The "Featherlight" and the
"Leafdefender" are two very powerful magical weapons that are carried by
the Lord and Lady of Kith'tarka. The "Featherlight" is a very strong, but
light as a feather dagger. Looking like nothing more than a prettily jeweled
weapon, this dagger has many powerful enchantments on it that give it a
more accurate hit and will cause more damage. It also has some magical
properties that were closely guarded by the Steeleaf regime. The "Leafdefender"
is a standard +2 magical sword that has protection against fire. This protection
will only protect itself and two elves within a 2 foot radius of the sword,
and only if the chosen wearer is currently holding the weapon. Both weapons
are made out of mithril, one of the strongest metals known to Akura. Unfortunately,
both weapons are currently thought to be lost, as they disappeared after
the decimation of Kith'tarka in 1,125 AY
Both weapons are supposed to be in the
hands of Kariana Steeleaf, a planeswalker native of Akura and survivor of the
original Kith'tarka disaster. She has decided to return these priceless
artifacts to Kith'tarka-Toril if Kith'tarka-Akura does not revive.
City Society
Kith'tarka is a city of rangers and
priests under the worship of Mielikki.
Most elves in Kith'tarka are taught at an early age to take up the practices
of the ranger.
Some are taught in the ways
of the cleric, and a few wizards stay in the city, to keep up city
defenses, but the majority of
the elves living in this city are rangers. The reason for this was simple.
For many elves, there is no reason to leave Kith'tarka. The elven city
is a beautiful city, containing everything that the elves would ever need.
As skirmishes with outside armies are rare, only occasionally onset by followers
of Malar, and the harmony of Kith'tarka
does not allow any discord among the elves, those with strong
magics were not needed. Thieves are disallowed in the city, if an
elf is ever caught stealing or cheating another elf, the punishment was
immediate exile.
Within the city, even with the scant need for priests, there is a small temple to Mielikki. This temple is kept up by eight priests with their novices, but most priests as they reach adulthood, do not leave, rather stay and go on pilgrimages to spread the word of Mielikki.
Minstrels, or elven bards, are only needed in the city in the case of festivals. In this case, instead of having many unorganized factions of bards, there is one group, the "Silver Ravens", a mixed group of male and female musicians who are selected by the goddess Mielikki, that play at all festivals and even at the single inn in the city, the "Smiling Moon". These minstrels rarely venture out of the city, as the Kith'tarkan elven music is thought to be too beautiful for outside ears to hear.
Most elves electing to study wizardry often leave the city, as there is not much to do in the city that required magic, as each Lord or Lady of the city has their own personal wizard to keep the enchantments up that support their tree houses.
Rangers, by far the majority of the elves in Kith'tarka that are not storekeepers or housekeepers, are all trained by the elite Kith'tarkan army of ten, the "Silent Foxes". This group instructs all young elves in the basics of ranger training, such as how to interact with the forest and the animals within. The Silent Foxes have a large compound in the center of the village, not far from the Kith'tarkan Spire, so that the Lord and Lady can watch the progress of the young elves.
In general, Kith'tarka is a place of absolute harmony. The elves manage to live subtly off the land, not harming the animals or plants in the forest. All forest folk and humans are allowed unchallenged passage into the city, all other races are first stopped and asked of intentions by the elite army. Dishonesty among the Kith'tarkan is an unknown thing, as all of the elves share everything they own and are completely open with each other. A beautiful paradise, it is no wonder that those who enter find it hard to leave!
Religion
Corellon Larethian
and Sehanine Moonbow are worshipped freely throughout the city as the
creators and patrons of the elves. Mielikki is worshipped as the patron of
rangers in Kith'tarka. There are shrines to all three in the city, however
Corellons' and Sehanine's are larger than the shrine to Mielikki.
Kith'tarka's Downfall
No, it was not the elves themselves that caused the fall of Kith'tarka, it was the red wyrm, Crimsonarperdacles Hai Draco, who was being controlled at the time by the wizard Ta'kar Alarious Clydestro. This wizard was of the "Order of the Red Dragon", an assumed defunct organization that used red dragons to carry out their evil scheming against the fair folk of Akura. Ta'kar claimed to have had a vision about one of the young elves in Kith'tarka claiming god hood and destroyed the village in a jealous rage, hoping to kill her. He did not succeed, and is presumed dead by the very wyrm that he manipulated to do his work for him.
Kith'tarka's Ressurection
Currently, there are plans
to ressurect the grand elven city in Akura. After the disappearance of Kariana,
Queen of Nevu'Alon, her mother, Liliana, had expressed
an interest in re-building the once proud city. As in the current conditions,
this would prove greatly impossible, but possibly after the kingdom settles
down a bit, the elves can once again reside in the Ath'Kara forest.
Liliana and Rillanos have kept up their family line and are now residing
in Nevu'Alon.
However, the grand city exists in Abeir-Toril, in the Chondalwood (Satyrwood),
where it has retained it's splendor and appeal.