Hightree

Hightree was the location of the elven kingdom before the First War of the Ancients. Hightreee was destroyed during the war and the City of Naturelles was built atop it.
==History==
Built into the very being of one of the few world trees left in existence, Hightree was indeed a massive tree. With a trunk wide enough to house a city and branches that pierced even the highest of high clouds, it is no wonder that its inspired and nurtured one of the oldest of all the races that have lived upon the world. From Hightree, a great empire once ruled stretching as far as the roots beneath the earth. In recent millenia, however, the magics that fueled both the world tree and its children waned all but to nothing, and so the elven empire began to recede to a mere shadow of itself.
It existed at the heart of an almost impossibly large forest and stands as the center of almost all elven lore and legend. When the humans came marching with their flames and their siege engines, the elves called for mercy – the same mercy the elves extended to them when first they warred. Instead, they watched as their forests and Hightree itself was given to the fire.
Where once stood a true wonder of the world, now remained a charred wound in the earth. Distraught and despairing, the elves knew not what to do. In the ensuing panic, the whole of their civilization fell at the mercy of Naturelles. Their destiny was put into their hands as one by one they were taken before the King: serve in irons, or be put to the blade.
It is said that it took five months to completely burn Hightree and with it the elven spirit. Now enslaved, the surviving elves were forced to bury and build over their beloved forests' remains. The King had found a suitable place for his capital city.
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