The elves are a fractious bunch; the largest elvish communities number perhaps a few hundred, and no elvish nation has more than a handful of such communities. This is not how it’s always been, though. There was a time when the elves were a united people, but that was a different time and a different world… Now, one elf is trying to return his brothers to their former glory and kinship.

Galadir the Eagle is young by human standards, let alone elven. He’s only 18 years old, but many who meet him describe his personality as powerful and wise beyond his years. He is charismatic and brave and fights without question for what he feels is right. Were this all he had going for him, his task would be impossibly difficult.

There are whispers– unbelieving, but hopeful rumors– that Galadir possesses the Fourth Legacy. According to elven legend, three times in their race’s long history the very essence of nature itself has bestowed gifts upon a great elf in times of chaos and strife. The First Legacy helped establish the elves as a race; the Second Legacy was used to take their world back from the demons which had invaded; and the Third Legacy helped the elves transition to this world when their last one died.

Those in power see Galadir as little more than a nuisance, though they reluctantly recognize that he’s growing in power and influence. To the rank and file among the elves, he is seen as a rebel, a pretender to the throne, or by a growing minority as a hero. Galadir’s New Allegiance has recently even set up a new capital city called Dor’tannith– Elven for “The Promised Land.”

The Shan Tor’athos, in particular, are worried about Galadir and wish to see him exterminated. More so than any other elvish nation, they are losing more and more of their people to The New Allegiance. There are even rumors that the Shan Tor’athos have allied with the hated Nacrisseans in an attempt to wipe out Galadir and his followers.

Encounters with The New Allegiance

As the PCs are walking along a road through the forest, an arrow whizzes by their heads… followed by another from the other direction. It quickly becomes obvious that they are not the targets, though, as a group of Galadir’s elves and some of the Shan Tor’athos are engaged in a battle the PCs just stumbled into.

One of Galadir’s followers, a minstrel, is singing in a tavern as the PCs enter:
You will find the New Allegiance like a beacon in the night
If you’re searching for salvation reach inside
There’s a new world approaching
A fire to be seen in following The Fourth Legacy

Inspiration, and lyrics, from Kamelot‘s title song from the album The Fourth Legacy