| Category | Empires | ||||||||
| World | Bal-Kriav | ||||||||
| Region | Lands of Purity | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Capital | Hanthaerion | ||||||||
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| Deities | Aredhel, Sehanine | ||||||||
| Enemies | Malmus | ||||||||
| Established | 19 Bloom 112 | ||||||||
| Map | Hadraniel |
The intrepid wood elf colonists of the renowned Ancalimë Kingdom ventured forth in the fifty-second year, traversing the Oaken Gate to establish a settlement within the verdant expanse of the Elberial Forest.
On 19 Bloom 112, with Ancalimë's approval, the elves of the Hadraniel Sector seceded from their motherland, establishing the Galadriël Kingdom. Their domain was centered around Hanthaerion, stretching northward to the Galathien Sea and southward to the Pearl Sea. In the west, their territory was bounded by the Lerchadan River, and in the east, it reached as far as the Ikhen Swamp.
The arrival of Tragarans from Gulimbor during the Great Exodus (998 - 1017) facilitated trade and prosperity. The Tragarans possessed a voracious appetite for resources. Cordial commerce and relations flourished between the Farinteen Dynasty and Galadriël, interrupted only occasionally by overzealous Farinteen proselytizers eager to propagate their faith into elven territories.
During the Black Tide War (1465 - 1486), the elves suffered devastating losses from battling the undead hordes and the catastrophic destruction wrought by Katrana's activation of the dragon relic Zuwuth Uv Enkii. With the ceaseless fiery devastation brought about by the dragon orb, Galadriël's civilians and a significant portion of her military forces were compelled to seek refuge within the fortified walls of Viressur - a structure designed to house five phoenixes, and thus impervious to fire. Several thousand Galadriël soldiers traveled eastward, joining the armies coalescing around Iglutt, the nucleus of what would become the Holy Quinary. In 1486, a year after entering Viressur, Galadriël's soldiers and civilians were overcome by a spell that plunged them into a timeless slumber.
In 1533, seasoned veterans of the Black Tide War, a group calling themselves the Golden Elite, entered Viressur. They broke the spell affecting Viressur's occupants, liberating Galadriël's skilled soldiers and civilians. Six years later, Galadriël's armies joined the Holy Quinary. After the Athenian Crusade (1539 - 1551), many of the Holy Quinary's members established a federalist state composed of diverse races, the Country of Malacost. Galadriël opted to remain a kingdom. Like the Farineen Empire, they are close allies and trade partners of the Country of Malacost.
Today, the gravest peril confronting this realm are the fomorians and their subordinates who reside in substantial quantities beneath them - in the somber expanse of Onvorn.