One of the factions of the elves.
The Loyal specifically follow Tuma Yedaard and his edicts. While all elves are in theory bounded by his contracts, the Loyal make a special effort at it. These are elves that would prosecute a war or an Elf-Hunt, and guard the forest from greedy men, savage beasts from the Edge or elsewhere, or maliciously mischievous fey. They enforce contracts, and to an outsider can generally come off as cold and unyielding.
The Loyal are the army of Kingswood, and are the only faction to have official titles and licenses handed down from the King. Though, it’s not unheard of or considered particularly strange or bad for a titled elf to switch to a different faction - indeed most of the long-lived elves have spent at least some time working directly for the Court, and have a title prove it. Tehaar is one of the most famous of the Loyal (29.10).