Atylwyth, the Winterheart, is a High Realm
of Athel Loren, ruled by Sceolan of the Hooked Blade. It is a realm locked in
the icy embrace of winter; its boughs are ever covered in a thick rime of
frost, its glades always heavy with snow. Pale statues line every path, and
mark the entrance to every hall. Some of these works are exquisite ice
sculptures, shaped by an artisan’s patient touch. Others are frost-caged
mischievous naiads or spiteful kelpies, imprisoned by Elven magics in
punishment for past misdeeds or to prevent future ones. These statues flow and
reform when the eye does not rest upon them, the creatures inside ever seeking
to escape.
Few forest spirits awaken in this land, for
the biting chill lulls them and keeps them slumbering. Most sleep willingly
through the centuries, waiting for the arrival of a glorious dawn that will
never come. As a result, the connection between forest and Elves is weaker here
than in any other part of Athel Loren. Those spirits that do rouse to
wakefulness seldom talk with the Elves, and instead prefer to influence their
allies’ thoughts and deeds through dreams.
Unlike other regions of the forest,
Atylwyth’s defence has ever relied upon the bravery and battle-skill of the
Elves alone — even the threat of extinction cannot rouse the realm’s forest
spirits from their torpidity. Thus do the Atylwythi practise the arts of war
with an obsession that is wholly alien in other realms? Nowhere else in Athel
Loren can Eternal Guard be found in such numbers as they can in the halls and
holds of Lord Sceolan.
Atylwyth is a minor Wood Elf faction in
Total War: Warhammer.
Type: Minor
Category: Wood Elves
Campaigns: The Season of Revelation
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