“Worship was something your people brought to the world, Jerilyn, worship of the Dark Lord and gods more fair.  Yes, the wickedness of Daeryss and the Traitor is well known, but they were not Erlik’s worshippers in the way that you mean it.  The Elder Races had no religion, not even the rites we observed within the Stones would count as one by your standard.  The Maiden’s rites were a practicality, a sacred obligation, a wondrous one but a duty nonetheless, not a form of obeisance. Religion is a modern phenomenon, a fabrication of Mankind, and faith is its pillar.  What need had the Elder Races of faith, we whom loved and laughed amongst the gods?”    Kandol Elf Lord

“My penchant for promises is inherited, Jerilyn, not learned.  My father fell for my mother the moment he saw her.  They bound themselves to one another with an oath sworn to the Earth Mother in her Maiden aspect and her brother, Humak the Beast Lord.  From that promise sprang others, not yet fulfilled, that I shall not speak of.”     Kandol Elf Lord

“I can sense it, Jerilyn.  The Prophesies are in motion once more.  Soon, I will leave the Mountain of Clouds and see it through to the end.  It has been a long time since the first promise was made, my friend, a very long time and I am weary.  I hope, when it is over, that the Balance will let me rest.”  Kandol Elf Lord

“It was Aeris’s idea initially.  A thousand years before the time of Thar, a dark and twisted evil from the Elder Days came down from the Darkstar and formed the Shadowgrim.  The Dark Ones following the ancient evil named it the Shadow Lord, though I knew it by other names.  After a century and a half, the Shadowgrim spread to cover an area stretching southeast from the Briarwood Forest.  Aeris had no great desire to leave Pel Aesylle, but the growing shadow in the east worried him.  More than most, he knew the evil that grew in the murky fens of the Shadowgrim.  He and Ilnaya founded the Elvenhome Dol Melerith deep in the heart of the Briarwood, which my people called the Dael Shaelyn.  From there, they stood vigilant against the shadow to the east, warding Mankind for centuries against its nameless evil.  Maelryn and Emerre they left behind, in my care, much to their later regret.  The Balance warps all within its reach.”  Kandol Elf Lord

“Velora’s people, the Light Elves, were underappreciated.  While my Grandfather and his sons built the Elven kingdoms of old, Arethnal’s people led a pure and simple life.  They passed their days studying the Heavens and those who achieved the deepest level of understanding became Elders of the Seasons after passing the ritual.  Long before I became the Balance’s servant, I was fortunate enough to grasp the secrets of the Pattern and attained the status of Elder, but in this, Velora was always my better.”  Kandol Elf Lord