Great Migration

The Great Migration was an event that took place between the Feywild and Material Plane at the beginning of the Second Primordial Age. Exiled from their home and stripped of their immortality, the elf races were forced to migrate to the mortal world.

**The Fall of Lolth**

The story of the Great Migration does not begin with a sin of the elvish races but instead the folly of their parents, the Eladrin. The Eladrin were carefree Fey, who saw themselves as above most others. They ate, sang and drank merrily, sharing their immortality and naivete with their elvish kin. The eldest Eladrin were part of the Fey Court, a council of powerful beings who oversaw the protection and evolution of the Feywild, mating and creating with other Celestial beings of the greater Celestial Plane in an attempt to forge the most beautiful of all realms.

To do so, the Fey Court often called upon the aid of the Archangel, the prime servant of the God of Gods, Wryn. The Archangel would mate with the Fey Elders and Eladrin, bringing to life the Firbolgs, Centaurs, and many more creatures. The Eladrin were responsible for many children of the Archangel, and grew to be very possessive of them. When Lolth (another of the Fey Court) suggested new children of the Feywild, the Eladrin looked upon her with disgust. They saw no good nor beauty within her, and forbade her from mating with the Archangel. Angry at her siblings for their disdain and unable to understand, Lolth went to the Archangel in secret and asked for a child without the support of the Court.

The Archangel looked upon Lolth with love and agreed, and together they created the Kavarii. A being of beauty, with silver hair made from the string of the spider’s strongest webs and lilac skin to match that of the Archangel. A great many on the Fey Court were enamored with the Kavarii, prizing them over the elves as the most beautiful addition to the land. The Eladrin were not pleased with this, as the Elves had been their crowning achievement. The four Eladrin elders would gather and conspire against the Kavarii. They would use their magic to trick the newly born species to leave the borders of the Feywild and venture into the raw and chaotic Material Plane.

Lolth (as with all of the Fey Court) were forbidden from leaving their home plane, but upon seeing her child run into the Material, she gave chase. As soon as she stepped over the borders she was transformed into a hideous and grotesque monster. The Kavarii were horrified with their mother and ran away, disappearing deeper into the Material. The Eladrin were pleased with this display, but it was clear to the Archangel what had taken place. There was nothing he could do for his beloved, nor could he truly harm the Eladrin without definitive proof. The Archangel begged the God of Gods to do something, and the Lord of Law offered his servant a compromise.

**Curse of Wryn**

For the crimes of the Eladrin, their children would be sentenced to the same fate as they had sent the Kavarii. For their jealousy, their elvish kin were forced to migrate to the Material Plane and were cursed so they might never rest in the lands of the Feywild.

This obviously did not go over well, and some of the elves sought to revolt. Led by a warrior princess called Meliamne, the elves fought against the forces of the Celestial Plane to force Wryn's judgment back. For this, the God of Gods became even more angry and stripped the elves of their immortality. They were cast out to the Material Plane and slowly began their new, mortal lives.

**The Gift of Magic**

The Elves were disgusted with the Material Plane, making their new homes far away from the civilizations of primordial races. There are a great many tales that come out of the first centuries when elves came to the Material. The most notable is that of their inclusion in the Shadow War.

When dark forces from the Black Plane threatened to sweep over the mortal world, the elves initially remained complacent. They had no intention of aiding the primordial races in their conflict. A few of the eldest elves (the first of their race nearing death) began to see the world through new eyes and told their children to help the primordials. The elves would journey to the battlefields of the Shadow War and impart their knowledge to the mortal races. The elves would teach the primordials magic, bolstering their soldiers and healing their wounded. They would work with the dwarves to craft magical artifacts, and help to defeat the demonic enemies.

While the gods had forbade the primordial races from the knowledge of magic, the elves disobeyed them once more. Now content with their place among the mortal races, the elves abandoned their faith in the gods and took up their mantle as saviors of the Material Plane.