Chapter 2. The Elven Kingdom

As previously stated, all living beings seemed to appear about 3000 years ago with no exceptions to elves. The kingdom of Elves are located in the center of Kingsland within the Deep Forest. Elves have a very long lifespan, with the oldest elf  recorded at the age of 1228; extreme compared to the average 75 of humans. Elves are interesting creatures, they have the features of a human; however, there are the distinct feature of their long ears and amazing eyesight. Elven culture is peaceful but was considered backwards compared to the human race due to their lack of technology.  Raised in the forest and atop of the trees, the elves are very agile while using the bow as their primary weapon. With the amazing eyesight and archery skills, elves are a force to be dealt with in their homeland or in open plains.

Life is very precious to the elven cultue, their respect towards life and nature is in their blood. The reasoning for this is their extreme longevity, and the fact that they are unable to reproduce as often as humans or goblins do. An average elf can often only produce one offspring in their life time, two if lucky; although there has been cases of triplets being born in the elven kingdom, an extremely rare occasion. They are trained from a young age to appericate nature and understand the meaning of life, creating a high affinity towards nature and light magic. Trained in both magic and archery the elven race are extremely dangerous in a long range battles.

It was not until the around year 500 did the humans discovered the elven kingdom. They were very cautious to approach humans but they had a curiosity for their knowledge of technology such as mining and smithing. Although this was the first human and elven interaction, they had observed the humans a great deal and had chose to stay away as far as possible. They had observered that humans are selfish and crude race, with very little respect to the land. The only reason they had decided to finally make contact with the humans was because of an exceptional explorer at the time, Herman Corteax. 

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Herman Corteax was the first human to ever interact with the elven kingdom because they had wittness his pure soul. He was geniune, honest and had a thirst for knowledge. Sharing with the elves technology and ideology, he and his explorers were the first humans to ever set foot into the elven kingdom. With the increased knowledge the elven culture had exploded into new fields of study, such as minning and smithing which was previously very poor. Having this knowledge the elves were the first to be able to create what is now known as enchanted weapons; with elven smithing rivaling dwarven skills. Herman's journal had stated that he lived among the elves for 5 years, attempting to show the elves that although humans are selfish and crude, there are many good points. Historians believe that Herman was the key that convinced the elves to begin trade with the human world and establishing the first ever elven-human city near the edge of the Deep Forest. 

Elves were always considered elusive creatures, as they are quite secretive and slow to trust; however, over time elves are sought after more and more for their superb skills in archery and enchanted smithery. Curiosity had began settling over the elves as well; human culture was slowly being introduced to them causing many elves to leave their homes in order to undertsand the world more. The first guild settled on elven soil was in the elven-human city called Martlock with the highest ranked elf adventurer as the guildmaster; an SS Rank archer. Martlock serves as an important city to humans and elves as it connects a road from the Uru plains in the west to the eastern fortress city Vigil. It also acts as a truce zone between the two human kingdoms and a major trading hub between the three nations. To this day, there are very few that know and has set foot in the elven capital, their secrets remain hidden from the human world. 

-Elves are peaceful yet fierce, inteligent but smart, always striving for perfection they are amazing race of people. - Herman Corteax