Malino're

Malino're is a city in the Southern Elfgroves, close to their border with the Falassian Empire. It is largely populated by wood elves.

Description
Malino're is known as the city of wood elves and its population is near exclusively comprised of them. The city tends toward isolationism, typically refusing to allow non-wood elves to enter, but is known to make exceptions for people who have done Malino're some service. The city is also open to all comers during the annual Bloomshower Fest. While Malino're is isolationist, it also has no official borders, due to a pact between the city's druids and the dryads of the surrounding forest. As a result, there are many places where the settlement and nature meld into each other. Malino're is governed by a Council of Elders, comprised of some of the oldest elves in the city. The Council conducts its business in its own dedicated chamber and is currently led by Ninleyn. The guard of Malino're is called the Woodseekers and seem to specialize in archery.

Druid School
While magical ability is quite common among the wood elves, the Druid School is only magical academy in Malino're. Most druids throughout Lyvernus receive their training in Malino're. The school building itself is nature-woven into a gigantic tree. It is typically unguarded and the school's entrance leads into a large atrium where druids socialize and read. The leader of druids serves as the school's headmaster, although the current headmaster is prone to leaving for extended periods to deal with matters in the woods, leaving day-to-day operations in the vice headmaster's hands. As of the current vice headmaster's death in Bloomshower 598, it is unknown who currently runs the school.

Bloomshower Fest
The Bloomshower Fest is held every Bloomshower in honor of Cysebelle, known as Cyviria to the wood elves. During the festival, outsiders are welcomed to enjoy games (such as bobbing for apples, contests of strength, ring toss, and magically powered crane machines), food (cooked in a traditional elven style called mali’ok dana, which doubles as a performance), and the festival's market, as well as other activities such as tarokka readings. All activities at the Bloomshower Fest (except presumably the market stalls) are free, having been paid for by the Council of Elders so that the festivities are not restricted to those with wealth.

History
At some point, an Abyssal Crest resided in Malino're, suggesting that the elves of the city may have been involved in the sealing of the demon lord Alzrius in ancient times. During the time of dragons, the rangers of Malino're fought many green dragons as part of the liberation of Lyvernus. Their leader was an elf named Jorah, who had some kind of rivalry with a sword-wielding battle master. Malino're was once plagued by territorial fighting between the city's elves and the fey creatures of the Southern Elfgroves. However, 500 years ago, a treaty was formed between the druids of Malino're (led by the founding headmaster of the Druid School) and the dryads of the surrounding forest, abolishing official borders between elves and dryads in the forest.

In 598, Malino're was targeted by a pair of hags looking to transform one of its residents into their coven's third member. In the process, they infiltrated the city's druid school and Council of Elders, disappearing countless elves who failed to survive the transformation process. During that year's Bloomshower Fest, they grew bolder, hoping to take advantage of the influx of outsiders to the city to conceal their actions, but they were ultimately exposed by the Pog Champions and another band of adventurers and defeated. These hags were possibly in league with the Burning Knight and may have been responsible for the disappearance of the city's Abyssal Crest.

Known Residents

 * Bethelia
 * Hyalin
 * Jorah (historical figure) (deceased)
 * Lianthorn
 * Merellien (deceased)
 * Ninleyn
 * Quilius (formerly)
 * Sionia
 * Torbin
 * Wyrran