Eldarmari

**Eldarmari** are the High Elves of Onixana, dwelling in the Blessed Isle of Eldarmar.

Led to the island by Erastor Elvwe, they served him with near-fanatical zeal until he fell into a coma, and his sons brought the Blessed Isle to it’s knees.

## **Appearance:**

Eldarmari are lean and thin race with light or reddish hair and gray eyes.

## Culture:

Eldarmari are conservative monarchists, serving the House of Elvwe loyally and devoutly since the time after the Cataclysm that nearly destroyed the entire world.

## Social Structure:

Atop the Eldarmari social pyramid stands the royal family, with King or Queen as the head. Below it are the Princes of the regions of the Blessed Isle and their families. And

## Background:

Eldarmari descend from elven survivors of Elverdeem who after the death of their last king Tormak were lead by his friend and second-in-command Erastor Elvwe. He challenged the demon Jun'huru to a deadly duel alongside the dwarven champion Ezolva and a human warrior whose name was lost to history. This battle resulted in Erastor wounding the demon king with his sword Lomë, and the demon’s defeat and imprisonment by the Angel Nara who had intervened in the war after seeing the courage of the three heroes.

Upon the defeat of the demon horde, Erastor called the survivors to follow him, but during the journey he fought with his old friend Mig Atumal. Her host split from his, becoming the Miggen, Wild Elves. Those who completed the journey east would found the Kingdom of Eldarmar and lived peacefully for many years.

During this time, Erastor married Anarie, and fathered four children. Gwindor the eldest, Elgmoth the middle child, who was distant from his siblings, his daughter, the kind Palúre and the youngest loud Eol.

But all good things have to end. Erastor fell in a coma, widespread theory being that he had been poisoned by the disgraced court tutor Morana, and his sons left to find a cure in the Alun Forest. Months later, only Eol returned, saying that his two brothers had died. He proclaimed himself king-regent of Eldarmar and ruled over the kingdom for several months, until Elgmoth returned, telling his own side of the tale, saying that Eol murdered Gwindor and left him to die alone in the forest. The two engaged into a deadly duel, each wielding one of their father's twin swords, Amuntë and Lomë. Elgmoth won, and was crowned the new King of Eldarmar, after his father was put into the healing sleep of which he has not awoken even over a millenium later.

Elgmoth led Eldarmari for a long time, fighting off invaders such as the Dragonbinder Aegon Vakar, and his vengeful brother Eol with his realm of Akhara-ana-Rhuna. This resulted in a period of conflicts known as the Elf Wars, which would only end when Gwindor returned after his soul bound itself with the Heart of Alun and drove both brothers from the island for one thousand years.

Most who took part in wars followed Elgmoth to the east while few remained on the blessed Isle and mingled with the coming Sylvane.

One half of the exiles became **Eglechi,** who dwell in the eastern havens and the **Narder,** sea-elves who followed the now landless King Elgmoth.

## Notable Eldarmari:

Elgmoth Middlim: King of Eldarmar, both famous and infamous for warring against his brother Eol. Exiled for one thousand years from Eldarmar.

Tormak Middlim: King of the silver realm of Timmeralt.

Eol Youngshadow: Exiled prince, accused of murder of his older brother Gwindor. When he united the habitable part of Dreadlands into his personal kingdom, he rejected his Eldarmar upbringing and fully embraced the mindset of his new Drakkare subjects.

Gwindor Elderleaf: Lord of Alun Forest and husband of Terandaia. His soul and mind were for unknown reasons bound to the body of Alun Forest’s treekin guardian. After a long time, he woke up, and when he learned of his family’s war, he gathered the hosts of the Forest, ambushed Eldarmar and banished both his brothers and their followers to heal his old home from their war.