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<blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 3564093" data-attributes="member: 2020">I read up on the history of the elves of Toril.&nbsp; After reading that, it was all too believable that the Elven Imperial Navy of Realmspace would attempt genocide on the planet in retaliation for Forrester's genocide against Evereska, Evermeet, and most other elves on the planet (with the tacit support of the other nations.)&nbsp; The elves of Arvandaar (sp?) were extremely aggressive, and a good comparison to them might be the klingons from Star Trek (!)&nbsp; After all, they destroyed Miritar in the Dark Disaster, blasting tens of thousands of square miles of land into permanent waste.&nbsp; (klingonish enough!)&nbsp; The Ilythyrri (sp?) were busy playing Melnibonian themselves.&nbsp; And succeeding, until the elves outdid them by blasting apart the entire continent of Faerun and killing millions of people in the process.&nbsp; Hmmm ... maybe Forrester was right about extermination of all elves ...&nbsp; Well, ok, Queen Amlaruil came back from the dead - she Resurrected herself while dead - out of love for her people.&nbsp; That's elven (and fortunately for all the other races, very rare) since humans generally couldn't care less for their own people, especially human politicians and rulers.&nbsp; If more of the elves of Toril were like Queen Amlaruil, and fewer like Kymil Nemesin or the elves of Arvandaar, it would be a good thing.&nbsp; I think Elaith Craunobar and Arilyn Moonflower (yes, Moonflower!) would agree with that.&nbsp; With the elves of Toril, sometimes they are wonderful people, sometimes terrible people.&nbsp; You can't pigeonhole them.&nbsp; I would compliment Elaine Cunningham and Steven Schend and Ed Greenwood and others here, for they wrote very well about their elves.&nbsp; But will the remaining elves of Toril ever again be a major power?&nbsp; Will they escape further decline and ultimate extinction?&nbsp; Will they ever regain large scale use of High Magic, and if they do will they learn from history?&nbsp; Will they be good people or rotten people?&nbsp; Don't know.&nbsp; Will they be pacifists?&nbsp; I can't imagine it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Edena_of_Neith, post: 3564093, member: 2020"] I read up on the history of the elves of Toril. After reading that, it was all too believable that the Elven Imperial Navy of Realmspace would attempt genocide on the planet in retaliation for Forrester's genocide against Evereska, Evermeet, and most other elves on the planet (with the tacit support of the other nations.) The elves of Arvandaar (sp?) were extremely aggressive, and a good comparison to them might be the klingons from Star Trek (!) After all, they destroyed Miritar in the Dark Disaster, blasting tens of thousands of square miles of land into permanent waste. (klingonish enough!) The Ilythyrri (sp?) were busy playing Melnibonian themselves. And succeeding, until the elves outdid them by blasting apart the entire continent of Faerun and killing millions of people in the process. Hmmm ... maybe Forrester was right about extermination of all elves ... Well, ok, Queen Amlaruil came back from the dead - she Resurrected herself while dead - out of love for her people. That's elven (and fortunately for all the other races, very rare) since humans generally couldn't care less for their own people, especially human politicians and rulers. If more of the elves of Toril were like Queen Amlaruil, and fewer like Kymil Nemesin or the elves of Arvandaar, it would be a good thing. I think Elaith Craunobar and Arilyn Moonflower (yes, Moonflower!) would agree with that. With the elves of Toril, sometimes they are wonderful people, sometimes terrible people. You can't pigeonhole them. I would compliment Elaine Cunningham and Steven Schend and Ed Greenwood and others here, for they wrote very well about their elves. But will the remaining elves of Toril ever again be a major power? Will they escape further decline and ultimate extinction? Will they ever regain large scale use of High Magic, and if they do will they learn from history? Will they be good people or rotten people? Don't know. Will they be pacifists? I can't imagine it. [/QUOTE]

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