Capital: Shae Cairdal
Ruler: The Sibling Kings - Belaereth and Tezaera Mendyrian
Population: 2,650,000 (elf 77%, undying 19%, half-elf 3%, other 1%)
Exports: Crafts, bronzewood, densewood, livewood, soarwood
Languages: Elven, Draconic
Industries: Mystial lumber, herbs and plants (especially for necromancy).
Life and Society: Ancient, devoted to ancestors. Insular. Death is not feared, but welcomed. Immense racial pride.
Government and Politics: Two forces govern Aerenal. The Sibling Kings guide the daily affairs, the Undying Court shapes the destiny of the elf race.
Power Groups
- The Dragonmarked Houses: Only allowed to operate in the port city of Pylas Talaear. Since the destruction of the line of Vol and the more recent Shadow Schism, most Aereni view the dragonmarked with a certain degree of suspicion, even those of the two elven houses.
- The Cairdal Blades: A small, elite force that work across Eberron.
- The Deathguard: An elite order of knights and priests dedicated to the utter destruction of all negatively charged undead and necromancers, and the Blood of Vol.
- The Tairnadal: Horse riding warriors of the steppe. Many went to Valenar. Most refuse to become undying, but honor the Court.
- The Stillborn: Young impatient elves wishing to be reborn as undying. (Possible alliance with the Blood of Vol?)
Religion: Undying Court - death is but another step in joining the one elven soul.
Major Settlements
- Shae Mordai: The City of the Dead (metropolis; 42, 460): Home of the Undying Court. Only elf city built of stone instead of densewood. Cluttered with shrines and monuments dedicated to past heroes. Center for arcane study and worship. The ONLY place the Ritual of Undying can be performed. Built on a manifest zone tied to Irian, the Eternal Day.
- Shae Cairdal (metropolis; 52,460): Largest city and capital of the Sibling Kings. Fortress with densewood walls. Center of commerce and diplomacy among the elven families, with arcane universities.
- Pylas Talaear (small city; 10,460): Port city, primary point of contact with the outside world. All dragonmarked houses except for Orien have an outpost here. Mostly built for commerce; governed by Syraen Melideth (female elf wizard 13), a beautiful elf with a full-sized skull tattoo on her face.