A link between eras.

Mages were not the only ones who feared this. The Elves, those eternal opponents of fire and destruction, sensed impending doom. Those who remained loyal to the light (High Elves) were convinced that the cataclysm which destroyed Enroth and Erathia was caused by demons. They preferred to forget that their own kinsman Gelu and King Cruloda were to blame. And those who remembered this voluntarily turned away from the light, becoming Dark Elves. The feud split a once-united race, the first children of the Ancients...

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Dark Elves... Previously, such a phrase might have seemed impossible. And even now, the High Elves do not consider them kinsmen. But still... Eternal life brings eternal memory. They remembered. They could not forget. They also remembered that it was the Elves who first rose up against the Ancients. They remembered that Gelu is their kinsman. And remembering their dark deeds, they could not remain with the light...