Digging Deeper
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Who is she?
Standing at 5'6'' with her slender body and her elegant way of moving, Amphelice can be called a stereotypical princess. She has a peace to her that makes the most uneasy person calm down and a way of speaking which makes it sound so silky smooth it's like a lullaby. But even if she can be described positively in so many ways, she has some hidden sides she doesn't want to be shown to anyone else.
Amphelice is a very childish girl at heart. She loves to play around and prank people, but nothing so much that it would harm them. She is easily entertained and finds the silliest things to be funny, making her quite a giggly person. She is also very impatient and tends to get bored quickly if things doesn't happen as fast as she wants them to. No matter how much she puts her tribe before herself, those ceremonies and rituals are the most boring things ever. She has learned to keep a straight and serious face but is secretly daydreaming inside her head.
The tribe she's in is called the Ale' Anar Tribe and it's camp is located in three different cave openings which all have smaller caves and tunnels going to different rooms. The tribe name is Elvish for "after the sun".
Amphelice is said to be the 12th princess to be born in the tribe and is training to become the new queen. The way the system works for this tribe is that it mimics the ranking system of a kingdom although it is merely a tribe of elven people. But the reason for this is that there are so many dark elves that if they built enough around, they would be able to call it a small kingdom.
The only reason why they haven't is because the Light Elves, or so called the Poikaerea Kingdom (Elvish for The Pure Ones) have taken away the right of the dark elves to form a kingdom after an old war that took place long before Amphelice's time.
But time has passed and the dark elves have nothing to complain about as they live quite well in the caves. They grow food, breed animals for food and materials, have elf smiths/tailors/builders and everything they need to survive.
The waterfall is the most important thing the Tribe has. Without the water, nothing will grow and there would be no water for anyone to drink as there isn't any lakes other then the ones above them. It rains regularly, but often gets to a critical level at summer times when it doesn't rain as much. And therefore they have a storage in case it gets too bad.
The top cave is where the fighters, hunters, workers and guards have their caves. They will be needed to be there in case of attacks of any kinds and is there to protect the rest of the Tribe as soon as anything happens. Also a man named Hemrick, or quanta en' nomin (meaning "full of wisdom" in elvish) lives there and is the oldest elf in the tribe. He is a fortune teller and helps the hunters to find the best places to gather meat and materials. He also predicts the weather.
In the middle floor is where the small marketplace is and where they have animals like cows, chickens and horses. They have a big meadow outside of the camp where they take some of the animals to graze.
This is where the rest of the kingdom lives as the bottom floor is where the royal family lives. The king, the queen, the princess, the king's brother and the queen's sister and some of the helpers they have.
Amphelice has her own little cave with a small hole in the wall she dug out herself where she can see the rest of the woods behind them and all the way to the light elves kingdom. She hides it behind a curtain from her parents to see as they don't like her dreaming about going somewhere far away from the tribe.
