We Bow to No King but Malin
It is said in the days of old that the elves had one True King. One True King who did birth our race. One True King who did guide us on our path. And one True King who so wandered off once his time was complete. And when he left, the elves of lands long lost and passed did so decree: that he, the True King would remain. That he, no matter his wanderings— no matter his absence from the great forests of the elves— would so remain he who they followed with most reverence. Whose ways would be held up as a guiding torch for generations upon generations— until the last elf did breathe their final breath.
There is no King of Elves but Malin.
Do you not wonder, elves, why the Emerald State of Malinor had no King but a High Prince? Do you not wonder, elves, why Haelun’or does deem its ruler Sohaer? Do you not wonder, elves, why the dominion named their leader Justicar? It is for but one reason. One reason which has been defied— defied by an elf who tramples on the ways of our kind. An elf who believes that he might anoint himself with greater respect than Malin?
We Serve no King but Malin..
It is this elf, so named Tristin Treasery— son of he who did attempt to exterminate our very race— who has so stooped to a level most low and detestable. It is this elf, unable to unite his race as Malin did— unable to maintain the Peace of Elven Kind due to his craven and wild ways— who so claims to be the great Uniter which Malin was. And yet— his kingdom sits in disarray. The elves of Ashen skin have all but vanished from his lands— fleeing far away to those who call themselves “Warhawke”. The elves of the trees faring little better— but a shadow of their potential many years ago. And the elves of Silver, so enraged by his acts which did little more than split their Silver Seed in two— have so rejected him. Deemed him little more than a pretender to the true name of Malin.
We Bow to no King but Malin.
Across the world, far past the realm of the False King, and his Imperial Masters, over the Narrow Sea— lie the lands of those who stand in defiance. The Warhawke unite, scrambling across the continent— seeking a place to forge a new home, outside of the oppressive domain of the False King. The mali’aheral stand, their bright steel blades held high— as they so prepare to defend their home— and purge the lair of the False King and his most scornable defenders.
The writing lies upon the wall, free elves of the realm. The Dominion of Treasery has come to a close and his reign over elf kind— but a blink of an eye in the mind of an elf— has collapsed to all but smoke and broken promises.
— A True Son of Malin