The Ithil Wood

Information

The Ithil wood is a expansive forest covered in a veil of moonlight. This ancient wood inhabited by the Fey, and most notable the illustrious and ever enigmatic Elves. This forest is inbued with a primordial magic. The very wood is said to be enchanted and nourishing to all that respect the forest. The elves special conection with this ancient wood, is what gives them such inate abbilities with magic. The very roots, samplings, and forest creature are sacred to the Elves, who champion themselves as gaurdians of the forest.

Ecosystem

The wood is said to inhabit all manner of wildlife, fairy folk, and primevil beasts long feared by mankind. Giant creatures that live amongst the rock and wood. The Fey creatures taking great delight in trickery, mislead all who enter the wood. The very fauna and flora compelled by the will of Fey are all in service of the sacred wood. Deer and rabits alike are said to hold higher intellect, and coordinate attacks against all who the forest deem enemies. The top of this natural order of course being the Elves, and even above them the Great Tree. All Life in this land serving as limbs for the promordial tree.

Elves

The Elves argulable the oldest of the modern races, have named themselves the gaurdians of the Ithil Wood. Living lives for so long that they would be considered immortal by most. Their immortality being owed to their sacred conection to the Tree of isilmë (Moonlight) and their service to the natural order of the tree, they are granted eternal life. Although this immortality comes to end when an elf chooses to leave the boundaries of the The Ithil woods. Many mortals often wonder why would anyone forsake such a gift, but what some may consider a gift may be a curse to some. 
The oldest of the Elves, the great matriarch, and some believe to be the mother of all elves, The Eternal Queen Elbereth. A god in the flesh, an envoy of the great tree she translates the language of the wood to all who listen. Her love vast but her scorn just as mighty, she gave the final order to banish humanity from their lands. 

History

[/left /500/] The Ithil wood is believed to be the premordial birthplace of magic in the natural world, being touched by the stars and the ever present glow of the moon. In the wild world still untamed Man and Elf inhabited the wood together in acient times passed. Survival was determined by one's aclemation to their environment, and the elves seemed to have an inate grasp of the primordial magic inladden within the roots of the forest. Following the roots to their source, the Elves made covenant with the Great Tree. Humanity still struggling against the will of the wood, hadn't the gift for harnessing the magic of the trees as the elves did. Their was a period of harmony between the two races. The Elves shared with Man the gift of the weave and the delicate balance of living in harmony with nature. This period of harmony soon came to a head, when the elves realized the rapid growth of mankind's numbers would soon outnumber them, and disrupt the order of the wood. The Elve's true allegiance being to the Great Tree. The Great betrayal of humanity was set into motion, after much deliberation the Elders honored their convenent and banished Mankind from the wood. Mankind resisted and a bloody culling of mankind ensued, they were no match for their elven masters. Their numbers greatly diminished, mankind retreated from their ancestral homeland.

Type

Forest