THE BEACONS

Many years ago, a little over fifteen hundred in count, when elves and humans were still new races to the others there existed a small tribe of wood elves called the Silvhasti.

The elven leaders had agreed one amongst the other to find peace with the human race and live in harmony.

All but the Silvhasti. The Silvhasti feared change and despised the expansionistic humans.

  They feared the humans would take over their woodland homes. From this fear they decided to cast a high magic spell over their lands to hide them away from the world.

They gathered their best and strongest mages and prepared the rituals for the spell.

All were confident that the spell would not fail. That was until the strain of the powerful ritual became to much for one mage and he fainted.

This called the spell to malfunction and opened a portal into the nether realms. From this portal a great evil was released. It had no form, no name but it settled upon the elven woodlands turning them barren.

They became a place of death and evil that none would tread. The Silvhasti tribe thmselves were cursed by their elven goddess to roam the lands, unaging, searching for evil in all it's forms and destroying it.

This would be their payment for their great sin. Over the centuries many of the Silvhasti became known as Beacons because whatever town or kingdom they entered evil soon showed itself.

Many were blamed for this evil and executed by suspicious leaders and townsfolk.

Despite their great sin the Silvhasti race is a noble one and the few that still live would give their last breath to protect a town or kingdom they have been drawn to by the curse.

The phrase "eyes as sad as Silvhasti" comes from these people for the few who still live are said to have a violet gaze that breaks the heart to see.

  It is as though they weep for the evils they know are to befall the place they are called to.

The Silvhasti lands are still cursed to this day and each Silvhasti dreams of the day they can defeat the evil they released and be a race with free will once more.