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-======Alfheim in Birthright terms======
-From my [[introduction|Mystara Birthright Conversion]]
-=====Early Versions=====
-===1st (Solmyr) version===
-As Solmyr's write up
-====2nd version====
-Added new tags for each main clan (Cho for Chossum, Ere for Erendyl, Fea for Feadiel, Gru for Grunalf, LR for Long runner, Mea for Mealidel, & RA for Red Arrow) and gave a Level one Law holding for each clan in their respective provinces, with two exceptions: 1) Red Arrow in Shieldtree got a level 0 one because Shieldtree is only a level 1 province, and 2) I apparently forgot Erendyl Clan (though the Erendyl's did get a Law 0 in Desnae due to Doriath's contacts and connections in Desnae).  Gave each clan a level 0 source in their respective provinces, except for Erendyl, which I apparently forgot entirely, and Feadiel and Long Runner got level 1 source holdings.  Clan Chossum got a level 0 Guild holding while Feadil clan got a level 0 Temple holding, again in their respective provinces.  Added an "mci" tag for "Minor Clans & Independents" and gave them level 0 Law and Source holding in every province.  Added an "oe" tag for "Other Elven Spellcasters" and gave them a level 0 Source holding in every province. Added some inconsequential flavor text as an addition to the introduction.
-==2.5 version==
-At one point I started a rework of this, but I never got very far, all that came out of it was the following 2 pieces of flavor text: [[:ainsun]] and [[:desnae]]
-===3rd version===
-no changes
-=== Early Versions Design Notes ===
-  * Law- Doriath holds well over two thirds of the law holding levels
-  * Temple- The Treekeepers have complete control
-  * Guilders- Umbarth has over two thirds
-  * Sources- Doriath has the vast majority
-=====4th version=====
-Tweaked the holding levels between Doriath and the individual clans.  Split the Erendyl clan into factions- Ere stayed as the "royal faction" under Brendian Erendyl, while the new tag ErD was for the "Erendyl Clan- Doriath faction" under Shurengyla Erendyl.  Split the Doriath law holding (4) in Elleromyr into three parts - 2 to Ere, 1 to ErD, and Do retaining 1, thus adding the missing Erendyl clan law holding in Elleromyr, but the Source holding still missing (I think I remember doing that on purpose, assuming the Erendyl source was subsumed into Doriath's holding.)  The Ere law holding (0) was changed to the Doriath faction (ErD).  Reduced the Fea clan law holding to level 0 but increased their temple holding to level 1.  Gave the level to the minor clans tag (mci).  I had wanted to give the minor clans a level 1 holding somewhere, and at first I was going to do it in the capital, but wanted to keep the law levels there for fueling intrique between the Erendyl factions, so I ended up giving them the level 1 law in Feador since IMC that is where an exordinate number of the Minor clans are found, including the Clan Taureshey.  Reduced the Red Arrow clan Law holding to 0 but increased their source holding to level 2, Giving the vacated law level to Doriath but reducing his source holding there by 1 to 4.  Reduced Doriath's Sources in Ainsun and Mealidor by one and gave the vacated levels to the respective clans.  Decreased the Umbarth Guild holding in Desnae by 1 inorder to increase the Chossum guild holding to level 1.  Also added LTC "Long Striders Trading Company" and gave them a level 0 holding there (and in Greenstone in [[Rockhome]]) to represent a blurb mentioned on a page I saw on the vaults.  Finally, I added lots of flavor text and some statistics from the Italian demography project.  I won't repeat the flavor text here, but the final is thusly:
-^ Province ^ Law ^ Temples ^ Guilds ^ Sources ^ Terrain ^ Ruler |
-^ Ainsun (2/9) | Do(1)\\ Gru(1)\\ mci(0) | ToA(2) | UH(2) | Do(6)\\ Gru(1)\\ mci(0)\\ oe(0) | Ancient Elvish Forest | Do |
