Forest Elves

The Forest Elves are currently led by the savant Miar Lumina. Though she tries to open their borders to interact and integrate with the neighboring races the process is painstakingly slow. The Forest Elves are a self sustaining people who value their privacy and customs. Originally just known as the Elven people they have split into two separate factions since the Sundering the Forest Elves of Brightwood are practitioners of Light magic while Dark magic is practiced by the Desert Elves of the Burning Sands. As Elves live long lives and have very few children this split has been detrimental and seen as a weakening of both man power and magical affinity diminishing a once great people. Miar is currently trying to reintroduce the Forest Elves to the study of Dark magic as she sees being powerful in all schools of magic as a good thing and a proud heritage of the Elves. The Elders however are unsure what effect this will have still placing much of the blame for the Sundering and splitting up of the Elves on the practice of Dark magic.