Easternia

Early History
Early historical records Easternia tell of the first elves that settled the land after leaving the Feywild. High elves settled the plains while the wood elves settled in the vast forests that bordered the swamps in the north. The elves were not alone, however; the land was dominated by the black, green, and gold dragons native to the land and competed with each other for territory. The elves immediately found themselves embroiled in a war with the black and green dragons for territory. The gold dragons joined the elves in the effort to fight back the chromatic dragons to help even the playing field. After centuries of near constant combat, the wars had heavy tolls on all sides; the elves and dragons came to a truce to preserve each of their races from total extinction. The peace talks were lead by the wood elf named Elran Hanali, a powerful, shrewd, by kind hearted leader. He was able to negotiate territorial lines between all parties that still hold up to this day.

After the war, all elves met in what would be today as East City and held a conference about who would leave the elves. The debate was long and took years, but Elran Hanali was eventually chosen to become the first King of the Elves.

The Death Curse and the Rise of Easternia
After centuries of relative peace, the elves received a tremendous amount of human refugees arrived on their eastern shore. At first, the elves thought this was an invading force based on the sheer amount of people arriving until they learned of the Death Curse that had destroyed their lands. The current King and Queen Hanali decided to accept the refugees and settled them in the plains while they met with the other royal families on what to do about the Death Curse.

At the end of the year, a woman named Historia used a powerful stone to create a massive wall of adamantine to stop the armies of undead from entering their land. Then, at the cost of her own life, cast an immensely powerful spell to block all undead from entering the continent from above. After her passing, the four Kings and eldest of each dragon species met in what would soon to be Central City to discuss what to do next. With much discussion, the golden dragon Aurelius was crowned emperor of the newly christened Historia empire to prevent the other continents from going to war with each other for power.

The elven kingdom was then christened Easternia. The kingdom stretched along the southern Red Mountains and up to the Black Swamps. The royal family of Easternia adopted the senate system proposed by the Northernian King, and power was given to the wealthiest twenty-five families in Easternia. Each family used their vast wealth to create large cities around their homes and drew in vast populations of humans and elves.

Thanks for the elves and their generosity, the human refugees adopted the elvish tradition of peace.