The War of the Elder Races

Cultural event

The Elves and Dwarves grew resentful of each other, the dwarves way of life offended the Elves who appreciated the natural world and wished to leave it how it was. War soon broke out, but not war as it is now.

140 years after Moradin had grown jealous of the Elves and created his own race, the stout and strong Dwarves, the two races grew further apart as conflicts of ideology and living began to arise. The Elves despised the way that the Dwarves were wishing to dig into the planet, building and changing the world instead of accepting the beauty of nature. The Elves appreciated the natural world and would live in harmony with it, wishing for it to be left the way it is. The Dwarves found the pretentious and inflated ego of the Elves to be insufferable. The Dwarves resented that the Elves couldn’t see the beauty in building upon what was already there, adding to what was there and searching for what could be. After years of conflict and disagreement, war finally broke out between the two Elder Races.   In the midst of the war, whispers of an item hidden in the Earthen Heart Mountains reached the ears of both the Dwarves and the Elves. This ancient item was said to have been forged before even the Elves were created, and could be a powerful force to turn the tides of war in favour of the race that wielded it. Elites from both the Dwarves and the Elves were chosen as they set off to race for the ancient and mysterious item in hopes of ending the war.   One one hand, there were the elite members of the Maraloi Tribe. A powerful tribe of Elven warriors. They are trained for battle from birth and are called to protect the Elven ways. The Maraloi are a blessed group that have a special alignment to the Seldarine granting them extra abilities.   On the other side, the proud Hammers of Moradin. As one of the original Dwarves that Moradin created, the Ancient Dwarves have the lingering presence bestowed upon them from being in the presence of Moradin. The divine aura that covers them give them abilities different to the regular Dwarf. The Ancient Dwarves, having interacted directly with Moradin and having been blessed and favoured by the deity, formed the Hammers of Moradin, a military order designed to both protect and lead the Dwarven race the way of Moradin’s morals. They are seen by the other Dwarves as both leaders as well as powerful warriors, those that lead the battle from the frontlines.   As these two groups raced to retrieve this war ending artefact, even clashing with each other as they did so, they inadvertently released the artefact, which turned out to be a prison containing an ancient Tarrasque. The Tarrasque terrorized the world after it was released, and the Elves and Dwarves decided to put aside their differences and work together to imprison it once more. They succeeded and the city of Helstav was created over the artefact. The Oak Tree Order was formed by the Maraloi Tribe and the Hammers of Moradin to watch over the artefact, to prevent the beast from ever getting out.