The bodies of the fallen Elves were callously heaped into a mountain of dead and left to rot. Prince Meandor, Inioch's son by his first wife, was left for dead. Queen Elwyn, Inioch's second wife, managed to flee the Court with her daughter, Julia. A rebellious group of Humans rained down upon the Elven court without warning or mercy. Should they disrupt the good balance of the rich kingdom, or if they ignored the edicts of the kingdom, they were to be removed.įive years passed and the short-lived Humans grew restless and chaffed under the strict Elven rule. Inioch's Court bubbled with debate, but ultimately the Keepers prevailed, and the Humans were given a place within the kingdom to settle, with the stipulation that the Humans would be strictly monitored. And while there were other races in the land that were neither good nor evil, the Humans were the first to seek Inioch's sanctuary.

Unruly and restless, they possessed many savage qualities. For some races, by their nature, good came speedily and without effort, while for others, by their nature, alein threatened to plunge them into a void. Humans were different than any other race in the land. The Keepers recognized that providing the short-lived beings such a home was an ideal opportunity to expand their influence and prosper in the ways of good. And so it was that they sought to shelter and nurture a fledgling race called 'Humans.' The Humans that have an evil sense of ingenuity, had nevertheless been banished from their 'Garden,' and sought a new home. Yet for all their studies, the Keepers could not foresee the future any better than any other Seer. The Keepers were hailed as the 'Fruit of the Elves,' and symbolized all that was good and right about Elven rule. The principal members of Inioch's Court were a popular, yet scholarly and restrictive, society called 'The Keepers.' Dedicated to preserving order and maintaining peace for all the fair races in Inioch's Blessed Kingdom, they grew to considerable influence and power. He maintained a delicate balance of light and shadow and saw that the life of each subject in his Kingdom was not burdened by any great evil. In the earliest days of the world, before days mattered and were meticulously counted by short-lived things, the Elven Court ruled all living beings upon the Blessed Continent, where the Wizard-king Inioch governed from the Valley of Wonders.

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