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Racial Articles The Rise of the Wild Elves

The second culture to arise from this near genocide was the Wild Elves, or the Tallis-Kah in the language of their own people. These Elves were settlers on the continent of Tal`Rah before the War of Eternals, having been given land in the north west of Tal`Rah. Initially this had been an attempt by the Shar`Vaire to learn about the Elvish people. As the colony of Jir-Tasaar grew, thanks to the commerce that shuttled through, the Shar`Vaire grew suspicious, thinking that the city actually housed a military garrison for an invasion.

When the war had begun, most of the Elves of Jir-Tasaar were cut off from their kin on Shalzaar and were eventually subjected to the first sorcerous plagues so that the Shar'Vaire could observe the results with little interference. These plagues of course were imperfect in their lethality as of yet and as a result, a handful of Moon Elves survived this initial onslaught that started the war. However, the colony itself was sacked of all its history, lore and sorcerous knowledge, leaving her survivors with nothing of their heritage or their advanced culture's wisdom.

The end result being over the passing centuries after the war, these Moon Elves returned to a simpler way, rather than attempting to rekindle the power of their past. These few elders decided that magic would not be practiced, save to commune with the great wild that surrounded them and allowed their colony to remain a husk of its former self. New structures that were built within the confines of the colony were shaped from the trees, or build within their branches, rather than cut them down to build on what they had come to believe a sign from Zorah that they should return to the old Sivanoshei way.

Long forgotten by the Shar`Vaire who had since plunged themselves into civil war, Jir-Tasaar became the city of Am-Tasaar an flourished quietly under the careful guiding hand of the Tallis-Kah elders that assured not only did their people remain true to the old ways, but any wandering Shar`Vaire intruders were quietly dealt with to keep their home a secret as long as possible.

Eventually, Am-Tasaar and the Wild Elves opened themselves to sparse relations with the outside world, namely the Kingdom of Farwind, with whom a strong alliance exists. The Tallis-Kah Territories have amiable relations with all other races, so long as their ways are respected, save the Shar`Vaire who were given a pact of non-aggression and no more.

As stated, the Wild Elves do not practice magic in the traditional sense, but rather have returned to their proverbial ancestral roots, where communing with natural spirits grants them druidic power. That isn't to say Wild Elves can't learn sorcery, but such cases are extremely rare and only seen in those Wild Elves that become adventurers. Any Half-Elves born of this stock are likely the progeny of said adventuring Wild Elves as well, as Am-Tasaar is by and large left alone save by the occasional Human or Quar'Vess trading caravan