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Economy & Craft

14.1 Currency and Trade

Aspect	Details
Currency	The Sylvan Elves do not use formal currency among themselves; their internal economy operates on a system of reciprocal exchange and communal sharing. For trade with other races, they accept Eldorian trade-tokens or barter directly.
Core Crafts	Bowcraft (enchanted longbows grown from living wood), Herbalism (potions, remedies, and healing salves), Weaving (spider-silk textiles and tapestries), Living Architecture (Greenspeaking-shaped structures), Moonweaving (enchanted cloaks and wards), Crystal-work (items forged in the Emerald Caves from bioluminescent crystals).
Exports	Herbal remedies, enchanted bows and staves, spider-silk textiles, magical wood, moonlight-woven cloaks, healing potions, exquisite nature-crafted art, and rarely, magical artifacts imbued with forest essence.
Imports	Minerals and metals (from Dwarves and Eldorians), artisan crafts from human regions, salt, certain spices not found in the forest, and occasionally Nereid pearls for ceremonial use.
Trade Routes	Limited forest-edge trading posts where Eldorian and Nomad merchants meet Sylvan representatives. The Nomads of Aurora serve as intermediary traders, carrying Sylvan goods to distant markets.
Guilds and Specializations	No formal guilds exist; instead, Circles of practitioners (Healer's Circle, Archer's Circle, Weaver's Circle, Greenspeaker's Circle) share knowledge and maintain standards through mentorship and tradition.

Yelindra Silkhand
The most celebrated weaver in living memory, credited with developing a technique for dyeing spider-silk with starfern bioluminescence, producing textiles that glow faintly in darkness. Her cloaks are prized by Rangers for nighttime operations.
Orenthil Deepforge
Master crystal-smith of the Emerald Caves, known for crafting the Singing Crystals
small resonant stones used in long-distance communication when the Whispering Wind Network is disrupted.