The Elven Realms

As children of Methrios, God of the Hunt and Lord of the Elves, the elves were once a unified race that watched over the lands of Thalmir. Entrusted as guardians of the land, they have been tasked with keeping the balance of the lands. However, as new races came in to the lands, the elven realm began to divide. To handle the situation, the elves, with their god's blessing, elected a council of elders, or chose one esteemed elder, to lead the people in their various regions. After much changing of the land, the two major realms that stood was Draelia and Lorelia. Both kingdoms formed under different circumstances.

Kingdom of Draelia
The Kingdom of Draleia is the last of the lands in the west that is still held by the elves. Originally, the entire lands of the west belonged to the elves until the humans began to settle along the western coast. As the humans began to travel further inland, conflict arised between the humans and the elves. While the conflict had not turned to a full-scale war, hostility was apparent especially during the Northern Invasion. While the humans fended off the invaders, the elves congregated themselves near the Rothurien Mountains and formed a new nation and did not send any aid. The elves living east of the human settlements did not give much aid either as their western brothers and sisters no longer held any of the lands other then a small region that was once part of a much larger land they once lived. While the animosity between the humans and elves died down, a few of the elders still do not trust any non-elves thus diplomacy with the nation has always ended to be rather confusing. Nearing the final years of the Eranor Empire, however, the elves were not satisfied with the way the empire was handling their internal affairs due to political instability. Fearing the destruction of their kind, the elves allied with various powerful factions within the dying empire. This has led to future friendship with the new Heldrath Empire in which both nations enjoyed a healthy commerce. Due to the kingdom dating back before the Eranor Empire's establishment, the Draelia Kingdom is considered to be one of the oldest kingdoms in existence.

Kingdom of Lorelia
The Kingdom of Lorelia lies between the Rothurien and the Norgoth Mountains Ranges. Due to that, and having even their eastern border reaching to the Mountains of Vorn, the elves encountered the dwarves on many occasions. While there have been skirmishes and even small battles, between the two races, the overall opinion of each other has been positive. With the elves keeping to the forests and the plains and the dwarves staying in the mountains. Before the fall of the Eranor empire, the entire region was dotted with various elven groups, however with constant issues arising, the group formed a council of elders and have secured a sizable realm for their race. While they do not always entertain other races, they do allow a few of the others to come into their lands. This has allowed the forest in the region to grow abundantly making the lands of Lorelia a mysterious wonder.

The Elven Empire (The Silver Empire)
After the fall of the Heldrath Empire in 930 HE, the Kingdom of Draelia and the Kingdom of Lorelia decided to unify their lands to firmly establish a home for their race, by doing so, they were able to reclaim parts of the westernlands back from the humans and even expanded their borders to the east. However, 300 years later, around 1250 HE, the Elven Empire was imbroiled in a devastating war, the Second Mage War which brought about the destruction of the empire, and nearly the elven culture and race. After 300 years of unification, the elves were once more divided.