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We all awoke to the sound of the school day beginning, with no Paul or Scarlet in sight . . . . "Did you guy see where everyone else went? . . " I questioned noticing everyone was gone except me Jay and Helen .
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"Scarlet and Paul said they had to meet the faculty for a debriefing . . . and well you know Grace and Daisy doing their routine early morning competitive exercise . " Helen answered with a smile handing me a glass of water .
"How long have you been up for? . . " I questioned .
"Hmmm maybe two or three hours . . . . " she smiled .
"You live on such little sleep? . . " I questioned looking at Jay who looked like he could live with some more sleep .
"Us Elves only need half the amount for sleep human's normally do . . . . . We kind of sit in a state between being awake and asleep . " She smiled handing Jay a glass of water, truly looking more refreshed then me and Jay .
"So what other differences do Elves have to humans? . . " I questioned .
"As I mentioned before we do live for a few hundred years . . . . on average . . " She answered .
"Wait so . . . when I grow old . . . say 40ish . . . . you're still goanna look young for at least a couple hundred years? . . " I questioned in jealousy .
"Yeah . . . . generally we mature like humans . . . . . And once we hit the age of 20ish . . . then we age similar to you guys but 10 years for you is more like 100 for us… . " She smiled .
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"Also . . . . I heard that Elves are resistant to some forms of magic . " Jay added .
"That is true . . . . because of our lineage . . . . . we are immune to things that might force us to sleep . . . . as well as being charmed . . . . we can also see in the darkness and generally more perceptive and agile then humans . " She answered .
"What other races are there? . . . " I questioned .
"Ohhh loads . . . . . There's the standard humanoid surface races . . . Dwarfs, Gnomes, Orcs, Goblins, Halflings, Half Angels, Animal people . . The list is quite extensive . . . . that not including . . Avian Races . . . . Sea Races and Underground races . " She answered .
"Blimy . . . . . That's a lot . . . " I replied in shock .
"We're in a predominantly Human continent though . . . . so seeing all of them would be hard to come by . " Jay replied .
"Are they all peaceful? . . " I questioned .
"Well yesterday as you can see . . . Dark Elves are the opposite to peaceful . . . but it just depends on the politics and way of life . . . . Orcs and Elves naturally butt heads… . . But Elves and Humans can live side by side despite generally being wary of other races and Elves passive distain to other races . " Helen answered .
"So what Paul did to the Dark Elves was it the best option? . . " I questioned interested in her opinion being an Elf .
"His choice to leave survivors was an act of mercy they do not deserve . " She answered .
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"Are they that different? . . " I questioned .
"It's a long story . . . . So Inarath the Goddess of Evil . . . . . She was once lovers of the Gehrasilon the leader of the Good Elven Pantheon . . . . Inarath jealous that all the Elves worshiped Gehrasilon and wanting worshippers of her own . . . . . . through scheming and manipulation she gathered other lesser Elven Gods and caused a war between Orcs and Elves and also helping Vorgarah The Orc God by Enchanting his blade with poison . . . . . . As well as a giant civil war . . . . . The Orcs lost the war . . . . their God was gravely injured and Inaraths betrayal was brought to light . . . . Gehrasilon still in love with Inarath couldn't bear to strike her down . . . . so he banished her and her kin deep underground . . . . . . " She explained .
"Okay . . . . . " I nodded in understanding .
"Dark Elf society if very different . . . . It is ruled by one Council . . . there is a Grand Priestess she speaks to Inarath directly on how to rule over all the Dark Elves and Guidance . . . . then there are Ten High Priestesses . . . . that do the Grand Priestesses bidding without question . . . then there are Eight 'Great' Dark Elven houses that act like a ruling family . . . . . . " She began to explain making me listen closely completely fascinated . "So each of these eight families rule over a populace under the council's orders but secretly constantly warring with the other houses trying to get a upper hand over the other . " she explained .
"And the council is okay with that?" I questioned .
"Openly they aren't . . . so if any house is caught doing something to another . . . . . They would be heavily punished . . . . but otherwise anything is allowed as long as they aren't caught . " Helen answered .
"What's life like as a commoner? . . . " Jay asked .
"As a commoner . . . . . You either die young or grow up to be subservient to a house . . . . you're just a means to an end nothing more nothing less . . . . . You could always work your way up the ranks of a house . . . . but in the end you'll still be an outsider . " She answered .
"And the people they bring back . . . the slaves . . . . what happens to them? . . " I questioned further .
"Exactly how you named them . . . they become slaves . . . . . Men will be forced to fight in the Gladiatorial Arena with the false promise of a chance at freedom . . . . Females would be forced into brothels . . . . . Being forced to do hideous and sadistic things the Dark Elves find pleasurable or exciting . . . . . . Everyone else . . . . . . would be forced into labour camps . . . . . Where if they Creatures of the Dark don't get you . . . . . The starvation and fatigue will . " She described the grim society of Dark Elves .
"Damn . . . . . That horrible . . . " I replied at how shockingly sickening they are .
"And that's not even the worse . . . if you bought by a member of the Homunculus Cult . . . . then you've arrived at the worst fate of them all . . . . The cult specialises in making monstrosities . . . torturing . . . . . Implanting . . . experimenting . . . . fusing . . . mutating their slaves into horrors beyond imagination . . . . they say staring into the eyes of one horror is enough to drive anyone insane . . . . " She explained warning us of the dreadful cult .
I looked in shock utterly silent at what I just heard . . . . . I didn't even have words that could even describe my horrific shock in hearing something so dark and dreadful . . . . . The inhuman nature of the Dark Elves . . . . . . . .
"Even their battle tactics are dark and cruel . . . . . Infiltrating cities and towns slowly taking down the command structure till victory is ensured . . . . . " She explained .
"So if Paul didn't show up we would have been done for? . . " I questioned .
"Atlantis and the City was completely unaware of the Dark Elves plan to attack so most likely the city would have been lost . " She answered .
"I think we need to tell Paul . . . . " I suggested .
"Tell him what? . . " Jay questioned .
"Well he said there were several High Priestesses . . . There must be something big going on if they sent members of the council . " I explained .
"I'm sure he already know . . . . . " Helen answered .
"I guess you're right . . . . " I replied . . . "So what do you think would prompt the Dark Elves to launch such a large attack? . . " I questioned .
"Could be many things . . . . Gaining strong hold on a surface world . . . . . . Testing the defences of a city . . . one thing is for certain . . . . If Inarath is involved they are scheming something . . . . I just hope what Paul did deterred them from doing anything further . . . " Helen answered .
"So what would happen if say a Dark Elf kidnapped a normal Elf? . . . " Jay inquired .
" . . . . . . We were taught from a young age . . . if you was ever to be taken by a Dark Elf . . . . you need to perform a ritual . . . . . " She answered looking down and saddened by the thought, " . . . . . It's basically a glorified suicide . . . . . Because what they would do to an Elf is beyond imagination that choosing death would be a better fate . " she answered .
"That bad huh? . . " He replied in understanding .
"Yes they teach all Elven children . . . that this ritual would cleanse your soul of all sins and wrong goings and you'll be granted passage to Heaven . . . but it's just a glorified sacrifice to escape what would come next . . . " Helen explained .
"Let's just skip that for now . . . . and head to Breakfast? . . " I suggested having heard enough of Dark Elves for a life time . . . . . . .