The Elves of Thalmir

Blessed with long life. The Elves of Thalmir were once granted the powers of immortality. However, as time went by they lost their immortality and have ever since been come being who simply lived much longer spans of life in comparison to others. The elves are considered to be the children of Methrios, God of the Hunt and Lord of the Elves.

Birth and Origin
The Elves were created by Methrios, God of the Hunt and Lord of the Elves. He granted them immortality and and affinity towards the lands in order to have them assist him and his mother, Terrialle, in maintaining the lands.

The Elves thus lived for any years under the watchful eyes of their patrons creating a beautiful society with lush forests and plentiful vegetation throughout the western region of Thalmir.

The Chaos War
Life was perfect as the Elves began to grow in numbers peace and prosperity reign throughout the lands. However, when the God Charmon came down to the planet, he twisted some of the elves breeding them with creations of his own, the goblins, trolls, and orcs. For centuries the forces of Terrialle and the forces battled throughout the entire lands until finally the last fight was at the very heart of Thalmir.

The Elves managed to aid their patrons in the war but paid a hefty price. Many lay dead, their homes decimated, their spirits broken, and above all, their immortality taken by Charmon himself. Since then the central lands lay as a barren wasteland, making the place too harsh for many to bear. Due to that Most living beings left the center and mirgrated to other regions, the Elves mainly towards the Western region which they originally came from.

Encounter with the Dwarves
The Elves then scattered throughout the lands some spreading out to different regions around the continent. Some stayed, trying to bring back the land to what it used to be. Despite the destruction, they were able to bring back the land and balance in the Western regions. For many years the Elves cared for the lands caring for the place until an arrival of a new race coming from the Southern region of Thalmir. Small rugged Dwarves came from the South as refugees, after losing their homes. Forced out, the Dwarves traveled up North in search for land to claim as their own. The Elves allowed the surviving Dwarves to settle in the mountains to the South of the Western border and the Dwarves forged their first settlement calling it Stormpeak.

The First Encounters with the Humans
When the Humans first arrived on Thalmir in 5,000 BHE, the Elves did not know of them arriving until they began to settle along the coast in 4850 BHE. Encounters with the Humans were taken with mixed results. A few wished to allow the Humans a place for them to stay on the mainland, however many were against the idea believing that the Humans would lead Thalmir to ruin as they had no consideration to keeping balance in the force of nature as their doctrine stated. This led to many skirmishes between the Elves and Humans which nearly led to all out war on many occasions. Eventually, more and moe Elves joined the alliance of Humans helping to establish the Eranor Kingdom, until the majority of them joined when the Empire was established in 3775 BHE.

The Human Occupation
For nearly 3,000 years a good number of the Elves were under Human rule, treated as second class citizens at first before being granted equal citizenship to the kingdom. This brought about many silent resentment from the Elves who later took part in the destruction of the Eranor Empire in (insert date) BHE. Since then, the Elves were primarily divided into two groups. The Elves living along the Western lands rallied together and formed the Kingdom of Draelia while another formed the Kingdom of Lorelia. This effectively divided the Elves making them no longer a single unified race.

The Two Kingdoms
The Kingdoms of Draelia and Lorelia existed in throughout the Third Age of Men and nearly into the Fourth. During the Fourth Age, the two kingdoms held a different approach to the non-elves especially towards humans. The elves of Draelia bordered on all side by various races believed that they needed to coexist and work together to thrive. This has led to the Draelian elves allying with the Heldrath Empire a few time creating a mixed perspective with the other races. As for the Loerlian elves, due to their location, they were able to enjoy much solitude and have been able to keep to themselves, believing that less interaction with other cultures would preserve their people. However, being bordered by some of the dwarven kingdoms, there has been sporadic skirmishes with the two races. Despite those minor skirmishes, the relations between the two races have been peaceful. It was not until the fall of the Heldrath Empire that the two kingdoms officially united to form an empire of their own bringing forth the Silver Era.