Elves

Curiously, the Elves disappeared a few short weeks before the Great Cataclysm. No one knows why, or if it was even out of knowledge of the incoming events, but today, the Elves are only found in the very heart of the Great Isle, in the thick of the woods.

Even at the edge of the The Chained Wood, visitors are brutally slaughtered, often by a barrage of arrows from unseen attackers. They do not tolerate visitors, or communicate with the outside world. While the The Chained Wood is heavily defended, some have theorized that the number of the Elves is actually quite low. They rely heavily on guerrilla warfare, and a total lack of communication with the outside world.

Whatever the reason for their retreat into the woods, they guard an enormous border around the entire forest. Their motivations for the sudden isolation, and their reasoning for keeping all non-Elven out of this enormous forest, is unknown. In most human villages, the heartless efficiency of the Elves is feared even more than the Orcs.