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This page discusses a part of the lore of the Dominion Era Elledynnë. If you are interested in seeing the Tabletop RPG stats associated with this race, visit: Elledynnë (Stats).
| Dominion Era Elledynnë | |
|---|---|
| High Elves | |
| Fair Folk, Golden Ones, Two-Faces | |
 Racial Insignia of the Elledynnë | |
| Land of Origin | |
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| Continent of Origin | Termalttë |
| Homeland | D'Satrë Naborra |
| Capital | Di'Olyrenë Selvë |
| Racial Lore | |
| Language | Elledyn'ni |
| Characteristics | Elledynnë (Characteristics) |
| Culture | Elledynnë (Culture) |
| History | Dominion Era |
| Government | Elledynnë (Government) |
| Military | Elledynnë (Military) |
| Stats | Elledynnë (Stats) |
| Racial Relations | |
| Allies | None |
| Enemies | Tretallë |
| Neutrals | None |
Known as Elledynë in the common ancestor tongue of Elledyn'ni and Tretalleri, the High Elves are the sister race of the Bone Elves. Whatever similarities between the two races may be, it is fair to say that most of them end there. A generally conceited and vainglorous people, where the Bone Elves live and toil under their prosperous Dominion, the High Elves built their empire: the Silvered Realm, on the backs of slaves from the peoples that they have conquered. Where the Tretallë believe that all children of the earth are equal before the eyes of Death, the High Elves believe themselves to not be born of the earth, made superior to all other peoples by the hand of their Triple Goddess.
The Eternal Rivalry
In the theology of Di'Ovyrë Ohyrda, the World-Faith, the High Elves were created by the Triple Goddess herself, shaped from her dreams to represent all that is good and noble and beautiful in the world. At the same time, this very same doctrine speaks of the Bone Elves as High Elves captured by the Triple Goddess' jealous rival, the Raven Goddess. As the story of the beginning-times goes, the Bone Elves are High Elves, twisted into shades of their former beauty, turned into embodiments of death, evil, and all that is ugly in the world.
As far as the High Elves are concerned, this theological account of the schism between the two races that is the reason for the rivalry between the two peoples that has lasted from long before even the Elfin Diaspora.
Perhaps the ultimate insult that the High Elves suffered in their venture into the West to stake a claim on the lands they thought were yet-undiscovered was the realization that the Dominion had beat them there by many hundreds of years and had already established a strong foothold.
