The ancient road? Sun King Court? Qin Lun's eyes flashed, and he pretended to be aware of it. At the same time, he divided his mind to check the death list. This information must not be asked of Elistin, after all, his current identity is also an elf, and even the history of the elves is not clear, which makes people suspicious.
Fortunately, there are introductions of the Ancient Road and the Sun King's Court in the list of deaths, which are, after all, an important part of the background of the world. Since Broken Starry Sky can completely piece together the epic line of the great elf civilization, he is naturally no stranger to the ancient road of elves and the court of the sun.
The elves in the mainland of Faerun originally did not belong to the world of Toril, but a certain outer domain interface connected to the main material world of Toril, called Fairlier.
The reason for the destruction of Fairlier is unknown to the Shattered Starry Sky. It is only known that the survivors of the Tintager elf kingdom broke through the interface through the power of advanced space-time magic and came to Toril. The continent was settled and they called it Faerun, which means the only land.
In the first days of the elves' arrival in Faerûn, Toril was ruled by giants and dragons, and the elves and dwarves established many small, thriving settlements throughout Faerûn. The dwarves defeated the giants and began to build an empire. Before the age was over, the elves began to do the same and defeated the dragon.
After sharing the dominion of the continent with the ancient dwarves, several hundred elf high mages gathered in the heart of Faerûn in what is known as the Gathering, intending to cast a spell to create a glorified elf home.
They have long forgotten the lesson of the destruction of the Tintager elf kingdom centuries ago. The only land - Faerun, was blown to pieces by the magical power released by the spell. As a result, hundreds of elf cities were destroyed, countless elves died, and the world of Toril was changed. The name Faerun no longer refers to the only land, but refers to the largest continent now, and the island of Evermeet was separated from the only road at that time.
After the elves revived again, the first prosperous period of the great elf civilization began. There were four surviving elf races at that time, the sun elves, moon elves, green elves, and dark elves. The sun elves are the most powerful. Under the leadership of the guardian of the elves, Corellon Larethian, they established the first post-disaster settlement in a forest in the north of Faerun - Aryvanda.
The sun elves call this forest the Supreme Forest, and call themselves the Elven Royal Family, calling the Elven Royal Court of the Supreme Forest the Sun Royal Court. Their actions quickly aroused dissatisfaction among the other three major elves. Among them, the high priest Rose led the dark elves with a clear-cut stand against the sun elves led by Corellon, and soon moved away from the high forest, and established a It belongs to the dark elves' own elf court.
Since then, the dark elves and the sun elves have increasingly become sworn enemies. Because they resent the moon elves and green elves for not supporting themselves in racial differences, they also do not have the slightest affection for these two races. This branch of elves eventually fell slowly, and after the five crown wars, they moved into the underground realm and became the notorious drow elves.
Although the moon elves and green elves did not support the dark elves in racial differences, they were also deeply dissatisfied with the aggressive and arrogant attitude of the sun elves and the expansion concept of excluding dissidents. In order to avoid civil war, most of the moon elves and green elves began to migrate to the south of Faerun.
These moon elves and green elves have slowly established many elf settlements such as Ilfaron, Keldomo, Maierita and Santa Osriel. Among them, Kerdomo's settlements are very extensive, including the elven kingdoms of Oliciar, Sental, Eilur, and Seopia.
In the epic two dragon wars and five crown wars, many forests were burned by fire and war, many elf kingdoms were destroyed, and the ancient inheritance of elves suffered irreversible losses.
Among them, the Maiyelita Elf Kingdom was annexed by Arivanda in the First Crown War. Irisri, Olichar, Eilul, and Santa Osriel were destroyed in the second to fourth crown wars. Aulishar and Eilul were destroyed by the dark elves of Irisri, and Santa Osriel was destroyed by the Kerdomo coalition forces because of betrayal.
Of course, the dark elves of Ilythri were eventually defeated due to making too many enemies, moved into the underground realm, and became drow elves.
During this period, the sun elves of Arivanda reached their peak and established the Waxingenta Empire. Due to their great achievements in the war against the Dark Elves, the Sun King Court was recognized by Faerun Moon Elves and Green Elves, and the Sun Elves finally became a veritable royal family of Pangea Elves.
However, the good times didn't last long. In less than two hundred years, the Waxingenta Empire turned from prosperity to decline.
The opportunity this time was similar to the reason for the decline of all great empires, the sun elves split from within. This gave the high mages and moon god priests who perished in Arivanda and lurked in various places a chance, and they began to reverse the unfavorable situation of the freedom resistance struggle.
