Light Elves
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Light Elves, Oriceran
Elves retain the last hour of their lives for four days after death. This is the fourth day. Normally, it brings comfort to those who remain. The images only project a few yards from the body. We can’t be sure how strong the images will remain. Elves laws are that no one may be kidnapped (Leira had to agree to go), Nothing can be taken from anyone else (somers had to agree to give back the relics) Portals: Opening a portal is illegal and sometimes deadly.” Correk stopped walking, and waved his hands to draw symbols in the air. “There are moments in time when crossing is far less risky… and legal. Our worlds have come together before. There are moments in time when our worlds line up and gates open letting both sides cross back and forth easily. Like a giant portal but stable and they stay open for thousands of years, slowly closing again. A full cycle takes twenty-six millenia, or if you want to be exact, 25,800 years. We call one complete pass a Great Year.” The last time the worlds came together was right around the time the war wiped out the other Elves. Earth was involved?”Many beings played a part in the war the last time the gates were fully open. That’s why councils were gathered, rules were created and powerful spells were cast enchanting everything to make sure history didn’t repeat itself.”“That was the last time our kind crossed?” asked Leira. “Not at all. There are humans still on Oriceran. Many chose to stay here as the gates closed. But our worlds are not completely in sync. It’s part of what makes going through the portals so dangerous.” The Race: Our line goes back almost to the beginning of this world’s existence.” “There was only one race of Elves that were older than Light Elves, but they haven’t been seen for thousands of years, since the treaty. The last of their kind died out in a war that engulfed this world for a generation.” Every Light Elf belongs to the House of Oriceran, but the name is only given to the king. It would have been Prince Rolim’s one day. It was given to the first king back when this world was still young.
The People: Light Elves have amazing metabolisms. Like hummingbirds. We burn fuel at a very high rate. Oricerans stayed behind after the gates closed thousands of years ago. They made a home here and their descendants do their best to blend in most of the time. Your dentist could be part dwarf, or the lady who bags your groceries could be part Dark Elf. Humans have a hard time with the smallest of differences amongst themselves. We find it’s better to stay hidden when on this planet.”
”The Culture: In our world Elves don’t deal in right and wrong. At least, not in the same way that humans insist on doing. So much judgment and emotion. We’re more attuned to nature and nature doesn’t know right or wrong. We deal in consequences. Having you here violates a treaty that’s over thirteen millennia old, and at a very inopportune time.” Correk raised his hands to start spinning light but hesitated. “I’ll tell you this much, and no more for now. There’s a prophecy and everything hinges on that exact measurement of time. Not only for us, but for your world too. Whoever helped Bill Somers with his crime knows that. I fear those two things may somehow be connected. Find Bill Somers and bring him back here. Alive,” he said, and rolled his hands in a circle, making different shapes with the light.
Correk raised his hands to start spinning light but hesitated. “I’ll tell you this much, and no more for now. There’s a prophecy and everything hinges on that exact measurement of time. Not only for us, but for your world too. Whoever helped Bill Somers with his crime knows that. I fear those two things may somehow be connected. Find Bill Somers and bring him back here. Alive,” he said, and rolled his hands in a circle, making different shapes with the light. The Prophets: The prophets ( 15 of them) have one purpose. To talk endlessly about the seer, Tessa and interpret the quatrains! They care about nothing else, especially as we get closer to the opening of the portals.
