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Campaign Guide
only a certain number could be hid. 10,000 elves was the
limit which could be hidden. If more than 10,000 elves
lived in a land, the combined magic in their souls would
leak through their spellcrafting. So the population of the
elves dwindled in the wars until all of their number could
be hid.
Once the fomoire could not find their favorite source
of food and were unable to vent their rage upon their elven
parents the rage inside of them diminished. The fomoire
withdrew from the wilderness to the sea and lived upon
the islands on which Balor made his home. But without
their rage and the elf flesh to eat upon, they grew weaker
over the ages.
22,000 years ago the elves of the wylderness began to
grow in population and became troubled. Even though
they tried to limit their number they found that they were
soon going to grew over the 10,000 and risk waking the
fomoire to their previous rage and strength. So half the
population left the wilderness to the lands of the east,
across the mighty ocean. They sailed right past the home
of Balar and his children due to the use of one their most
powerful artifacts, a Seed of the Sky.
Upon reaching their new homeland they found
mountains that suited them as they reminded the elves of
their burrows of their homeland. The built a ring of seven
fortresses away from prying eyes and planted the Seed of
the Sky in the center of this ring. Many elves died, but they
were able to duplicate their spell weaving in order to hide
themselves from the fomoire. To this day no more than
10,000 elves may live in any land by tradition and fear of

the fomoire return.

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