	The Elven Protectorate encompasses the entirety of the Civil 
Wood, and most of the Dragonspine Mountains. While not officially 
claiming to be a sovereign nation – as the Gnomes have done – the elves 
who occupy this region consider themselves, for the most part, separate 
from Braddock's corrupt kingdom and its Church. Representatives from 
the Protectorate often travel to throne to protest its latest 
proceedings in their area of influence. The elves also, unlike the 
Gnomes, are quite picky about who they allow into the Civil Wood, 
though elves are quite commonly found outside the Civil Wood amongst 
the rest of the world. To date, a demihuman army has yet to march 
through the Civil Wood towards the Dragonspine, and this is a source of 
some consternation between the elves and the king. However, thus far 
the elves have been quite capable of taking care of the territory that 
they are holding on to.

	The people of the Elven Protectorate are, naturally, almost
entirely elven. A few gnomes and the occasional human exist in the
protectorate, but they are by far the exception. Of the elves in
the Protectorate, only about 5% are high elves; the remainder are
Sylvan or Kagonesti wild elves. 

        The Elven Protectorate as a whole is an ancient forest and 
mountain range, and it is said that the Gods wove powerful magics 
into them when the Elves took up residence, to give the Elves time 
to replenish their fading race. Anyone entering the Protectorate
- and this does mean ANYBODY - who is not at least half elven will
be presented with an ever-changing forest and a set of illusions
that will serve to guide them quickly back out the way they came.
Only unarmed messengers and those specifically invited by the 
Elven Council can enter unhindered and proceed to the various
elven Cities and Tribal Lands.
