : Varangian and this rank is for mercenary troops

Every citizen , during a war , is summoned to fight .

 

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