Was wondering in what ways, if any, high-elven nobility differs from the typical human nobility structure (IE, Kings, Queens, Counts, Duchesses, etc.), particularly in Evermeet.
As a follow-up, my current character is from Evermeet, and I wanted to determine what sort of title he may have had, had he not chosen to leave. If it helps, his father was the head figure of his family’s house.
Evereska was ruled by a high council which was mostly 'nobles'... i think the concept of nobility is roughly the same in human and elven societies. in the Return of the Archmages series, one of the main elven characters was a sorcerer (who was effectively an outcast of elven society because he flunked out of wizard school) - I think they're basically old-school privileged elves, same as humans.
Evermeet has (had?) royalty. First King Zaor Moonflower and then his widow, Queen Amlaruil Moonflower. She had the absolute power and was venerated by basically all elves almost as often as the Seldarine pantheon of which she was apparently a Chosen of. Her offspring held the title of princesses and prince.
There is a Council of Evermeet and a few members of it were vocal proponents of changing the ruling system so that the Council would have more power but Amlaruil's universall support in the elven society was hard to beat.
As of 4e the Queen is apparently gone and no one knows what happened to her - the Council rules in her stead. No info given, apparently due to NDA. So up to you.
Mainland elves are ruled in different ways - in the old days there was the function of Coronal who was the chosen leader of an elven community. Now AFAIK only Myth Drannor has a coronal (Ilsevele Miritar) and she was chosen by the Ruler's Blade ie. an ancient elven sword made specifically by High Mages to choose the purest of them to lead.
The elven nobility is there in the form of ancient, respected elven houses. They specifically don't use the word "clan" because it's too closely associated with dwarves.
So I don't think there would be a specific title - if anything, your character would be introduced as "xxx of house xxx" and that would carry the required respect among elves.
Several elven cities have a council. I believe kings in Myth Drannor weren't from a single specific family but from various families and one would get selected then appointed as king. Typically high elves or gold elves as they're known are more focused on bloodlines and society so likely they try to intermarry amongst families of equal standing.
Was wondering in what ways, if any, high-elven nobility differs from the typical human nobility structure (IE, Kings, Queens, Counts, Duchesses, etc.), particularly in Evermeet.
As a follow-up, my current character is from Evermeet, and I wanted to determine what sort of title he may have had, had he not chosen to leave. If it helps, his father was the head figure of his family’s house.
Evereska was ruled by a high council which was mostly 'nobles'... i think the concept of nobility is roughly the same in human and elven societies. in the Return of the Archmages series, one of the main elven characters was a sorcerer (who was effectively an outcast of elven society because he flunked out of wizard school) - I think they're basically old-school privileged elves, same as humans.
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Evermeet has (had?) royalty. First King Zaor Moonflower and then his widow, Queen Amlaruil Moonflower. She had the absolute power and was venerated by basically all elves almost as often as the Seldarine pantheon of which she was apparently a Chosen of. Her offspring held the title of princesses and prince.
There is a Council of Evermeet and a few members of it were vocal proponents of changing the ruling system so that the Council would have more power but Amlaruil's universall support in the elven society was hard to beat.
As of 4e the Queen is apparently gone and no one knows what happened to her - the Council rules in her stead. No info given, apparently due to NDA. So up to you.
Mainland elves are ruled in different ways - in the old days there was the function of Coronal who was the chosen leader of an elven community. Now AFAIK only Myth Drannor has a coronal (Ilsevele Miritar) and she was chosen by the Ruler's Blade ie. an ancient elven sword made specifically by High Mages to choose the purest of them to lead.
The elven nobility is there in the form of ancient, respected elven houses. They specifically don't use the word "clan" because it's too closely associated with dwarves.
So I don't think there would be a specific title - if anything, your character would be introduced as "xxx of house xxx" and that would carry the required respect among elves.
Several elven cities have a council. I believe kings in Myth Drannor weren't from a single specific family but from various families and one would get selected then appointed as king. Typically high elves or gold elves as they're known are more focused on bloodlines and society so likely they try to intermarry amongst families of equal standing.