Elves

An abandoned people who turned to nature as their protector after their own people left them to die.

History of the Elves.
 The history of the Elves is one of loss and re-birth. During the Awakening as dragons ruined the land the Eladrin who were still living in the Feywild sealed off their cities in Duenis to protect themselves.

 Left to face the dragons alone the Eladrin in Duenis took to the forests that surrounded their cities. In the shade of their trees they watched their cities burn along with those too slow to flee. Taking this as a warning they turned their back on their old ways and dedicated themselves to the forests that had hidden and protected them.

 Fracturing into many small tribes they spread out over the forests of the world, and learned the ways of nature. They took on aspects of the seasons. Each tribe decided which season they would follow. The Elves of Spring were brash and mercurial, the Elves of Summer were vibrant and welcoming, the Elves of autumn are sombre and decisive but the Elves of winter were harsh and cold of heart. They eventually they broke from the forests altogether and ventured deep underground into the underdark becoming the Drow race.

Elves of the current age.
Elves of the current age are treated with a mixture of fear and intrigue. While tribes who follow the pull of summer are frequent traders who bring many rare goods from the depths of the forests. The Elves of Autumn seek to purge their forests of all those who seek to harm their homes. Worst of all of the Elves that still roam the surface are the Elves who follow spring, they are fickle and have been known to arrive at a borderland town and trade one day and come back the next and slaughter all they see, as they deicide that the town is now an affront to nature. This has led to many people to distrust Elves and a warm welcome in curtain parts of Duenis is far from guaranteed  The Elves regard this and just the way of nature. Most Elves that make there lives amongst the other people of Duenis are of the Summer Tribes but there are outsiders in every society and it is not unknown for Elves of Autumn or Spring to take up the life of an Adventurer.