Travan Dominion

History of the Dominion
During the First Age the elves lived in relative harmony along with the other emerging mortal races. That was until Lolth gave Elves the gift of Magic and the Travan Dominion was born, though they rejected Lolth, which caused a split from Lolth's devout Drow followers , they nonetheless accepted her gift with relish and used it to subjugate all races to their power. They rebuilt the Black City of Tiamat and from there they ruled all other mortal races until their eventual fall at the hands of the mighty heroes of the First Age. They were pushed back to their original homeland after the Black City was sunk but were able to hold any attempts to destroy them off. They finally signed a magically binding pact which allowed them to continue their existance in their homeland if they swore to no further attempt of expansion. They are currently ruled as a magocracy by the Grand Council and although their treaty forbids expansion they still horde powerful relics in their Capitol and they always strive to increase their power and collect knowledge.

The Archmage Conclave
"This plane thinks it has been spared but we were merely delayed. We will return, we will return and put the lesser races in their place and we will have our vengeance" - Mage Lord Zentherinax

The Domioin is ruled by the Conclave of Archmages there is one Archmagister for each school of magic and a High Scholar in charge of the library, it is a general rule that for one to move up to the Conclave one must either kill or disgrace a current Archmagister. The Conclave has say on almost all matters within the Dominion though there are very few rules they actually set down for the entire society with each Archmage content to set rules for their specific school of magic.

Culture
The primary vice of Travan culture is hubris and their primary goal is the acquisition of power, status and knowledge. To this end the Domion is led by the worlds most powerful mages and the Dominion city-state is home to the worlds most extensive library, most stolen from other societies during their reign. In the Dominion Magisters and their students strive for status within the Dominion. The family unit is surpassed in importance by the teacher - student relationship and students attempt to raise the glory of their teacher and surpass and replace them.

Most members of society study magic at some point and the Archmagisters of each school of magic are unequivicolly societies most powerful elves these include; High Arcanist Parthinax, High ZIllusionist Gerenix, High Scholar Kenerinax. Travan names are usually Draconic.