[ Keira shakes her head, lips turning down a little at the corners. ]
Not for certain, no. Our scholars have spent lifetimes studying the phenomenon, trying to understand it. It happened well over a millennia ago, you understand; all we have left now are myths and theories. All is known that it was a magical, cosmic collision of one or more worlds-- parallel universes, really -- that suffused our world with magic and left numerous creatures not native to our reality trapped there. Dragons, ghouls, giants, trolls, wraiths, vampires. All sorts of things with big teeth and bloodlust, more often than not.
Anyway. Elven lore likes to claim humans arrived during the Conjunction, and that these human ancestors learned how to harness the power of the primordial Chaos -- magic, in other words -- and thus the first human mages were born. Looking for their place in the world, humans eventually took up arms against the Elder Races, who were unable to withstand the barbarians and ultimately surrendered. And that is how humans came to be the dominant race in our world.
[ Taking a breath, she shrugs a shoulder. ] But who knows how it actually went. I don't doubt that humans took up conquering, that seems to be what we do best, but Elves aren't known for their love for any race but their own, back home. Some bias might be coloring that particular account.
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Not for certain, no. Our scholars have spent lifetimes studying the phenomenon, trying to understand it. It happened well over a millennia ago, you understand; all we have left now are myths and theories. All is known that it was a magical, cosmic collision of one or more worlds-- parallel universes, really -- that suffused our world with magic and left numerous creatures not native to our reality trapped there. Dragons, ghouls, giants, trolls, wraiths, vampires. All sorts of things with big teeth and bloodlust, more often than not.
Anyway. Elven lore likes to claim humans arrived during the Conjunction, and that these human ancestors learned how to harness the power of the primordial Chaos -- magic, in other words -- and thus the first human mages were born. Looking for their place in the world, humans eventually took up arms against the Elder Races, who were unable to withstand the barbarians and ultimately surrendered. And that is how humans came to be the dominant race in our world.
[ Taking a breath, she shrugs a shoulder. ] But who knows how it actually went. I don't doubt that humans took up conquering, that seems to be what we do best, but Elves aren't known for their love for any race but their own, back home. Some bias might be coloring that particular account.