The elven race has a secret that no other races know of.

It is related to the Idol of Solarii, if it is known, there will be war.

In the written and spoken history of the world, the elves were always known as a peaceful race. However, there is a shameful past that started with the first King of the Elven race, Solarii the Unspoken, or Solarii the Great Unifier depending on who you ask.

The oldest races in the world are actually the Dwarves and Elves. However, there were many other elder races co-existing with them.

In the prehistoric history of the world Lumaria, the elves were a tribal race, divided. They were also nothing special in the grand scheme of things.

It was the Dwarves with their innovation and creation that was the true ruler of the ancient world. Miracle of engineering unheard of in modern time occur daily in that time of the Dwarves. Giant mechanical cities, sentient robot and finally mountain size mecha.

And the elves were treated as outsiders in that world in which the dwarves ruled.

See, while the other elder races defer to the defacto rulership of the dwarves, the elves were an isolated race, divided by tribalism with strange personality.

However, the time of the elves would arrive soon.

One million years ago, Solarii, the first Emperor of the Elven race was born. In a couple of decades, he conquers the various tribes on the edge of civilization. The kingdom of the elves was slowly being built.

However, the Dwarven king, seeing changes from the enigmatic elven race, acted foolishly believing that the time was still that of the Dwarves.

He captured a single elf and then killed them in front of all his subject stating 'What is a single elf's life worth?'

However, he didn't know how extraordinary Solarii was.

From the moment he was born, with his first breath, he conjured amazing magic, turning the ocean into lush forest over night, creating land for the elves.

After the rumor spreads to the later Tyrant King of the Elves, Solarii journeys to the kingdom of the dwarves, and in an act of insult, the dwarven king hanged the corpse of the King's brethren at the city gate.

As response, Solarii answers the question.

"A single elf's life is worth your countries, your people, everything and anything that you have ever cared for, and that is the cost of your action."

Afterward, to make true on his word, he murdered the Dwarven king and his retinue with his barehand. Afterward, Solarii moved on to wipe the dwarves from the world. With his magic, he wipes dwarven construction from the map. A giant thunderstorm with meteor shower ravaged the entirety of the Dwarven kingdom for hundred of years.

And yet, even with that grand magic, the King still personally went to roost out every single dwarves alive.

The other elder races were wiped out as a side effect of the destructive war brought by Solarii. Not wanting to leave any threat to his future dynasty, Solarii did not show mercy.

The collective trauma brought upon the dwarven race drove them underground, into the mountain. Before Solarii come, they have a kingdom, a fleet hundred of thousands strong, their weapons stand the test of time, food so abundance that they became hedonistic. However, when Solarii come, there was no more kingdom, no ships, no salt, no food, no land.

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The collective trauma causes them to forget about their previous civilization, only striving to survive. However, even then, Solarii regularly flooded their tunnel killing dwarves by drowning them in their home.

Supposedly, Solarii was also a terrific warrior, capable of tearing entire dwarven ambush limb from limbs without magic.

In game, Solarii's symbol is a haggard, mad looking elves with blood splattered all over his body, biting down on his own arm like a mad dog. Solarii's symbol only appear in Impossible mode after you have killed 10,000,000 enemies unit on Impossible. It is an achievement in game. The strangest thing is that the Solarii's symbol in game show no signs that he is a magician. The blood mad ancient elven king carried a bloodied sword by his side with his hair in disarray, there was no signs of even a speck of magic about him.

Also, on Impossible mode, the main hero of the game, the grand general of the Elves, Aradon also slowly appears to be turning into Solarii.

In a blog post, the dev explains it as it representing Aradon's state of mind slowly succumbing to bloodlust, as the old Solarii did. As the war continues on, instead of a casualty of a few thousand in normal mode, Impossible mode see millions being killed, which lead to that state of appearance.

And so, I behold the lifeblood of the elves. After cleaning it, I try rubbing it on Aradon.

"What are you doing?"

"Are you currently feeling an inexplicable hatred for all human?"

"What? no?"

My friend ignores my rambling after the incident.

Well, I have my own theories about the whole thing. There are two relevant theories about why his appearance changes to be like so in that state of the game. The first is that Aradon is descended from the direct lineage of Solarii, the first hero/tyrant elven king, which makes him related to the royal elven family. However I have mostly dismissed that theory.

It is because princess Aelene sucks. Princess Aelene Lunarii, the true descendant of both Solarii the first tyrant king and Lunarii the Goddess of the Moon sucks statistically speaking. If Solarii's blood is that amazing, than why does she sucks in gameplay so much?

Well, there are still a few truth to that considering in game, Aradon is just Aelene but better, however, I still dismiss that theory.

The second theory is that the soul of the tyrant king inside the Idol of Solarii has possessed Aradon in game after the event of Normal mode and that the hero resonates so much with the Elven king that they fuse.

And that was why I have been trying to rub it on Aradon to see if some super power would come out.

Now what should I do with this stone? It represents a significant part of the history of the elves that would cause war if it falls into the wrong hand. Should I keep it? It drove non-High Elves heroes of the game into madness though. Solarii's last joke I'm sure. He was a swell man.