The Fifth Crown War began, and the elves from other races defeated the Imperial Army and entered the High Forest. The last Crown War ended with the complete defeat of the Vasinnta Imperial Army and the division of Aryvandar. Much of the High Forest was abandoned, allowing the forest to live freely.
After the split, the Sun Elves migrated eastward and entered the Cormanthor Forest. It's just that the fall of most of the members of the royal family caused them to lose their ancient inheritance. From then on, there is no longer the Sun King's Court.
The five crown wars brought the great elf civilization to the end, and human beings began to rise. Illfran and Keldomo are the only two complete elf civilizations that survived the crown war. It's just that the Keldomo Forest has been divided by fire and war during this period and there are many small forests.
The elves migrated south and east again and again during the war, plus the sun elves in the northern part of the mainland migrated east to Cormanthor. The entire elf family starts from the highest forest in the northwest of the mainland, and extends southward to the Misty Forest, Verdas Forest, Mir Forest, Winter Forest, Anker Forest, until Jondal Forest, and extends eastward to the Comanthor Forest.
These two roads of elf migration are called "the ancient roads".
Today, due to the demise of the second-generation World Tree, the sun elves of Comanthor have begun to migrate again, and they want to transfer to the island of Evermeeting. Yongmeet Island is actually a fragment of the ancient continent of Faerun, with a huge area, and the entire island is covered by forests. It is said to be an island, but it is actually equivalent to a mini continent.
Yongju Island was colonized by some Sun Elves, Moon Elves, and Green Elves when the Sun Elves’ Waxingenta Empire and the Sun King’s Court were destroyed, and there were even some dark elves before the fall. Among them, the Sun Elves accounted for 70%. % of the population.
Compared with the increasingly powerful humans on the continent of Faerun, the island of Ever Gathering without foreigners is the paradise of elves. Many elves have realized that this era belongs to humans. The elves living in Faerun should either hide in remote small forests, or integrate into the big human society. There is no third way to go.
Although the current power of the elves is still strong, this trend cannot be changed. It is as if the Jondal Elf thousands of years ago, at the cost of the decline of the Moon Elf royal family, turned most of the Jondas Kingdom into the Vihon Sea. But it has no effect on the overall human world, and their resilience is far from that of the Jondal elves.
In view of this understanding, the sun elves of Comanthor had a whim, and they sent envoys along the ancient road to visit the elf courts of the major forests one by one during the great migration, and persuaded all the elves on the continent of Faerun to migrate together Yongju Island.
Of course, they knew that this kind of persuasion would not be very effective. Except for a few elves whose living conditions were not good, most elves would not easily believe in the sun elves.
However, the sun elves hope that this effort can lay a solid foundation for the future elf family. Sooner or later, the elf family in Faerun will be gradually transferred to Yongju Island due to the pressing force of human beings. At that time, the Sun Elves, who occupy the majority of the population, may be able to rebuild the Sun Royal Court again.
"So that's how it is!" Listening to Elisine's narration, Qin Lun thoughtfully nodded slowly.
"The way the sun elves migrated from the Highest Forest to Comanthor is now cut off by the Ennook Desert full of felin magic sunflowers. The forest is their first stop." Elistine sighed with some admiration.
"Next, they will follow the Winter Forest, Anker, and Mir Forest in the south, all the way to Calimport in Calimshan. Then they will go north along the Great Trade Road until they reach the Elven Court in the west of the Highest Forest.
The entire envoy route is like a huge horseshoe, almost encircling the small half of Faerun Continent, with a distance of tens of thousands of kilometers. After leaving the last elf court, they will pass through Waterdeep City and cross the Traceless Sea, and the Island of Eternal Gathering will be their destination. "
"This is... really a great journey!" Qin Lun's eyes shone with an inexplicable light, and he asked with a smile, "then they should encounter many dangers and difficulties, right?"
"Well, let's not mention the human kingdoms along the way, even some elf courts seem to be able to prevent them from completing this mission." Elistin said helplessly, "Let's not talk about the elf courts that lost their ancient heritage. Those elf courts with inheritance naturally don't want their arrival to affect the stability of the kingdom."
Elisteen suddenly said with a mysterious face, "I heard from some tribal elders that the Sun Elf's storm on the ancient road this time may also involve the participation of two major organizations, the Harper and the Zhentarim."
Qin Lun glanced at the death list, suppressed asking Elisten about the Harper and the Zhentarim, and asked with a smile: "If the envoys of the Sun Elf seek help from the Devil's Cup Court, King Testir will give it to you." Do they help?"
"Originally not, but now... I don't know!" Elistine frowned and sighed, Qin Lun's question made her completely lose interest in continuing the conversation.
Qin Lun nodded, did not pursue further, chatted for a while, and found that Elistine was not in a good mood, so he left.