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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dagger" data-source="post: 1485353" data-attributes="member: 279">From: TSR1165 - FR - Arcane Age - Cormanthyr Empire of Elves"The Dawn Ages/The Time of DragonsToril, at this time, is dominated by dragons far more powerful than those on Faerun today. Isolated pockets of territory fall under giant control, and these grow toward the end of this age. This is the first epoch that mentions any of the smaller humanoids, since the first mentions of the elves trace back to this time. These legendary epics and songs sing of elves overthrowing and slaying dragon and giant overlords, and carving nations for themselves. There also are a few songs mentioning brave elves with wings fighting the dragonsin the skies, but these ballads are all tragedies, as they relate the avarielsí annihilation by the dragons."The First FloweringBy the Time of Flowers (as it was called in Illefarn), the elves had settled into five major civilizations on Faerun. Spread from north to south along the western coast were Aryvandaar (gold elves), Illefarn (green elves), Miyeritar(dark and green elves), Shantel Othreier (gold and moon elves), and Keltormir(moon and green elves). There were other elven outposts and realms both on Faerun and beyond in other parts of Toril such as Thearnytaar, Eiellur, and SyÚrpiir (the predominately green elf kingdoms in the major forest south of the Vilhon Reach) or Orishaar and Ilythiir, the moon and dark elf domains in the woods south of the Lake of Steam (in the forests that once covered the Shaar). During these centuries, the elves held back the orc hordes, the dragons, and the giants, slaughtering them all and allowing the other races the chance to survive and thrive in safety. The only major loss to the elves at this time was their winged brethren, the avariel. The last avariel is believed to have taken wing from Faerun and flown west over the ocean centuries before Aryvandaar grew among the trees."And that is it....</blockquote>

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