While the Eladrin of Aethira have always held a close bond to the High Fae, when the Severing removed the connections for mortals to most of the old gods a rift was left open for new powers to assert themselves. The Queens of the Seelie and Unseelie courts took advantage of this opportunity to ingratiate themselves with a faction of the mortals left and helped to establish the Kingdom of Talemh on the mortal plane.