The Elf Lords

The Elf Lords were an ancient tribe of high-elf noble families who ruled over a disunited Kaatania before the rise of the Nirivelian Empire. The origins of the Elf Lords is unknown, but it can be said that by the time of Nirivel the Great's birth they were an aristocratic class of land-owners who ruled over the various city-states through their town councils, known as the Council of Lords. The Elf Lords all descended from the same blood-line and were incredibly secretive. The most powerful council in Kaatania, the Vimarian Council of Lords, was effectively disbanded by Nirivel the Great and his cult supporters. Over the course of the next few years, the other Elf Lords were either driven from power by Nirivel or through popular revolt. The Elf Lords who remained either assimilated into the wider High Elf culture or fled from Kaatania and never returned.