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Qualinesti Elves
https://youtu.be/hD67YE9ViUY
The wake of the Kinslayer Wars saw the seceding of many Silvanesti Elves to found the Qualinesti nation. Let’s take a closer look into the history of the Qualinesti Elves!
Buy Races of Ansalon: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/27946/Races-of-Ansalon-35?affiliate_id=50797
Transcript
They are the result of a violent civil war and the desire to work with other races rather than remain isolationists. Let’s dig in a bit more...
Intro
Welcome to another DragonLance Saga episode. My name is Adam and today we are going to talk about Qualinesti Elves. I would like to take a moment and thank my collaborator patrons, the Heroes of the Lance, and invite you to consider becoming a patron or member of this channel by visiting the links in the description below. You can even pick up Dragonlance gaming materials using my affiliate link. I am referencing modules and sourcebooks from all editions for this information.
Discussion
Qualinesti Elves first came onto the Dragonlance scene in DL2 Dragons of Flame. They were the estranged family to Tanis Half-Elven, and we are immediately introduced to the royal family in Gilthanas, Laurana and Porthios who all play significant roles in the history of both the Qualinesti nation, and the War of the Lance. But we can go back much further than that as the Qualinesti have their roots in the Silvanesti nation. The grandsons of the founder of the Silvanesti nation, Silvanos, would be at the forefront of the Kinslayer Wars, which ended in the separations and mass migration of thousands of Silvanesti to found a new more tolerant and welcoming nation Qualinesti. Of course, this tolerance and welcoming spirit is still very subdued compared to non elven races. Sithas and Kith-Kanan would be born in a tumultuous time. The Ergothian Empire, the brutal, bestial creation, ruled by warlords and tyrants, was expanding all across Ansalon, pushing up against Silvanesti’s borders. The death of its founder, Ackal Ergot would see the ascension of Ackal Dermount who saw war as unprofitable and began trading with their neighbors. The first to meet this expansion were the Wildrunner elves, led by Kith-Kanan, while his brother Sithas was heir to their fathers throne.
Kith-Kanan, free from the political and social stigmas of the capital, traded openly with the human settlements, and some of the elves even joined in marriage with humans. This peaceful engagement between the races and nations made sense to Kith-Kannan in the name of peace, but his father Sithel, the Speaker of the Stars, was much more of a traditionalist and journeyed to the western borders at Kith-Kanan’s invitation to see for himself the strength of his son’s half-century long diplomacy. In a terrible accident Sithel was killed by a stray arrow during a hunt for sport in the borderlands, and the result was the Kinslayer Wars. Sithas became the Speaker of the Stars and declared war on Ergoth, promoting his twin Kith-Kanan to general. Now some believe the harrow’s origin was human assassins to remove the barrier of further Ergothian expansion, others place the murder directly at Sithas’ feet to discredit his brother and put himself on the throne.
The beginning of the Kinslayer War was simple in its xenophobia. Remove humans from Silvanesti’s lands. It became difficult as some of those humans were wed to elves. Those elves sided with Ergoth and Kith-Kanan would lead the war against his own kind and against those who connected with Er...
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https://youtu.be/hD67YE9ViUY
The wake of the Kinslayer Wars saw the seceding of many Silvanesti Elves to found the Qualinesti nation. Let’s take a closer look into the history of the Qualinesti Elves!
Buy Races of Ansalon: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/27946/Races-of-Ansalon-35?affiliate_id=50797
Transcript
They are the result of a violent civil war and the desire to work with other races rather than remain isolationists. Let’s dig in a bit more...
Intro
Welcome to another DragonLance Saga episode. My name is Adam and today we are going to talk about Qualinesti Elves. I would like to take a moment and thank my collaborator patrons, the Heroes of the Lance, and invite you to consider becoming a patron or member of this channel by visiting the links in the description below. You can even pick up Dragonlance gaming materials using my affiliate link. I am referencing modules and sourcebooks from all editions for this information.
Discussion
Qualinesti Elves first came onto the Dragonlance scene in DL2 Dragons of Flame. They were the estranged family to Tanis Half-Elven, and we are immediately introduced to the royal family in Gilthanas, Laurana and Porthios who all play significant roles in the history of both the Qualinesti nation, and the War of the Lance. But we can go back much further than that as the Qualinesti have their roots in the Silvanesti nation. The grandsons of the founder of the Silvanesti nation, Silvanos, would be at the forefront of the Kinslayer Wars, which ended in the separations and mass migration of thousands of Silvanesti to found a new more tolerant and welcoming nation Qualinesti. Of course, this tolerance and welcoming spirit is still very subdued compared to non elven races. Sithas and Kith-Kanan would be born in a tumultuous time. The Ergothian Empire, the brutal, bestial creation, ruled by warlords and tyrants, was expanding all across Ansalon, pushing up against Silvanesti’s borders. The death of its founder, Ackal Ergot would see the ascension of Ackal Dermount who saw war as unprofitable and began trading with their neighbors. The first to meet this expansion were the Wildrunner elves, led by Kith-Kanan, while his brother Sithas was heir to their fathers throne.
Kith-Kanan, free from the political and social stigmas of the capital, traded openly with the human settlements, and some of the elves even joined in marriage with humans. This peaceful engagement between the races and nations made sense to Kith-Kannan in the name of peace, but his father Sithel, the Speaker of the Stars, was much more of a traditionalist and journeyed to the western borders at Kith-Kanan’s invitation to see for himself the strength of his son’s half-century long diplomacy. In a terrible accident Sithel was killed by a stray arrow during a hunt for sport in the borderlands, and the result was the Kinslayer Wars. Sithas became the Speaker of the Stars and declared war on Ergoth, promoting his twin Kith-Kanan to general. Now some believe the harrow’s origin was human assassins to remove the barrier of further Ergothian expansion, others place the murder directly at Sithas’ feet to discredit his brother and put himself on the throne.
The beginning of the Kinslayer War was simple in its xenophobia. Remove humans from Silvanesti’s lands. It became difficult as some of those humans were wed to elves. Those elves sided with Ergoth and Kith-Kanan would lead the war against his own kind and against those who connected with Er...