Cloud heritage characters were raised with the values and traditions of the cloud elf communities.   Many accounts concerning the origins of the elves have been spun, and almost all are deeply intertwined with tales of magic. In a time long lost to memory, a group of elves clung to these tales and named themselves mages, stewards of the magical forces that coursed through the cosmos. These elves were the first of the cloud elf tribes, and the towers they built to study the mysteries of the skies eventually became the hearts of thriving cities.   Though many elves still dwell within these towering cities, striving for a greater understanding of magic, people from all over the world have been drawn into these cloud communities—eager to study the arcane arts at the finest magic academies or simply to dwell among kindred spirits for whom magic is the center of their world.