Nine thousand years ago, the ancient elves began a series of bloody wars with their dark counterparts, who had fallen to the worship of an evil spider goddess known as Lolth. These wars lasted for four thousand years, and the elves prevailed and drove the dark elves into the Underdark. During the wars, a great elven empire known as N'uirgalad fell when its king, a wood elf named Arion Anordil Sianstacia, disappeared, along with his bow Araialla the Dawnbringer, a weapon said to be blessed by the gods. In time, the world recovered, and human cities sprung up in the ruins of elven ones. N'uirgalad was forgotten in all but legends. The world remained mostly at peace until about thirty-two hundred years after the end of the wars, when a crazed beholder utterly destroyed the elven village of Staggrove. The only survivor was a young wood elf known as Drauchion Amdirgol Sianstacia, a direct descendant of Arion. About five years after the incident, an adventuring party consisting of Amdirgol, a moon elf sorceress named Luna, and a Languin ranger named Seraphina Holimion ventured up a mountain on behest of the mayor of the dwarven village of Knobbleheim and discovered a drow fortress. They worked their way through the fortress, confronting and killing the master. They then journeyed through his portal to the drow city he came from, even managing to kill the matron of the drow house and her daughters. They went on several adventures across several planes, becoming known as the Elmistir, or Star Wanderers. At one point, they were summoned directly to the elven gods' plane, where it was revealed that the Languin were once true elves, but were cursed by a mad wizard to be twisted into a halfling-like form. Seraphina was restored to her elf form, and Luna was selected as a Chosen of the goddess Sehanine Moonbow. The companions discovered the remnants of N'uirgalad, and Amdirgol was crowned as its rightful ruler. The legendary Arion returned alongside the Elmistir after one of their planar journeys, his descendant Amdirgol wielding Araialla. Things were right in the world again. 10 years later, Lolth, in a daring bid for power, swept in and captured or killed all the good deities, forcing the rest to swear fealty to her or share the same fate. It was a common rumor at this time that the three principal elven deities had escaped alongside the Elmistir, who had disappeared. N'uirgalad became the last refuge for the forces of good. 3 months later, as they were about to fall, the Elmistir returned, and spearheaded an attack force that slew Lolth. The N'uirgalad Empire has since spread to cover much of the continent. Most places in the world are at relative peace. Luna ascended to be a goddess in her own right, and is the new chief deity of the drow, now known as Nebula Elves.