"Simple." Jasmine looked at Cerilla with a straight face. "I want our place back at the roots of the World Tree. The underworld had been empty for centuries now."
In the ancient past, only elves existed. They were born directly from the World Tree's fruits and could still multiply on their own. While the original generation seemed to have a life span comparable to humans, their descendants could live ten times longer.
They all lived in harmony beneath their great mother, the World Tree. Soon, war came, and the elves split apart by civil conflict.
The first clan, those called the traditional fools, decided to remain beside the world tree and serve it. The other two clans hated them for refusing the promise of freedom and being free from the World Tree's rule. Those became the High Elves.