-^ Desnae(2/8) | Cho(1)\\ Do(1)\\ ErD(0)\\ mci(0) | ToA(2) | Cho(1)\\ LTC(0)\\ UH(1) | Cho(0)\\ Do(6)\\ mci(0)\\ oe(0) | Ancient Elvish Forest | Do |
-^ Elleromyr(4/7)* | Do(1)\\ ErD(1)\\ Ere(2)\\ mci(0) | ToA(4) | UH(2)\\ MH(1) | Do(7)\\ mci(0)\\ oe(0) | Ancient Elvish Forest | Do |
-^ Feador(3/8) | Do(2)\\ Fea(0)\\ mci(1) | ToA(2)\\ Fea(1) | UH(2) | Do(5)\\ Fea(1)\\ mci(0)\\ oe(0) | Ancient Elvish Forest | Do |
-^ Mealidor(3/8) | Do(2)\\ Mea(1)\\ mci(0) | ToA(3) | UH(2) | Do(5)\\ Mea(1)\\ mci(0)\\ oe(0) | Ancient Elvish Forest | Do |
-^ Pinitel(2/8) | Do(2)\\ LR(0)\\ mci(0) | ToA(2) | UH(1) | Do(4)\\ LR(2)\\ mci(0)\\ oe(0) | Ancient Elvish Forest | Do |
-^ Shieldtree(1/9) | Do(0)\\ mci(0)\\ RA(1) | ToA(1) | UH(1) | Do(7)\\ mci(0)\\ oe(0)\\ RA(0) | Ancient Elvish Forest | Do |
-Key: **Do**- Doriath (Alfheim); **Cho**- Clan Chossum (Lynnwyl Chossum); **ErD**- Clan Erendyl-Doriath 'faction' (Shurengyla Erendyl); Ere- Clan Erendyl-Royal 'faction' (Brendian Erendyl); Fea- Clan Feadiel (Dryadyl Feadiel); Gru- Clan Grunalf (Durifern Widefarer); **LR**- Clan Nornanda //Long Runner// (Beasthunter); **Mea**- Clan Mealidil (Mealidan Mealidil); **RA**- Clan Pilinkaarne //Red Arrow// (Redsword Truetalker); **mci**- Minor Clans & Independents (//i.e.// Clan Taureshey); **ToA**- Treekeepers of Alfheim (Jorodrin Feadiel); **LTC**- Longstriders Trading Company (Dwarves); **UH**- Umbarth House (Greenleaf Vickers); **MH**- Mauntea House (Corwyn Mauntea); **oe**- various Other Elven spellcasters.
-=== Design Notes ===
-  * Law- Doriath now has only a slight majority, and individual clan leaders have some sway
-  * Temple- Feadiel clan gets a single level 1 holding in place of a law level 1
-  * Guilders- Chossum clan gets a single level 1 holding since they are the main traders amongst the elves.  My working presumption had been that Umbarth and Chossum were in complete cooperation.  LTC added as a zero level holding
-  * Sources- Doriath still has a very strong majority, but the individual clans have some small holdings (0's) except for a few clans noted for their nature lore- Grunalf &amp; Feadiel, or their scholary and sage nature Mealiden.  Since the Long Runners are especially noted for their knowledge of arcane lore and magic they have a level 2 source.  My working presumption was that Doriath would willingly 'loan out' his source holding to the clans and maybe to other individuals, but mechanically that would require them to have a source.  I think I held back giving such a holding to the Erendyl's for some reason at the time, but I don't remember why and I can't be certain now that it wasn't simply an oversight on my part.  I often debate about merging the mci and oe tags.  Even though they each have a different function and feel, mechanically they are both identicle.
-===5th version===
-ugh..., a mess best forgotten.  From what I remeber I just went overboard.  I tried to add provinces for each and every minor clan, and tried to add Centaur and Metamorph settlements, and it was just a mess.  the only thing that I kept was I change the Feador terrain to Forested Hills.
-=====6th version=====
-RoE style with Law split into Law & Manor, and Gulid holdings split between Guild and Trade, with Trade Routes eliminated, along with some other alternative rules (ie natural diffuse + localized or artificial sources, and economic level, etc.)
-Added Minor terrain features to each province, and changed Feador to Forested Hills.  Increased Ainsun & Elleromyr's total source potential level by 1 and Pinitel's by 2 but decreased Feador & Mealidor by 1.  Tweaked source holding levels all around (Mostly juggling around between Doriath and the clans, but also including giving oe a level 1 Source in each province and mci a level 1 in Feador).
-Gave each clan a Guild (1) (2 for Chossum) to represent the internal economy of the clanhold.    Gave mci various level 1 Law and Manor holdings.  Changed the LTC (0) holdings in Trade (1) holdings. Gave Grunalf a level 0 temple holding and a level 1 Guild.
