birth of the elves

After the elves emerged from the oak of ages they were welcomed by gods and gaints alike who taught the wonders of creation and their place in it. The elves eventually formed into five Castes that came to inhabit the known world of ‘AELWED’ ( a continent roughly the size of Europe, with prydain the location of my campaign in the north western corner) the castes of elves lived in harmony with each of the five elements, and settled in areas which reflected that harmony. And so the five great tribes of earth, water, fire, air and shadow where formed.   The elves were a long lived race, living several centuries in some cases and had little to worry about from disease, war or hunger. As they travelled the world they discovered the other elder races living amongst them, these races were the Dwarves, Halflings and Greater Sentient Beasts such as the great eagles, owls, stags and dragons of the wilds. It was in these innocent times that the elder races lived in harmony under the guiding hand of the gods, eventually creating unique civilisations that learnt to wield magic to shape and manipulate the world around them into an image of their liking.