Desert Elves are an elven ethnic group native to the Far Salahad region of Bulwar. Inhabitants of the area between the Harra Oasis and the Šad Siadan and the Paravimvata range, they are the descendants of the Jaherian and Jexisian legionnaires that settled in the Salahad after their return from Haless and Cannor respectively. Similar to the Mašnsih they are a semi-nomadic people, mainly nomadic pastoralists, with their main settlement being the Djinn palace of Ebbušubtu. They were also the first worshippers of the Jadd, the youngest denomination of the Bulwari Sun Cult, named after the Divine-Herald Jaddar, leader of the Desert Elves and alleged son of the Phoenix Empress Jexis.
Organization[]
Rather than being divided into several tribes like the Mašnsih, the Desert Elves are in practice one tribe, as their social organization mimics the Phoenix Legion military organization, with the tribe being divided into clans that are successor to the legion's units. The first leaders of the Desert Elves were Ereleša Išazuir and Andrellion Kenszùil, the commanders of the Western and Eastern Phoenix legions respectively. Jaddar Jexiszuir became the leader after his coming of age, and after his death, the leadership passed on to his older elven son. As a result of their past and social organization, the Desert Elves are a militarized people, with the majority of the population knowing how to fight and mount.
Origin[]
According to the Desert Elves, the returning legionnaires from Haless were lost in the desert, and they would have died of dehydration if they hadn't been saved by the Elayenna harpies, who nursed them back to life. Then both groups made an arrangement, the harpies could breed with the elves in exchange for food, water and shelter. Most of the Halessi legionaries settled around Ebbušubtu and the Šad Siadan.
The legionnaires from Cannor decided to join their brothers in the desert after the Partition of Kalib, and they brought an infant Jaddar with them. They were well received by the Mašnsih tribes, who remembered and were grateful of the deeds of the Legion against the gnolls and the Siadan harpies. The szal-Zaid tribe hosted Ereleša and Jaddar before they went to reunite with the Halessi legionnaires. The Cannorian legionaires settled in the land gifted by the szal-Attalu and szal-Mehran tribes near Šimlardu and Edešukeru.