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Isldar
Yseldaar (in Altalar)
Motto: "Truth Abides no Weakness."
Nation State	Life and Death Isldar States
Ruler	Tower Councils
Other Present	Varied
Languages	Altalar
Religion	Varied
First Recorded	100 BC
Demonym(s)	Isldar

Silent watchers of the frozen mountain peaks, the Isldar are a Race of Snow-Elves who dwell in the distant continent of Ellador and guard its endless, icy valleys. With humble origins as a minor religious cult in the Allorn Empire of old, the struggle of their history drove the Isldar to eventually become their own people and their own nation. Seen as mysterious, reclusive, and barely understood by the outside world, the Isldar are roguish adventurers from one of Aloria’s few remaining unexplored corners. In recent years their society has been cruelly divided by a religious schism that has boiled into war, and with the road to peace impossible to see, the Life and Death Isldar - now bitter enemies - both pray that they will one day triumph. Though they appear in many of the world’s courts as precious advisors and historians, home and family are always close to an Isldar’s heart, for the roads of all their choices eventually lead back to the glimmering spires of Ellador.

Design

The Lanlath are Aloria's interpretation of the High Elf who is above it all, too detached from the world to care about the chaos in it, too enlightened to engage in the banal discussions that invoke family drama and romance conflict. The Lanlath come in two flavors: resting-bitch-face, and sees-right-through-you-face, where even if a Lanlath is kind-natured and has good intentions to others, much of that goodwill is undercut by how bored or "done" they look with the world. The Lanlath always invoke a floating and drifting mind, expressed with elegant and fluid poise and class, and an abhorrence of chaos, unruliness, and wildness. Lanlath don't all need to be thin spindly or frail-looking, just like the other Elves Lanlath are surely capable of packing on muscle and weight, though due to their high rates of vegetarianism and sometimes just forgetting to eat while musing their theories or playing the harp, these are more the exception than the norm. The Lanlath have a wide variety of visual traits, as seen in the sheet to the right. Most Lanlath veer on the tall side and frequently keep their hair long and well-maintained. Finally, Lanlath expressions of emotion and passion are extremely muted, or well hidden away from the public. Many Lanlath would consider holding hands very risqué, and think a hug is some form of intimate contact.

The Isldar are patient and prudent Snow Elves who keep their hearts guarded from others, distant people driven by centuries of war to act quickly and think on their own devices. Isldar are incredibly religious, with a schism down the middle based on if the Isldar worships Dragons (and is considered a Life Isldar) or worships the ice Goddess called the Glacial (and is considered a Death Isldar). They are a deep, sincere, poetic culture who struggle with any sort of crudeness or sarcasm. In physical terms Isldar can occupy any range, but tend towards sharp, narrow facial features and angular bodies, lacking the broadness more common in Human descent. Isldar tend to the taller side, with an average height around six foot, but can occupy any range of appearances any other Elf can.

Isldar are similar to Teledden (the High Elves). Like all Elves, they are more slender and tall than Humans. Isldar specifically have pale skin and long, pointy ears, longer than those of other Nelfin Races. Death and Life Isldar can have natural black or white hair, though many dye it other colors. The only real way to tell Death and Life Isldar apart is that Life Isldar have purple irises with blue specks in them, while Death Isldar have green irises with blue specks in them. Both kinds may also have blue, green, or black sclera. Visually speaking, Isldar have a range of appearances from Caucasian to Asian, with different regions appearing differently. Isldar are ageless: they look young forever, even into old age, but can choose to look older inside of adult age ranges. The Isldar who used to tend to the Wyvern roosts, called Voltalëy, can have a unique physical appearance where their limbs taper off into violet Dragonscale (if Vixit) or Dragonscale-like black metal plates (if Rexit). Mentally speaking, Isldar are stereotyped as stoic and pensive. Their language and its literary works are full of beautiful metaphors and analogies, but completely lack any kind of comedy or sarcasm, leading to Isldar fresh from Ellador missing every single joke made in their direction. Moreover, Isldar culture does not encourage smiling, meaning that smiling without a reason is usually seen as an insult or a smug invitation to fight, which has resulted in quite a few mistaken cross words. It is possible for Isldar to have children with other Races, resulting in Half-Isldar.