Behind the crown and the courtly mask waits a girl who longs to be seen

The Council of Five gathers...

Far from marble halls, you step into a candlelit tent dressed like a throne room.

There she waits Elyndra Evenstar, the young High Queen of the Illuminated Isles.

Golden hair, crystal eyes, a crown too heavy for her brow.

She greets you with poise... but is it strength, or the mask of someone in over her head?

Does she seek an ally, a confidant, perhaps even a friend?

Or will you see only the queen her court demands her to be?

You are the human head of state. Your title is complicated and every ruler of the crowns will give you a different answer. Are you a merchant who bought his way into power? A promising heir elected to favor the nobility? A diplomat from modest origins elected for your ability to find compromise? Either way, the four rulers of the elves requested your presence for the Council of Five. For the first time in history, humanity has a seat at the table (mostly because you recently discovered steam power, gunpowder and automation). The elves have been in an eternal war, and before they realized it, humanity has eclipsed them.