Elves (The Dragon Prince)

The Elves are a species that feature in The Dragon Prince.

History

The Elves were a race of humanoids that lived in the lands of Xadia. It was said that the first of their kind had emerged around 5000 years ago where in ancient times they lived alongside humans. The relationship between the two species began to deteriorate after mankind were introduced to the ways of magic by the unicorns. Initially, the elves came to warn humanity against such practices and that they lacked magical potential because nature intended it so. These warnings fell on deaf ears and these human magics began to poach magical creatures to harvest their body parts to power their spells leading to the use of dark magic. The excessive poaching by human mages led to the extinction of the unicorns with this horrifying elves and the Dragons. The first response was to annihilate all humans for their actions but one elf managed to convince the Queen of the Dragons Luna Tenebris that not all humans were bad. Thus, it was decided that as punishment for their actions that all of humanity was to be exiled to the western half of the continent where the lands became divided by a river of lava.

Around 700 years after their exile, a Startouch Elf named Aaravos was imprisoned in a magic mirror by the Dragon King Avizandum for his crimes. Yet another 300 years later, King Harrow, who sought to avenge the death of his wife Queen Sarai, infiltrated Xadia and used dark magic to slay the Dragon King and supposedly destroyed his son's egg though in reality it had been stolen by Viren. After the king's death, the Dragonguard, a group of elves dedicated to protecting the newborn egg, became social outcasts and ignored by the rest of the elves for abandoning their duty, meaning they were banned from returning to their homes and no longer acknowledged by their kin. Among the elves that suffered this fate were Tiadrin and Lain who had served in the guard at the day of Avizandum's death.

To avenge the deaths of her mate and son, Dragon Queen Zubeia sent Moonshadow Elf Assassins to kill Harrow and his son Ezran. Having discovered the Breach, Sunfire Elves also amassed their soldiers and conquered a fortress Katolis had secretly established on the Breach's eastern end in Xadia — a potential prelude to an invasion of the Human Kingdoms. As the hired Moonshadow assassins edged closer to Katolis, they were spotted by a human guard named Marcos and left it to Rayla to eliminate him, which she failed due to not being able to take the life of an innocent being. This mistake led to an open window for the soldier to inform the High Council of the attack, and now at a disadvantage, only two of the original five elves made it out alive, yet succeeded in their mission to kill King Harrow. Meanwhile, Rayla, who had made it into the castle, discovered the egg of the Dragon Prince together with the two princes of Katolis and swore to return it to its mother - together with her new human companions. However, Runaan, the leader of the assassins, was taken prisoner by Viren for interrogation. Both of them failed to remove the binding that had bound them to their mission, as they had failed to kill Prince Ezran. After many obstacles, Rayla befriended the princes and climbed to the top of the Cursed Caldera, where the group met Lujanne, the guardian of the Moon Nexus. Through collaborative effort and Callum's successful cast of a thunderstorm, which allowed the egg to hatch, they managed to hatch the Dragon Prince, whose name is Azymondias. The dragonling was able to eventually free Rayla from her binding. Runaan was not as lucky, however, as Viren trapped him inside a magical coin via dark magic, due to his refusal to give away any information about Xadia or the magic mirror inside Viren's dungeon, only stating that he had met a fate worse than death for obtaining the cursed artifact.

Viren who had become the new king of Katolis came alone to the Sunfire Elven grand city of Lux Aurea where he petitioned that his army be allowed to cross the region unharmed as he made his way to the Storm Pillar. The Elven Queen refused and instead put him through the trial whereby the light revealed his true nature after which they intended to put him through a purification that could kill him. However, he was aided by the villains Startouch Elf Aaravos who used his magic to aid the human in slaying the Sunfire Elves and claiming their magic. This caused Lux Aurea to be devastated in the process and the surviving Sunfire Elves being forced to flee. Rallying under the Golden Knight Janai, these Elves gathered at the foot of the Storm Pillar in order to defend the Dragon Queen from the human army which Viren had enhanced with black magic that turned them into monstrous beings.

Overview

In appearance, Elves resembled humans with them possessing four digits on each hand namely three fingers along with a thumb whilst they had four toes on each foot. A key aspect of the Elves was their close ties to magic as they were each linked to one of the primal Arcanums.

There were numerous tribes of Elves that included:

• Moonshadow Elves :
• Sunfire Elves : Some of their kind could ignite with fire where their skin flared up and glowed with them possessing increased speed and strength.
• Startouch Elves :
• Skywing Elves : these Elves had ties to the Sky Arcanum thus giving them close links to that element. It was said that 1-in-10 Skywing Elves were born with wings and given the power of flight. However, a smaller percentage of Skywing Elves were able to use magic to transform their arms into wings.
• Earthblood Elves :
• Tidebound Elves :

Within Xadia, Elves saw magic as being common as animals in the wild. All life within their homeland was filled with magic from the plants, animals to even the earth itself.

Their society was deeply tied to the reverence and worship of the Dragons. Elite warriors were chosen to protect the Dragons with these being the eight members of the Dragon Guard.

Skilled assassins were chosen from the ranks of the Moonshadow Elves whose natural talents made them highly capable killers. Upon being sent on missions, a special flower was crafted and so long as it shined it meant that the assassin was still alive.

Disgraced elves became outcasts in their society where they were punished by being banished. This saw the shamed elf being mystically invisible to the rest of their kind. To the banished, the faces of their kind appeared blank and they were incapable of seeing the outcast except through reflections.

It was said that elven craftsmanship was the best in the world.

The Sunfire Elves were noted weapon-smiths among the Elves with them able to craft Sunforged weapons. Once made, weapons were as hot as the time they were forged and remained so for years allowing them to cut through nearly anything. Mystical runes were placed that allowed handles to be used without burning the wielder.

A profession among the Moonshadow Elves was that of Moon Mages who had the power of illusion. They could create images of monsters to scare people or enchant objects to form long-lasting illusions.

Magic was used to protect elven cities and to hide them from enemies.

Members

• Aaravos :
• Khessa :
• Janai :
• Lujanne : a female Moonshadow Elf Moon Mage illusionist who served as the Guardian of the Moon Nexus in the Cursed Caldera.
• Runaan :
• Ethari : a male Moonshadow Elf married to Runaan and was a close friend of Rayla's parents. He and his husband both helped raise Rayla after her parents were banished from Elven society.
• Rayla :
• Ibis : a male Skywing Elf who was a Sky Mage that tended to the Dragon Queen.
• Nyx :

Notes

• Elves was created by Aaron Ehasz and Justin Richmond where they featured in the setting of The Dragon Prince universe.

Appearance

• The Dragon Prince:

External Links

• The Dragon Prince Wiki Entry

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