Oriour'har

## Summary

The last of the three tribes of elves, the Ashborn Elves, chose a different lifestyle than their counterparts and, once going their separate ways, travelled warily as they didn’t know what they wanted. Surviving was no issue for the Ashborn, but they needed something- a goal to follow, something to achieve; luckily for them, a golden goose reared its head in the form of Torkoalim’ni, the Titan of Earth, and the eldest child of Era. Each of Tor’s mighty steps caused the ground to quake, and both confused and interested in the cause of these quakes led the Ashborn to investigate. What they saw was Tor, and enthralled by the Titan opted to follow him.

Accidentally leading the Ashborn Elves, Tor walked to the harsh volcanic areas of Era, the quakes stopped when Tor did, and the Titan fell still. The Ashborn finally got a good look at Tor and was enchanted by the mysterious creature covered in runes. Finally, the Ashborn had a goal, to await the awakening of the Tor to thoroughly investigate what the Titan could do and what it was capable of. Those who were too impatient to wait left the leading group and made a life of their own, but those who would stay founded the city of Oriour’har.

In these humble beginnings, life was simple. Like the Frostborn, they had found themselves in a hostile environment, proving things to be difficult, but unlike the Frostborn, there was none to mentor them. The Ashborn made do with what they had at their disposal, making a city of the materials found around the volcano, and hunted the native creatures to put clothes on their backs and feed themselves. While life was simple, trying to live in these trying environments was anything but. The Ashborn, however, did not give in. Either they would achieve their goal or die trying, their tenacity shining brightly as they lived day by day for the sake of Tor.

Eventually, they settled, and the primitive village in time became a mighty city, with the hibernating Tor in the center of it all. Tor was literally in the center of the city, and figuratively, as the Ashborn within Oriour’har would go out of their way to worship the Titan. With the hopes that Tor would offer them a boon for their continuous struggle for him, the Ashborn somehow thrived. In due time, Tor revealed that their faith was not misplaced. While confused at the newly erected buildings around them that were built while they were asleep, they appreciated the Ashborn’s tenacity and offered them a boon that represented it. Stone skin would give them a hue of Ash, where they received their title as Ashborn and served as a layer of protection from debris and heat. All Ashborn Elves in the volcanic region would receive this boon, not just the ones within Oriour’har, as they saw these hands as their home.

This upset the Ashborn Elves, who stayed in Oriour’har and painstakingly worshipped Tor. They claimed that those who chose the ‘easy way out’ should not receive the same boon that Oriour’har received, if any, which caused a civil war between Oriour’harians and Ashborn Elves outside of its confines. While the Hundred Year War raged, it did not stop the Ashborn Elves from fighting amongst themselves. Once the war was over, they set a temporary truce to leave the Aurus with the survivors. The grudge for ‘the true Ashborn’, however, still rages.