Vaïla'adrin
The vaïla'adrin (Elvish: "holy elves" or "devout elves") are a subculture in northern Scalados, particularly prevalent around the Ramdailos area, that mixes elements of the wood elven and high elven cultures.
Culture
Culture and cultural heritage
Though confluences of the eldasorrae cultures (related to the Unseelie Courts) exist through history, the primary roots of the vaïla'adrin date back to the years immediately following the War of Great Sorrow.
Art & Architecture
Older architecture of the vaïla'adrin usually resembles wood elven architecture, but with more masonry and other adaptations for their largely alpine territory. Major buildings often have steep staircases whose steps have been carefully graded to correspond to multiples of particular significant numbers. 102 steps and 204 steps are common, as multiples of six (the number of gods in the Wild Dynasty) and 17 (the number of the Fates). Other buildings have steps that correspond to the numbered year of their founding.
Ohtánio-in-Morigana, the largest temple to the god Arawn, an example of Vaïla'adrin architecture
by DrMosc
Ideals
Gender Ideals
As with all elven cultures, the vaïla'adrin have recognized the multiplicity and complexity of gender since time immemorial. Istyimaë are revered in the culture due to their connection with Corellon Latharien, and more likely to hold positions of minor nobility.
Courtship Ideals
Vaïla'adrin tend to follow the strict ritualistic practices of Liltakoë, though the many floral messages involved are often replaced by smaller and fewer mineral gifts, due to the scarcity of many plants in the highlands. Vaïla'adrin tend to mate slightly later in life than wood elves, but arranged or semi-arranged marriages are more common, even among lower classes.
102 steps?? I already dislike these.
Too low they build who build beneath the stars - Edward Young