Elfinshiyehafir

Elfinshiyehafir (also spelt in Babkhi as Elfinshiye Hafîr or Elfinshiye Hâfir; Elw: Елфиншиехофэр, Elfinshiehofyr, or, Елфиншиехафир, Elfinshiehafir) is an Elwynnese bailiwick in the inland of western Alalehzamin (AAR). Population (1680) 884,118. The official language of the bailiwick is Babkhi. The bailiwick is a mostly rural one with mid-sized towns here and there. Clockwise, it borders the bailiwicks of Kilkadesh, Lake Camel, Leila ve Moshk, Halwar, Dakhm ul Jinn, Daryapur, Rastakhiz, Dar-ul-Tazim, Rugahi and Shahershid.

The bailiwick was founded by Baron Ardashir as Elfinshiye Hafîr (long vowel on the ultimate syllable), a name that means "Tomb of the Elfinshi" (singular). However Ayreonists attempted to change the pronunciation of the city to Elfinshiye Hâfir (long vowel on the penultiminate vowel) which ended up giving the town the non-sensical name of "the Elfinshi's hoof" or "the Elfinshi digger" as a more politically correct and neutral name. Accordingly, in Elw, the bailiwick is often pronounced with a long penultimate vowel, while in Babkhi with a long ultimate vowel. A compromise is though that neither language write the name with any long vowels, and that the pronunciation varies depending on the speaker's language and/or ideology.

Cathedral city of the Diocese of Elfinshiyehafir (Church of Elwynn).