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Title: Journal for Leila2
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The death of one fey proved to the men that their fears had been wrong. The Fey were not gods, they were not immortal or creatures to be awed. Rather, they were weak as any and to be envied for their riches, their grace and beauty. The gold and riches were no longer looked upon as celestial gifts, but simply as items Humans did not possess...and therefore were free for the taking. The slaughters began...

The Humans moved forward quickly into Faerie, thieving, raping, mudering, razing villages and forests. As Faerie's borders diminished, the Land of Men advanced like wildfire. The gentle Fey were at a loss. Such had never occurred and it was a long while before they fought back out of sheer desperation to preserve not only themselves, but all they held dear... The land, the creatures, the peace. It was the dark elves who struck first, long before Lloth and the Underdark, when they still lived amongst the other elven people. They created their bows and magical weapons to defend their homeland and as their support grew, as others joined the fray, the first Human-Elven war began. And the fey wept.

This part she remembered...word for word. How could one forget the imagery...or the bitterness with which they were told? Even now, so many years later. The elves and humans were still uneasy with one another, holding onto their pasts, one with the knowledge of being wronged, others with the knowledge of wrongdoing... But she'd understood. She could see the way people were now.. They'd not changed. Not as a whole. No one had. Her ears droop a tad and she leans over her book once more, the shadow of an ear obscuring the page she'd just written.

Upon its end, Faerie had diminished to about a third its original size. Its glens and brooks turned to blackened and bloodied fields of war. The hamlets and townships that once were so fair, now were infested with Humans like rats in a sewer. The wild creatures, the Unicorns and Gryphons; Dragons and Faeries, were all driven back to near extinction. Creatures of the Darke soon emerged, Ogres and Goblins, Trolls and Ghouls. More and more poured forth as the worlds became further split with every thrust and swordstroke.

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