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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JimAde" data-source="post: 1714585" data-attributes="member: 16739">I can't top Akrasia's already insidious idea, but I'll add to it.  I know this isn't exactly what Turanil is asking for, but...  What if the Light Elves are so contemptuous of humans (and other "mortal" races) because they created those races?  Millenia ago elves were the only speaking race.  Blinded by their own glory and success, they decided they needed servants.  Something smarter than an animal, easier to control than a demon and easier on the china than an elemental.  What they really needed was an elf-shaped creature that knew how to polish silver.  So they created Halflings.  The idea became popular, and soon specialty servants emerged.  Some wanted their servants bigger and stronger (humans, orcs, ogres, etc.) some wanted hardy and talented (dwarves, gnomes), etc.  Some were simply created for reasons of fashion.  For a while it was "in" to create races that were "so ugly, they're cute!"  But some elves balked at the whole idea, feeling that the creation of a sentient race to live in servitude was wrong.  Eventually the issue came to a head in a great slave uprising, led by rebel elves.  The ensuing civil war destroyed the elvish civilization and spread their servants across the world.    The remnants of the rebel elves were hunted down, but elvish culture never recovered.  Meanwhile the servitor races bred like wildfire and now the remaining light elves are embarked on a long-range plan to either wipe the servants from the earth, or bring them back to heel.  As part of that they are engaged in a massive PR effort to convince the slaves that they are friendly and helpful, while those remaining rebel elves are dangerous and evil.</blockquote>

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