World Of Midgard Lore Part 2
History would force their hands, however, and bring them to enemy lands or fight with a rock axe in the caves and plains.
The plains of Midgard have long been dotted with wild heaths and rock crags, and in these heaths and crags have long been the home of the strange and mysterious BloodDrakes.
A combination of murmured lore and hearsay would contend that the BloodDrakes are the unholy spawn of some ancient marriage between ill-begotten humans and vampyric lords.
I know not if this be so; all I can say is that these pale-complexioned aristocrats of the plains ruled their region without mercy or deference to any around them.
The BloodDrakes of Midgard, led at this time by the subtle and deceptive Craxis, cared little for any other race of the realm.
They longed to expand beyond the plains, true, but not for advantage in battle or resources: they longed to assume full control over all of Midgard, taking their rightful place in the highest order.
No enemy knew how to stand against their dark sorcery.
In the Center of Midgard has always been the Great Wood, a dense and expansive convocation of trees that sheltered the Elvin legions, worthy archers that built homes in the Wood and stood sentry atop the towering trees, keeping guard over their dominion.
These Elves were disciplined and calm in their execution, firing volleys of bone-hewed arrows from the Wood in defense of their forest realm.
They were also unflinchingly loyal to their ancient leader, Glastor. Glastor’s word was unquestioned, and his word unerringly rang out in defense of the Great Wood.
The Elves of old had but one goal: the protection of nature against all other races of Midgard.
Before the time when men kept detailed records of Midgard events, though, a sect of Elves defied the will of the Elvin Leader.
These Dark Elves became reckless in their use of both bow and natural magic, for they were seduced by the thought of expanding beyond the natural boundaries of the Great Wood.
Led by some unnamed ancestor, they split from the larger Elvin community and settled on the border areas, even expanding into the plains to intermingle with the BloodDrakes.
The accumulation of wealth became the Dark Elves’ only objective; they became mercenaries, led by the family of the great equivocator Helston, mortal enemies of Glastor’s tribe.
The Humans of Midgard, meanwhile…
