Book 3: Mera’s Past
What is a dark elf?
The world of the elves is a world of mana. Those with more powerful mana had more respect, glory and held higher statuses. Mana is a gift the gods bestowed upon the elves. However, it seems that the gods aren’t without bias. Mana wasn’t shared evenly. Some had lots while some had little.
Hence, those who had less mana were slightly heretical. They didn’t submit to mana. But they chose the wrong way. They chose to research black magic and relied on sucking the blood of other people to obtain their mana, thus increasing their power. While the results were noticeable, the price they had to pay was that their entire tribe had to forever be cursed by black magic.
Blood-red eyes, sharp teeth, blood sucking……
They were exiled, hunted, betrayed……
That was what their tribe had to bear. They all hid within the forests from as early as they could remember. On full moon nights, they were tortured by their impulse to suck blood, and thus bit the neck of their mother. Others were breastfed, while they sucked the blood of their mother.
Ever since she was young, she asked why she couldn’t settle down in one location, why she couldn’t live in the bustling city at the end of forest, work, live, choose her lover, build a family and have children.
Why couldn’t she?
She had asked her mom countless times, but all she got was a tight hug from her mom as a response. She only received silent hushes and her father’s endless silence.