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Thusparri Elves

The thusparri elves split from the volspar nation at the onset of the Age of Steel over philosophical differences, choosing to travel west into the Kaerlon Mountains. There, the thusparri elves built majestic cities deep in the forests and high in the snow-capped mountains. True to their original philosophies, the thusparri elves maintained good relations with those people who remained in the Cradle of Life.

Their love of nature helped foster ties of friendship between the thusparri and the animals who shared the region with them. As their kinship with the creatures of the forests and mountains grew, the thusparran elves forged bonds of friendship with the mighty winged creatures of the Kaerlon Mountains as well as other animals including forest bears, timber wolves and great mountain lions.

These relationships - especially with the eagles they rode - with the animals of their homeland earned the thusparri elves the nickname wind lords. Indeed, many thusparri were so taken with these majestic creatures that they built strongholds in the most remote regions of the Kaerlon Mountains to be near these kindred spirits.

The thusparri found themselves embroiled in many of the conflicts that came to define the Age of Steel.

They sheltered refugees in both Sundaari occupations of the cradle of life. Thusparri warriors fought against the dragon tribes during the hunting times (though they later repented their role in that holocaust) and sided with the forces of light at the final battle of the ascendant wars on the plains of lorduun when the elder goddess Enâra intervened, sacrificing herself to end the bloody conflict. Repeatedly, these noble people proved themselves valuable and trusted allies for the cause of good.

During the Age of Plenty, the thusparri extended their holdings, establishing aeries in all major mountain ranges of the western continent. Using technologies learned from the Shieldwall dwarves, the elves built magnificent airships held aloft by air that was heated and funneled into reinforced canvas balloons. The thusparri used these vessels to facilitate travel between aeries and strongholds not near stone gates. They negotiated agreements with the trade lords to bring goods to the most remote, inaccessible regions of Simarra. This era of expansion is what brought the wicked ghaskrii thundering down upon them.

The ghaskrii wind raiders had always been mysterious creatures, living on floating landmasses that moved with the air currents. Some say they came from some other as-of-yet undiscovered region of the world, perhaps another continent beyond the great seas. Regardless of their origins, the leathery-winged ghaskrii took the thusparran’s rise into the skies as a challenge to their domain. Toward the latter part of the Age of Plenty, the thusparri found themselves engaged in numerous conflicts with the ghaskrii, who mercilessly attacked thusparri trade routes, raiding aeries and trade outposts all along the western continent as they followed the trade winds south out of the frigid north. By the time the Age of Plenty ended, the ghaskrii had enjoyed considerable victories in the northlands, sacking a number of the thusparri aeries. However, the invasion of the keza-drak changed everything.

The Thusparri Elves in the Age of Blood:

In the first chaotic days of the invasion the thusparri found themselves reeling against an overwhelming tide of invaders who, without warning, came flooding through the stone gates in the largest of their mountain and forest strongholds. City after city fell to the horde.

The keza-drak pushed the thusparri deeper and deeper into the mountains, forcing them to abandon their homes and cut off any overland routes leading to the most remote of their aeries. Thousands of elves died defending the retreat of their friends and families, but perhaps the most tragic consequence of the invasion was the wholesale slaughter of the thusparran’s beloved eagles, griffins and falcons. The keza-drak burned every nest they could find, hacking eggs and hatchlings apart, using the dead as food.

These atrocities infuriated the Thusparri, who vowed vengeance against these soulless monsters. The years following the invasion have seen the wind lords slowly establish new aeries and freeholds. The thusparri have fully immersed themselves in the war, battling their hated enemy wherever they are found.

The elves also engage in salvage, rescue and other humanitarian operations, providing what relief and shelter they can to the other refugees of Simarra.

Daelian elves are one of the few races who stayed relatively close to the cradle of life at the onset of the Age of Steel. While their brethren bickered over the future of the elven race, daelians traveled south through the plains of lorduun, settling in the fertile grasslands as well as the vast primordial forest which was their namesake.

The Age of Steel saw many conflicts for the people of Simarra. The largest threat to the daelian elves came at the hands of the sSundaari blood lords who were once sages living in the Daelian wood but turned from that path.

Beguiled by the morargrim, the Sundaari migrated south into the Sundanar Peninsula. There, the sundaari began learning vile, ritualistic blood magicks from the morargrim. They pledged allegiance to the dark god Thûrak, who commanded them to wage war on the people of Simarra.

During the first invasion of the Cradle of Life waves of sundaari flooded into the Daelian wood, subjugating the peaceful scholars and historians, visiting untold horrors upon them. The atrocities committed during the three hundred year holocaust served as a heartbreaking lesson to the Daelian elves; peace must be maintained through vigilance and, if necessary, military force.

In the aftermath of the occupation of their homeland, the Daelian elves dedicated themselves to building a military force capable of defending their ravaged homeland. Later years would see another sundaari invasion of the Cradle of Life. This time, the daelian elves were able to defend against the armies of their enemy. History would see the sundaari repeat their conquest of the Cradle of Life, sacking Megath-Tor a second time. Despite this fact, the blood lords were never able to fully conquer the Daelian Wood, largely because of the vigilance of its people.

Daelian elves prospered throughout the majority of the Age of Plenty, making great strides in the chronicling of the ages, cataloguing the knowledge of every possible subject from blacksmithing to rotes of power and (especially) ascendant technology. Memory shards allowed the sages to store vast amounts of knowledge, precluding the time-consuming process of translating language and scribing the information onto parchment (Though in some cases the sages did translate information onto parchment). By the end of the Age of Plenty, the memory vaults of the daelian sages had become legendary.

 The Daelian Elves in the Age of Blood:

The Daelian people have found themselves pushed to the brink of extinction. The invasion of the keza-drak and the return of the sundaari have placed the people of the devastated Daelian wood squarely between the proverbial hammer and the anvil. Life for these people is a daily struggle to survive. They have been pushed to the very rim of their homeland and are forced to hide in caves that dot the Dragonspine Mountains.

Many of the ragged survivors have joined up with the shodon warlords to fight against the armies of Thel-Kaza. Others safeguard precious memory shards, knowing that if this war ever ends, the people of the world will need the knowledge to rebuild Simarra. Others have left the region entirely, traveling to freeholds where they might find some safety from the chaos and destruction.

Dragons

Simarran Names: All lore regarding the draconic tribes mentions the following tribal names: Baask, Cthonai, Drahkene, Jahg-karan, Lorduunak and Xxik-thak

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