The Maidens' Dance

In a clear night sky near the coast of the swirling rivers of greenish-blue light can be seen moving and dancing unpredictably above the Dagger from the Seas of Ice to the Great Sea. Sometimes rich and vibrant; sometimes barely even perceptible; these lights have been spoken of by poets and scholars from time out of mind. 

In the North they are called the Maidens' Dance, and their yearly return heralds the coming of the Valkauna to bear away the spirits of the dead Stoneborn and others who are brave enough to gain their respect. The lights also signify the fertility of the young women who will be given in marriage that year. 

In the Free Provinces they are called the Sorrow and are linked to the Departure of the Queens of the Old Empire and the Abdication of the Princes who left in search of them.

The men of mainland Westrun say that they are the evidence of the mistress of Heimos, an unnamed goddess who left him for yet another lover. She now dances between Heimos and the gods of Eastrun as a sign of the peace she keeps.

To the men who ply the seas they are simply called the Veils and are considered a good omen.

Sinatarmalas

Name: The Sea Wood

Ruler: Unknown

Government: Old Order Monarchy, rule by a Rane who was a lineal descendant of the previous King.

Population: Unknown

Description:
It is said that the Elf Sashelas was among those Teraniel or Landbound (sometimes "Cursed") Elves which longed to return to the Sky under Aerdrie the First Queen of the Elves. So he plied the Inner Sea looking for that place that the Cataclysm had covered with water, thinking that if it were found, he would be able to return to the skies as an Avariel. Legends say that instead, he founded a new civilization in a vast undersea forest and his offspring are the aquatic elves.