Category:Lyledell

The elves were ancient when the humans were first forming tribes and building huts. The only race they knew of that was older than them were the angels. Unlike the humans, the elves, having greater lifespans, were able to take a slow approach to their culture. For hundreds of years at a time, the elves lived in much the same way. They began to record their history during the first civil war. The elves had lived under one monarch, one who was supposed to be the archdruid as well as a wise and just leader, for millennia. But the king during the first age was a corrupt and ignorant man. Rather than being concerned for the good of all elves and of nature, he only cared for himself. Some elves spoke out against the king, which lead to their civil war. The kingdom splintered, and the different sections, all with different ideologies, never quite trusted each other again. It is speculated that if the invading human armies had faced a unified elven kingdom, their forces would have been destroyed long before the monsters started appearing. After the splintering, some elven groups stayed with traditional monarchies, whole others experimented with different forms of government. To this day, the elven fiefdoms are some of the most varied areas in all of the civilised world.