Quercetia

Quercetia is the first city of Elves and the current capital of the High Elves. It is located to the south of the Elvenwood, just north of the Great Lake. Argutulium, the clever, was born in Quercetia during the Second Age and ushered in an age of enlightenment to the High Elves. The Order of the Silvertongue was founded by Argutulium to honor the god Samelum. Samelum is the patron god of Quercetia and they gifted the High Elves with literacy, making High Elves the first literate race in Pellas. Quercetia is also home to the gifts of book making, oratory, poetry, and theatre. With all of these skills many would say that the High Elves of Quercetia grew haughty and arrogant. For this reason the sub race of Wood Elves split of from these High Elves and made their first city, Dryopolis, in the northwest of the Elvenwood. After this split Argutulium guided Quercetia in the construction of a Great Library designed to house books on all subjects from cultures across Pellas.

Corallia
The first colony was founded by a group of High Elves to the east of Quercetia. The city was founded on the coast near the Great Coral Reef, thus it was named Corallia after the red coral in the reef. The Elves of Corallia have always remained very culturally similar to those of Quercetia due to the relative closeness of the two cities.

Urbs Laci
The second colony of Quercetia was founded by an adventurous group of knowledge-seeking High Elves, unafraid to live outside the Elvenwood. These elves wandered west until they found a location rich in magical energy, the mountain range of Mala Graecia. These High Elves founded the city of Urbs Laci on the opposite side of Pellas to Quercetia, thus Urbs Laci developed its own distinct culture.