| Esmari Ideas | |
|---|---|
| 传统 | |
| Manpower Recovery Speed +5% Chance of New Heir +10% | |
| 野心 | |
| Diplomatic Reputation +1 | |
| 理念 | |
| The Riverlords | |
| Foreign Spy Detection +5% Hostile Core-Creation Cost on us +25% | |
| Esmar River Parties | |
| Prestige Decay -1% Improve Relations +5% | |
| The Waterways | |
| Trade Efficiency +5% Domestic Trade Power +10% | |
| Esmari Free Nobles | |
| Mercenary Maintenance -15% | |
| Blessing of Esmaryal | |
| National Unrest -0.50 Stability Cost Modifier -10% | |
| Desire for Peace | |
| Diplomats +1 | |
| Production Techniques | |
| Production Efficiency +10% | |
- "Oh True Love, who glows with Ryala's Grace, for whom my aching soul desires deep embrace. Never wander, never tarry, before all of Minara's temptations made, my spring of life, my waiting heart, the tree who casts their shade. I beseech thee long and hard, before the Mother's gaze, illuminate my dreary life like the sun's most vibrant rays.""
- ―A song written by a Seinathíler noble during courtship
Seinathíl is the home of Bardic Magic. During the War of the Sorcerer-King, the legendary elven troubadour Alarian Singkeep, took a fort occupied by Castanor by singing the entire garrison to sleep. The fort was renamed Seinathíl, meaning Singer's Keep. After the war Alarian became known as the founder of the modern school of enchantment, as well as the elven style of bardic magic, establishing the first bardic college in the keep itself. Alarian and his elven descendants remained the stewards of the keep until his granddaughter married into the half-elven Silistra family, which eventually passed to their rule when Alarian died in 1311. With this they brought the Istralari Banshees to the lands, but the nobility and the Esmari in general found the brutal shriek the warriors were infamous for offensive, and modified it into a proper musical art called 'warsinging', named after the elven founder of the Silistra dynasty, Istralania Warsinger.
Musical Contributions[]
Providing countless contributions to the field of Cannorian music, Seinathíl is widely regarded as the heart of song in the region. Founded by exiled creatives from the Konwell Institute, the Senaithíl Institute of Song has become the premier college for learning the bardic arts. Its graduates, often those from Esmaria, going on to fill the courts of duchies and kingdoms as their musicians. In fact, many of these graduates go on to operate and perform on the various songbarges of the rivers of Esmaria. These songbarges, a type of ship that carries cargo and song, are famous for being able to be heard from the rivershore.
Perhaps Seinathíls most important contribution to not only Cannor but to all of Halann has been their creation of standardized paper sheets. Standardized within Senaithíl with the creation of sheet music, this has ensured consistency that has spread across the globe.