Elf-Orc Pact

The now semi-mythical pact between the Orcfolk and Elves of Westlo was actually a real document that is now held in the archives of the Academica in Duntown.
The best estimates of scholars of diplomacy is that the actual written document is a ceremonial copy of a verbal agreement or earlier manuscript that dates from a little over a thousand years ago. The version that is held in the Academica is trilingual in Elvish, Orcish and Common.

Purpose

The ceremonial 'copy' of the pact is believed to have been retrieved from the last keep of Hollymargret before its destruction 700 years ago. At the time, it was recognised that the document was old, but that the alliance itself was far older.
The Elves and Orcs are believed to have come together in a union to build Hollymargret as a result of their complementary skills in agriculture and metal working, lore and engineering. The story goes that it was the discovery of the The Iron Oak that led to the formalisation of an existing side-by-side existence.
Whether or not the relationship was formally contracted in the form of a treaty at that time is unclear. Certainly it was the elvish way to seal pacts with an exchange of hostages or valuable gifts, while orcish folk prefer to use an exchange of blood to formalise agreements, so perhaps a written contract setting out obligations and expectations (as popularised by the Catfolk of Lurus) may have been a mutually agreeable solution. 
Whatever the case, the peaceful co-existence of the two peoples lasted at least several hundred years with little or no strife before the arrival of the humanfolk.

Type

Treaty, Diplomatic

Medium

Vellum / Skin

Location

Academica