As a result, fans have been calling for them to get a … Only Morghur stood his ground, gibbering his wild madness at those who came to claim his life. The youngest do so because they yearned for an adventure that could not be found within the forest’s bounds, the oldest because they had been taught too many times that Athel Loren was not so removed from the circles of the world as they might have wished.

Most disastrous of all, the trees and spirits of Athel Loren did succumb to Morghur’s taint.

Though Coeddil railed angrily against the decision, Adanhu agreed that Astarielle’s heirs could remain within the great forest until their homeland was safe once more — provided that they never awakened from their magical sleep whilst within its bounds.

The Season of Retribution was finally ended, and a time of healing could now begin.Ariel's final act before sealing herself away was to return Orion to the world. Reaching out to Ariel through their shared connection with the Weave, Adanhu drew the taint from her heart and into his own. Most such creatures were wandering seekers of treasure and glory whose dreams and bodies ended as mulch for Dryads. All Wood Elves are archers of unparalleled skill, their armies relying heavily on mobility and skirmishing tactics where their skills with the bow can be used to full effect. Thinking themselves under attack, the Elves assailed the Dwarfs, filling the air with volley after volley of arrows. In response to this, the Immortal Wood Elf demigod king Orion created the annual "Wild Hunt" where the hosts of Athel Loren would hunt and kill any outsiders on the boarders of the forest and even raid human settlements not far from the boarders. The Corruptor was gravely wounded, his hide pierced by many arrows, but still the will of the Dark Gods drove him to defiance. Eldest he was and fearful of change, but so too did he fear that the forest’s survival might have come only by sacrificing the peaceful side of their nature. As Allisara collapsed, her dying breath formed the final syllable of the counter-charm. Soon, humans began telling stories of "Fair Folk" living in the forests. Where the creature walked, the fabric of the world twisted in hateful transformation: trees writhed into terrible and unnatural shapes, blackened crops bled under the scythe, and flesh reformed like clay in the hands of some crazed sculptor. Guided by prophecy and the wisdom of Ariel, their immortal Mage Queen, the Wood Elves seek to prevent the oncoming disaster from claiming their forest home.

Durthu and Adanhu were amongst those that kept their sanity, but they could do nothing in the face of the burgeoning madness.

Hour by hour, the Elves and spirits were driven deeper into their heartlands, until finally there was nowhere left to retreat to.It was late on that last day that Astarielle came to Durthu with a desperate request: that he rescue her children from the coming doom.

Only when summer cooled to autumn, and Orion returned to the forest, was the matter settled.

Though not so mighty as they once were, the roots of Athel Loren dug deep, and drew sustenance from many of the lands fed by the waters of the Silverspire. Again, the Wood Elves marched to thwart Morghur’s advance. Worse, he recovered from even the most heinous of wounds. The folk of Athel Loren are unburdened by ritual sanctimony and therefore capable of great extremes of thought and deed.They are at once capricious and generous, malicious and caring, servants of both the dark and the light. Journeying through the worldroots once more, he brought Morelion and Yvraine to Ulthuan’s beautiful Gaean Vale, and there left them to be discovered. Elven god-based technology tree, with two main branches boosting campaign map strategy/economy and battle performance.

Thus she sent emissaries in her stead, two heralds who shared her power and spoke with her voice. It would serve the Wood Elves poorly if Orion’s unchecked fury repeated the previous season’s mistakes.

Moreover, they often finished one another's sentences - though whether the original intent was maintained when this happened, or was twisted to match the speaker's will, it was impossible to say.Initially, the council did not accept Naestra and Arahan at their word, for they were strangers to all living Elves, and the spirits of the forest remained silent on the matter. Over time, the children forget who their parents are and spent eternity happily serving the whims of their elven masters. Alas, an ill-fated arrow felled the eagle that carried her away from harm, and she was left weaponless and alone before Valedor.

More correctly, this was a time in which Athel Loren suffered few ills from the forces of the outside world, and whatever battles were fought ended in victories so glorious that the lives lost were deemed well worth the price.