The firstborn race, or Eldar, the Elves are the noblest and greatest of all Middle-earth's folk. Immortal and unchanging, Elves suffer not the blights of disease, nor the long slow decay of age, yet they can be slain in battle, or succumb to withering from grief. It is through the Elves that many of the wonders of Middle-earth came to pass, whether they be keen-bladed weapons, songs of great beauty and skill or simply wisdom and knowledge. That which they did not craft themselves is almost always the result of their teachings, for their minds are keen and their hands dextrous beyond the belief of Dwarves or Men.

Without the knowledge and skill of the Elves, the great halls of the Numenoreans could never have been crafted, nor the Rings of Power forged – in many ways, they are a light by which the younger races are guided and protected. Yet, as the Third Age passes, so to do the Elves. The ennui that comes with eternal life is a heavy burden for them, and to see the lands they love despoiled by the works of others and corrupted by the evils of Sauron is more than they can bear. Each year, the firstborn pass away to far-western lands of Valinor in greater numbers, and with each passes a fraction of all that is wondrous in Middle-earth.

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