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Elven Husks and the Great Removal

Summary

Groushin’s Day 63 account holds that elves outside the Barrier suffered the Great Removal, leaving hollow, long-lived shells with soul-gaps that dangerous entities can occupy. This is Groushin’s testimony, not independently established fact.

Known Details

  • Groushin said elves were among the oldest mortal peoples and close to the gods before the Removal.
  • He described the husks as having sallow minds, unnaturally prolonged lives, and gaps that Envy, Pride, Wrath, or other entities could occupy like enchanted objects.
  • He distinguished dark elves as people who retreated deep underground and escaped the Removal; they cultivated pride, envy, and wrath, made pacts with darkness, and sometimes worshipped forms of Kasha.
  • One unnamed dark-elf city is said to lie under these mountains. Groushin knew some dark elves were in Envy’s city but did not know whether they support her.
  • He suggested, without resolving, that the invisible dark elf’s death may have provoked an ancestral reaction in the two rescued husks.

Open Questions

  • Are the rescued elven husks recoverable, and what inhabits or could inhabit them?
  • What destroyed the invisible dark elf, and why did the husks react?