Kingdom of Fanes
Among the Ladin people of the Dolomites, a vast and complex cycle of oral legends regarding the Fanes are still shared.
The Fanes were a people whom had made a secret alliance with the marmorts of the mountains. Together they lived in harmony, ruled by their queen and worshipping the sun. The anguana, a kind of water nymph gifted with prophecy and salvani, a kind of dwarfs, lived closely with these people.
The Fane Queen Moltina marries a human from beneath the mountain, he is made king and secretly enters another alliance with the Eagles, a people whom only have one arm. Moltina and the king give birth to twin daughters, Lujanta and Dolasilla. Though as part of the king’s deal with the eagle-king he sends Lujanta to the eagle's realm and receives a son of the eagle-king. The Fane king also breaches a taboo and begins to replace the marmot insignia with that of the borrowed eagle.
The king is inspired by the eagle's way of life and begins a series of conquests at the price of warfare. Dolasilla, now fully grown, becomes a leader of these military campaigns. The Fane begin making enemies, and eventually a collocations army is gathered to stop them.
Dolasilla is the only one holding back the Fane’s enemies, with her enchanted armour and bow. Made of silver reed from the holy lakes of the Dolomites. Dolasilla falls in love with Ey-de-Net, a soldier of the enemies. Ey-de-Net switches sides and the two of them swear to never fight without the other’s presence henceforth. Though Ey-de-Net has an enemy in the evil sorcerer, Spina de Mul.
The war drags out and the king of the Fanes starts to distress. His greed and cowardice makes him strike a deal with the enemies. He makes a plan with them to hand over Dolasilla in exchange for his life and treasure. The king exiles Ey-de-Net and allows Spina de Mul to steal Dolasilla unfailing-arrows. Dolasilla goes to battle without Ey-de-Net, despite her vow but is felled by her own arrows. All looks like its lost for the Fane, if not for the wicked king being turned to stone and the return of Lujanta.
Lujanta and her mother lead the Fanes, first they attempt to make peace with their enemies—but the eagles have angered the others against the Fanes, and no compromise can be struck. The Fanes are nearly extinguished, merely twenty of them manage to seek refuge under Lake Braies—along with the marmorts.
In a faerie regio the Fanes and their marmort allies remain to this day. Waiting for the promised day when the Fanes are to regain their strength and once again rule over the Dolomites. Each full moon Queen Moltina and Lujanta leave the regio on a little boat to listen if the silver trumpet signalling the fateful day has finally arrived.
The Fanes left behind many powerful artefacts, and their epic battles still echoes and is repeated by the inhabitants of Arcadia. Players following the Path of Destiny might get the chance to interact or reinvent them.