History of the Elves
By Awake
The elves of Terranor came to Mytera 2000 BLD(Before Long Dark) and were the first humanoid race to come to this New World, which the Elves named, and still refer to it by, Lengwe Seragon(New World). The elves spent the years before any contact with other races by ridding their lands of less desirable races such as gibberlings, spiders, carrion crawlers, and other such species. The land had never been tamed before and this was a long process. The constant battles caused the elves to become more and more warlike. One race that they did leave alone was the wolf. The elves of Terranor had a tendency to bring the wolves into their homes and make them their own. The elves respected the wolves for their unity when in battles. They also considered them to be of a noble nature. This is why the highest ranking officers in the elven army are named the Moon Wolves, or Lyalis Mitore in elf. The elven warriors of Terranor were of a rare nature. They would stand their ground in the face of any demon and laugh. They did not always win these battles with demons, but they never back down from a fight.
In 1500 BLD the next species came to Mytera. This species was the dwarf. At first the two races were very comfortable with each other and spent a lot of time with each other. The elves and dwarves would hunt with each other. Soon though, the dwarves and elves became started becoming less and less friendly with each other since they saw each other a lot less. This was the time that the dwarves decided to go underground. The elves were upsetted by this, but were of a more understanding nature back then and wished the dwarves good health. The dwarves still ventured to the city every now and then for supplies, but not nearly as much as they do now.
In 1258 BLD another race came to this still new world. The elves considered these humans to be foolish. The humans at first violently refused any help from the elves, but a few weeks later they pleaded for forgiveness and help. The elves laughed at the humans, but were still of a kind nature, and helped them. The elves later saw that the humans were not as foolish as they had first judged. Once the elves helped the humans rid their area of creatures and demons the humans soon started to prosper greatly. The elves then took their leave of the humans and went back to their own buisness of battling demons and creatures. The elves and humans remained on somewhat short terms for a few hundred years, until the halflings came along. The humans did not know that the dwarves even existed for a few years, until a dwarf came to them asking for supplies.
800 BLD. This was the time that the halflings and gnomes came to Mytera. Finally the elves and humans spoke to each other again. They would spend hours laughing at these two new races, yet always in good heart. The elves became much more comfortable with these races, more then they had been with the dwarves. The halflings were of such a happy race, always seeing the brighter side of things. Unfortunately, the gnomes did not seem to have this characteristic, and disliked the elves. The elves and the humans helped these two races clear out their country. The elves and halflings spent much time with each other.
250 BLD The elves finally met a race that they could NOT get along with. The yuan-ti. The yuanti were despicable monsters that were entirely greedy and attempted to kill the elves or most other races on site. The only race they seemed to get along with was their own. The Yuanti vanished only weeks after they came. And that is all of the history that the Elves will speak of concerning them.
0-99 LD The time of the Long Dark had started. Undead were sprouting all over the place. The elves were lucky, considering very few of them die. The elves were greatly angered by the fact that their dead would rise against them. This was a turning point for the elves, and lost much of their sense of lawfullness. They became much more chaotic then they had ever been before. They had little respect for anyone, the only thing on their minds were death. They spent almost all of their time hunting down the undead. The humans and the elves bonded with each other, and started hunting down all of the undead they could find. This was not difficult because the undead found them most of the time. The elves, humans, and dwarves joined together to battle this great menace. The gnomes and halflings were also protected by a group of elves. Throughout the the years humans, dwarves, and elves died side by side in battle. No one was dying of old age in this time. When the humans were down to one last city many of the elves(liking the humans at this time, having battled together) joined the humans in a battle against the undead. Most others were off defending their home city. An elven general, rank Lyalis Mitore, was leading the home battle. The undead had all types of ways they were attacking the city. They were attempting to dig into the city, some were trying to burn their way into the city, while a few were even flying into the city on the backs of wyverns and small dragons. The general, Ärturis Gysse'Mitore, was standing atop the palace when a wyvern flew too close to him. Ärturis ran and jumped on top of the wyvern, slaying the undead archers who were riding on it. The wyvern was not interested in following Ärturis's commands, and attempted to fling him off of it's back. Ärturis had no fear of death though, and stabbed the wyvern over and over until it was dying. The wyvern started plummeting to the earth, but slowed down just in time at the end. The wyvern crashed into the ground in the middle of the undead army. Ärturis grabbed up his sword from where it had landed and lopped off the wyvern's head before it could do the same to him. Immediately he started to battle with the surrounding undead. Somehow he managed to make it back to the cities walls and gained entrance by climbing up the wall in a way that only a skilled elf can do. The elves then continued fighting with a boosted morale, most of them having seen him crash into the ground and then come back. Arrows were flying continuously at the undead, slaying hundreds of them at a time. Still, the undead would not relent. Right when the undead were about to breach the well made gates(which were made by the dwarves), something happened. Something so great, that even the elves still speak of the time they saw it. The sun had started to rise. As soon as the rays hit the enemy army, screams that would haunt the lives of much of Lenwe Seragon filled the air. Ärturis ordered an all out attack on the undead. The elves dropped their bows and jumped to the ground. The fields were strewn with the bodies of undead. The elves had won this battle. Later on that day the elves decided to crown Ärturis as the rightful ruler of that city, and his descendents have been in control of the city ever since.
1-2 ALD This time is called The Gathering by the elves. This was a time of great turmoil for the humans. Their leader, King Rigat, was going insane, and a few humans managed to escape the mad mans domain and fled to Terranor. The humans in the city became very friendly with each other. The elves had no desire to meddle in the human affairs, so stuck to their own matters.
3-2000 ALD Throughout all these years the elves had very few notable events. There were a few epic battles with demons and the sort. Also, most of the humans and half-elves had left the city. The humans tried going back to their own city, but they were denied because the humans were suspicious of the elves, whom could not care less about what the humans were doing. So they left for Fort Unity and a few other places where they felt they would be accepted.
I was half asleep when I wrote this, and my mind was kind of...off....so, it isn't relly much of a history, but it's good enough.