Elven Purge
A dark tale of times of terror and war, it tells the story of how the humans tried to wipe out the elves, tried to 'purge' them from Tellus.
Summary
Historical Basis
This myth has been ranked as "entirely ture" by the world famous The Bardic College Campus. It was taught very differently to human children, who were told it was nothing but fiction, until the mid three-thousands. It has since been taught more or less correctly, except with the actions of Hamish Skaalder, who has become venerated by the humans, and conflated with those who finally ended the war.
According to more dependable research, it was two elves and a human who somehow managed to end the race war, by defeating a devil's cult. The entire purge had been instigated by the immensely powerful devil-dragon Vekheteshaynaralax, known to her cultists as Shayna, Bride of Annihilation.
Spread
There are subsects of the long-lived elves that truly believe this story, and approach interactions with humans as life threatening...like having to co-exist with a wild animal.
Variations & Mutation
Cultural Reception
Low born crassness has led to this legend being a favorite amongst peasant humans.
In Literature
It is only ever alluded to in Literature as 'the Purge', but it has been referred to in fiction and fantasy tales hundreds of times over.
In Art
The famous La purge des femmes elfes depicts raving and drooling human mobs killing elven men, and raping the elven women, while the fabled primeval forests of old burned in the background.
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