-^ Province ^ Level ^ Law ^ Temple ^ Manor ^ Guild ^ Trade ^ Source ^ Terrain ^ Ruler ^
-^ Ainsun | 2/G/7+3 | Do(1)\\ Gru(1) | Gru(0)\\ ToA(2) | Gru(1)\\ mci(1) | Gru(1) | UH(2) | Do(5+1)\\ Gru(1+1)\\ oe(1)\\ mci(0) | Heavy Forest, River (minor), Lake (Minor) | Do |
-| approx. 32,700 elves, 1,700 forest races, & 200 non-elves in 3 villages (Scrubton-Humans, Granitgape-Dwarf, & Oakendale-Hin), includes the Good Magic Points of Dew Drop & Misthaven, the Bad Magic Point of Thornbush, and the Black Lake and Blackwater River and River of Monsters. Home of the 3rd Irregulars. Borders Callair (Darokin), Desnaeo, Dwarfgate (Darokin), Elleromyr, Inlashar (Darokin), Kolland (Broken Lands), & Mealidor ||||||||||
-^Desnae | 2/G/7+1 | Cho(1)\\ Do(1) | ToA(2) | Cho(1)\\ ErD(0)\\ mci(1) | Cho(2) | Cho(0)\\ LTC(1)\\ UH(1) | Cho(1+1)\\ Do(5)\\ mci(0)\\ oe(1) | Heavy Forest, River (Minor) | Do |
-| approx. 37,500 elves & 1,700 forest races, includes the Good Magic point of Turnclaw and the Greatflow and South Flood rivers. Home of the 7th Irregulars. Borders: Ainsun, Alleybrooke (Darokin), Canolbarth (Darokin), Elleromyr, Mealidor, Pinitel, & Shieldtree. ||||||||||
-^ Elleromyr* | 4/C/7+1 | Do(1)\\ ErD(1)\\ Ere(1)\\ mci(1) | ToA(4) | ErD(1)\\ Ere(2)\\ mci(1) | Ere(1) | UH(2)\\ MH(1) | Do(6)\\ Ere(0+1)\\ mci(0)\\ oe(1) | Heavy Forest, River (Minor) | Do |
-| 18,300 elves, 1,700 forest races, plus 12,000 additional non-elves in Alfheim Town (mostly Humans, approx. 10,000, about 900 Hin, 400 Gnomes, 300 Centaurs, with a small Orc & half-Orc district, ~200 tot. and even a handful of Dwarves). Alfheim Town is fortified (Castle 1). Includes the Good Magic point of Ironbark, also includes the Sump and the River of Monsters, the Alfwine, Greatflow, Foestop, & Litte Wine Rivers. Home of the 2nd Irregulars. Borders: Ainsun, Callair (Darokin), Desnae, Eastwind (Darokin), & Shieldtree. Road from Alfheim Town through Eastwind, Northmark, and Almarand to Favaro. ||||||||||
-^ Feador | 3/G/6+1 | Do(1)\\ Fea(1)\\ mci(1) | Toa(2)\\ Fea(1) | Fea(1)\\ mci(2) | Fea(1) | UH(2) | Do(3)\\ Fea(1+1)\\ mci(1)\\ oe(1) | Forested Hills, River (Minor), Lake(s) (Minor) | Do |
-| approx. 23,000 elves & 1,700 forest races. Includes the Good Magic Point of Algorn's Last Stand, includes the Lakes of Selinar and the Rockhaven River. Home of the 4th Irregulars. Borders: Canolbarth (Darokin), Emerlas (Darokin), Hobart (Darokin), Pinitel, & Selenica (Darokin). ||||||||||
-^ Mealidor | 3/G/6+1 | Do(2)\\ Mea(1) | ToA(3) | Mea(2)\\ mci(1) | Mea(1) | UH(2) | Do(4+1)\\ Mea(1)\\ mci(0)\\ oe(1) | Heavy Forest, River (Minor) | Do |
-| 32,700 elves & 1,700 forest races. Includes the Good Magic point of Goblin Park. Includes the Greatflow, Highpeak, and Rockhaven Rivers. Home of the 6th Irregulars. Borders: Ainsun, Desnae, Dwarfgate (Darokin), Emerlas (Darokin), & Pinitel. ||||||||||
-^ Pinitel | 2/G/7+3 | Do(1)\\ LR(1) | ToA(2) | LR(1)\\ mci(1) | LR(1) | UH(1) | Do(5)\\ LR(1+2)\\ mci(0)\\ oe(1) | Heavy Forest, River (Minor), Lake (minor) | Do |
-| approx. 23,000 elves & 1,700 forest races. Includes the Good Magic points of Glowtree & Shadowdown, the Bad Magic Point of Stalkbrow, the Southernmost of the Lakes of Selinar, and the Rockhaven and South Flood Rivers. Home of the 5th Irregulars. Borders: Canolbarth (Darokin), Desnae, Emerlas (Darokin), Feador, & Mealidor. ||||||||||
-^ Shieldtree | 1/G/7+2 | Do(1)\\ RA(0) | ToA(1) | RA(1)\\ mci(0) | RA(1) | UH(1) | Do(5+1)\\ mci(0)\\ oe(1)\\ RA(1) | Heavy Forest, River (Minor) | Do |
-| approx. 13,300 elves & 1,700 forest races. Includes the Good Magic Point of Dream Land and the Bad Magic Point of Dragontree. Includes the Foestop River. Home of the Red Arrow's (1st Irregulars). Borders: Alleybrooke (Darokin), Comaelle (Darokin), Desnae, Dolos (Darokin), Eastwind (Darokin), Elleromyr, Eraeda (Darokin), & Farstead (Darokin). ||||||||||
-Key: **Do**- Doriath (Alfheim); **Cho**- Clan Chossum (Lynnwyl Chossum); **ErD**- Clan Erendyl-Doriath 'faction' (Shurengyla Erendyl); **Ere**- Clan Erendyl-Royal 'faction' (Brendian Erendyl); **Fea**- Clan Feadiel (Dryadyl Feadiel); **Gru**- Clan Grunalf (Durifern Widefarer); **LR**- Clan Nornanda //Long Runner// (Beasthunter); **Mea**- Clan Mealidil (Mealidan Mealidil); **RA**- Clan Pilinkaarne //Red Arrow// (Redsword Truetalker); **mci**- Minor Clans & Independents (//i.e.// Clan Taureshey); **ToA**- Treekeepers of Alfheim (Jorodrin Feadiel); **LTC**- Longstriders Trading Company (Dwarves); **UH**- Umbarth House (Greenleaf Vickers); **MH**- Mauntea House (Corwyn Mauntea); **oe**- various Other Elven spellcasters.
