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Please note that much or all of this page is currently in what we are calling “Bullet Draft” format, i.e. it’s not been fully written out but we’ve listed the ideas we’re working with in bullet-list form. We will be fleshing these out further and turning them into proper paragraph prose at some point in the coming year, but we wanted to put the lore out for players to read before the first event, even if it’s not as polished as we’d like it. Any sections here that are in bullet list format are not final and are subject to change, though hopefully only small adjustments will be needed between this and the final version.

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Demographics

• Human: ~39%
• Elf: ~24%
• Summer Fae: ~17%
• Dwarf: ~12%
• Winter Fae: ~5%
• Autumn Fae: ~2%
• Spring Fae: ~1%

The League has a larger-than-usual percentage of Elves and Summer Fae. The Summer Fae are native to the Isles, brought over or created by Radokhar before the Godswar, while the Elves have slowly flocked to the Isles over the last millennia, drawn by the desire for a more intellectual and logic-driven society to live in. Dwarves have migrated in slowly over the centuries, particularly during periods of internal strife within the Empire. Other types of Fae besides Summer tend to be rare, but are not unheard of.

Lineages

Humans

• Humans make up a large minority of the nation, around forty percent.
• They are viewed as being more adaptable than other Lineages, but less focused.

Elves

• Elves have migrated to the Isles in large numbers ever since the Seven Sages reformed Cerulean culture, and especially after the formation of the League itself.
• In modern times about a quarter of the population is Elvish.
• Sun Elves are native to the Isles, but there have been so many of the other sublineages have migrated to the Isles that Sun Elves are only a large minority within the Elvish population.
• Elves are viewed as being naturally gifted at Iremia and resistant to the urges of the Anemoi Trélas, as well as being better at studying and learning things. The first two are true — the dampened emotions that all Elves deal with does aid them in keeping their cool and resisting the Anemoi. The last two are not, though, as besides their magical knack for translation Elves have no inborn gift for learning compared to other Lineages.
• Many Schola tend to have at least one senior member who is an Elf, if their leader is not one, and their voice is granted a bit more weight in discussions than that of people of other Lineages, especially if things are getting heated.

Dwarves

• Dwarves are somewhat common, about one in ten Ceruleans.
• Dwarven Clan structures tended to not survive the migration into the Cerulean Isles.
• Few modern Cerulean Dwarves hold much loyalty to their Clan as anything other than a very distant extended family; most prioritize their close kin and Schola over their Clan.
• Dwarves are highly respected for their ability to focus on improve on a skill, and many throw themselves into mastering and demonstrating Arete in as many aspects of their lives as they can.

Spring Fae

• Spring Fae are rare in the League, less than one in a hundred Ceruleans.
• Many Spring Fae who are born in the League are gently urged to emigrate elsewhere when they reach their majority.
• Their tendency towards emotional openness runs contrary to the ideal of Iremia in Cerulean culture, and the emotional outbursts they are prone to can result in social shunning or even real psychic danger due to the Anemoi Trélas.
• The Spring Fae who remain in the League as adults are often highly controlled and self-disciplined, keeping an iron control of their emotions while they are within the League; many take up professions that give them reasons to journey to other lands, far from the emotional strictures of the Cerulean Isles, giving them an opportunity to loosen their ironclad discipline for a time before they return home.

Summer Fae

• Radokhar had a love for crafting Summer Fae, and so there was a large population of them in the Isles at the end of the Godswar. Many were Beastfolk and Firbolg, but Sporemarked and Satyrs were also quite common amongst the population.
• In modern times Summer Fae make up just over three in twenty Ceruleans.
• Summer Fae are often taught intense discipline as part of their childhood; their impulse to action is viewed as dangerous if left uncontrolled, but Cerulean society still places great value on them for their determination to do something and not get lost in contemplation like others can.
• Many Cerulean Summer Fae become followers of Vallaros and seekers of Arete, channeling their urge for action into constant training to improve themselves.

Autumn Fae

• Autumn Fae are not common in the League, about one in every fifty, though they are appreciated for their friendly demeanor and loyalty to their comrades.
• Autumn Fae are notably more common in Cerulean politics than they are in the general population; the Dendrons have a small but healthy population of Autumn Fae working within them, and quite a few of the Poimandroi of the various assemblies throughout the League are Autumn Fae.

Winter Fae

• Winter Fae are not common, but are not terribly rare; they make up about one in every twenty Ceruleans.
• The tendency towards patience and desire for understanding that many Winter Fae have inclines them to mesh well with the culture of the Cerulean League.
• There is a great deal of respect in Cerulean society for Winter Fae who specialize in divination, as their dreaming visions are thought to synchronize particularly well with the Pythian discipline.