Valentine's Statue

In the elven Kingdom of Amredhel, in the capital city of Eladriel is a grove known as Valentine's Flag. A statue of silver and mithril bearing a white banner marks the spot where Valentine, King of Vampires stood bearing the white pennant of peace for three nights. Eventually, he was allowed into the city, the first vampire to enter the Court of Silver Stars as an ambassador.

Valentine's Alliance

Valentine proposed an alliance of vampires, elves, lycans, and all the peoples who loved the moon goddess Thaya. The Shattered Moon Coalition was formed because of Valentine's persistence and the mortals (and undead) finally won the War Against the Far Realm.

Valentine's Stature in Eladriel by Chris L - Midjourney

Unfortunately, Valentine did not make it to the end of the War. He was lost in the Battle of the Barrow Shard when he barrelled into a knot of aberrant soldiers. He never returned from the battle and it was assumed that his body was dusted by some anonymous aberration. Without Valentine to lead them the vampires of the Blood Moon Covenant were edged out of the alliance that they had spearheaded.

The Faithlessness of Elves

When the war ended the elves were given a spot in the Concordance for Survival and a leadership position in what became the mightiest civilization that the world has ever known. They dissolved the Coalition and created a new group called Thaya's Vindicators. They invited the druidic powers to join them and pointedly left out the vampires and lycans who had been allied with them during the Far War.

The vampires and lycans remaining on the Shattered Moon were given a choice. They could fly back to the world of Erathia below or they could remain on the moon. However, they would no longer be welcome on the Telperion Skyships of the elves now that their coalition was dissolved. Some stayed and some returned "dirtside", but the vampires and the "shifting folk" have not forgotten that the elves took away their chance to join the leaders of the Concordance.

The Legend of Valentine

Despite the poor treatment of vampires and lycans by their leaders, the fighting elves and common soldiers remember Valentine's gamble and his savagery on the battlefield. Over the years, vampires and werewolves have been allowed to become full citizens in the Zone. They have to promise to only feed on consenting mortals and they have to "Bear the Ident-a-hedron".

The city of Eladriel has grown, its borders overtaking the Statue's glade creating the neighborhood called Valentine's Flag. Young elves gather here in Valentine's memory. There are music and dance clubs, such as the Bloody Flag, where gothic vampire-admiring elves can dance until dawn. Actual vampires are rumored to also frequent those clubs.

On the Barrow Shard itself, a clan of vampires lives "Undershard", clinging to the bottom of the rock and staying in the darkest shadows of Lokorn. They commemorate the night that Valentine "died" with a great festival that the elves also join.

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