-=== Design Notes ===
-  * law/Manor- The split allowed me to give more power, in the form of Manor holdings, to the individual clans.  While the "minor clans and individuals" (mci) got manor holdings 1 everywhere (except for Shieldtree due to the low province level), they are also strong in the capital (law 1) and in Feador (Law 1, Manor 2) since IMC that is an excessive number of the minor clans are located.
-  * Temple- I gave the Grunalfs a Temple 0 because I read somewhere that before the coming of the Feadiels they were the de facto "Religious Clan", but now I can't find where that was.
-  * Guild/Trade- I gave each of the 7 main clans control of the respective Guild holdings, though only the trade oriented Chossums fully utilize it.  I was also able to make the Longstriders a significant force by 'upgrading' them to a full holding 1.
-  * Sources- I increased the source holdings of each clan and slightly tweaked Doriath's downward (except in Pinitel where the increased source potential actually allowed me to increase it slightly).  The rough varient distinguishing between nature style/cerrillian style mebhagiel (sp?) and mystara style site/artifact/population style sources allowed me to feature out the Good and Bad magic points.  I almost made the Sump another one.  I gave most of the good magic points to the respective clans.  I gave Doriath control of the Goblin Park magic point because of its importance for transportation magic for all of the clans.  I forget why I gave him dream land, I think that is supposed to represent the diplomatic relationship with the Fairy kingdom.  Between Dew Drop and Misthaven, one I gave to the Grunalfs and the other to Doriath, but I don't remeber which one is which nor why I gave each to whom.  You'll note that the bad magic points are all uncontrolled.  It is only with this version that I think the distinction between mci and oe is realised.
-===== Characters =====
-Design Notes, character specific notes, obvious strategies, etc. \\
-  * King [[:doriath|Doriath]]: In the early versions it seems like Doriath's obvious first goal should be to rule up his law holdings and then his source holdings, both of which would be out-of-character.  In the newer versions It hopefully becomes obvious, especially in relation to the law holdings, that doing so would mean forcing out the individual clans, which would be the elven equivalent of kicking out one's vassals.  For the source holdings in version 4, such a strategy is still possible but the understanding should be that Doriath is holding the magic on behalf of all the elves and would 'loan it out' to the clans or major elven wizards if the need arises.  In version 6 I think It becomes obvious that the elves are well established and already fully utilize all the magic, and any further expansion would imply trying to control and subdue the Bad Magic Points.
-  * Individual clans: In the newer versions I hope I have conveyed a balanced relationship between the clans with power levels representing the in-character power levels of the various clans, each with their own specialties and weaknesses (ie Red Arrows are small and primarily military {law} oriented, long Runner are more reclusive {law 0} but magically adept {source 2}, etc., etc.) and of course Erendyl's fracticious nature (remember the Erewaners were originally a break away faction of the Erendyls) is represented by having their holdings split between the royal faction of Brendian Erendyl and the kings faction lead by Doriath's cousin.  And I've tried to make them influential within Alfheim, and influencial on Doriath, but largely irrelevant and unknown outside of Alfheim.  I had also added some known NPC's as lieutenants, but now I think that might be too much.
-  * Treekeepers of Alfheim:  The treekeepers would seem to be a boring choice to play under any of the versions, but then again taking care of the elven spiritual needs is a quiet undertaking anyhow.
-  * Darokin Traders: Alfheim is an important but minor sphere of their influence.  Umbarth, with its pro-elf leadership and its cooperation with clan Chossum is dominate, but Mauntea has assets in the capital.

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