Siracoríl

The Kingdom of Siracoríl (from the Human sira, shire and the Elven coríl, heart, roughly translating heartland) is a feudal kingdom situated at the heart of the Old Empire. Containing the ancestral homeland of the Elves in the woods in its south, it presents a synthesis of human and elven culture. It is ruled by a half-elven royal family which united the peoples of the central shires under their rule - the present monarch is King Wíldo. Siracoríl has a strong bardic tradition, and its Bardic Colleges are famous; as are the mystic bards who produce religious poetry in a famous monastery in the middle of the woods.