A Lesson about History

This Chapter is about the Religious believes of the Elves so feel free to skip it if you are not interested in the Lore. But I would recommend reading it anyways.

"In the beginning there was Earth. Earth was always alone together with the sky and the stars. He was never able to talk to them but he always knew they were there. One day he decided that he was tired of being alone and fathered a Daughter. Her name was Yggdrasil. Yggdrasil was born as a plant and slumbered for a thousand years until she finally emerged from the Ground. Over all the years her father had nurtured her little Seed and never stopped even ones. Yggdrasil was deeply moved by her fathers dedication. She decided to grow and grow until her Branches reached the Stars themselves. Albeit most were to far away she was able to connect her branches to 9 different Constellations. Her plan was to gather them to befriend her Father. And they did at least 8 of them. The ninth star didn't like her Father and chose to stay by himself."

"The Constellations enjoyed each others company so much that they decided to start a Project. They would create something. They decided to create a Race each and populate the Universe with them."

"Earth himself started of by creating Humans. A Race that was very adaptable by nature, but also very greedy. A Race with nearly unlimited Potential."

"The Other Constellations created the Dwarfs. smaller than humans but twice as broad with an ingrained sense of Honor and love for their Kin. They are rather wise and crafty beings. Next were the Orcs. Unlike the former Races they were incredibly savage. born with great Strength and Resilience, bigger than humans and way more aggressive. They rarely use any advanced tools as they quite literally don't need to. Their whole race strives for individual Power. Those are the three races besides elves that are especially common."

"The other 4 races that were created afterwards are Lizardmen, Seafolk, Beastmen and Halflings."

"During the Creation process 2 things happened at the same time. Yggdrasil had gotten bored as she too was know alone. She created her Own Race. The first specimen would later be known as the first great King of Elves Oberon. The name Oberon would later get adopted as a description for the title of King in elven societies. Together they had several children that would become the Pioneers of the respective Races."

"But the world sadly wasn't as happy as it seemed. The 9th of The Constellations, Daemon, had become envious of the others and created a race so evil that they would beg their Master to avenge him and to slaughter all sentient species. He called them Devils. The Constellation could not deny his children's Wish and allowed them to proceed with their endeavours."

"The 8th of the Constellations was still working at his race as the Devils attacked and Overwhelmed him. They ripped him to shreds setting free his divine Power. This Power diluted and became what we know today as Mana. The 8th Constellation had worked on two races. One were the Spirits. Creatures emotions and Energy. They fled and told Yggdrasil what had happened. We will never know what the other Race would have been if it ever had been finished. The Devils corrupted them and they became the first Undead. "

Yggdrasil warned her father and the remaining Constellations about the so called Demon God. With her warning a war began. The Demons and Undead against all other races."

"The war is know known as the Great Subjugation war of the Demon God also known as Daemomachia. The Constellations won the war and eradicated the Devil Race. The Demon God went into hiding."

"During the war we, the high elves agreed to a contract between the Royal Family and the Mother tree Yggdrasil. Yggdrasil would birth a creature so strong that it would be without a doubt the strongest ally and guardian of the royal family. She created the Treants. Unlike normal plants they would be able to move and communicate with us. They would never tire, never fear, never betray and the most important stay loyal to their Masters unconditionally. Even though they were very few in numbers they played a role in the war as Vanguard warriors"

"The Evolution of a Treant is hard to achieve and few are able to even attain a suitable Evolution such as yourself."

I shuddered at the thought of the fearsome creatures and unimaginable horrors I would eventually face. Even though I was the mighty Sir Sapethor... Pan. What a bad and short name for a marvellous creature like myself. where was I. Ah... yes. Even for myself these challenges were bound to become difficult to overcome.

The elven Woman in front of me sighed. "I'm sorry little one that you have received such a harsh fate but I would still recommend to you not to be too discouraged. The bond created by the Vow of Roots is something marvelous few get to experience."

The woman who had told me those stories was no mere women though. Selena Vanaheim, the current Queen of elves, the Mother of my liege and one impressive Person. She had long golden hair and eyes that looked like they held a whole galaxy. She was also surprisingly busty. For an elf that is. The King has to be a man of culture I assume. She wore a white dress with a pattern of golden threads weaved into it. They displayed what I assumed to be their House banner. It looked like a wined 

"I haven't introduced you to my Knight yet have I ?" she smiled brightly. 

We walked through the elegant corridors of the Palace unit we finally arrived at a Courtyard that seemed less like a garden but more like a sparring ground.

There stood a gigantic, what I assumed, Treant. He was easily 3 meters tall with a huge 2.5 meter longsword in his hands. his body was covered in bark-like heavy plate armour. His eyes glowed green as he swung his sword with incredible speed at an oversized metal dummy. The sword collided with the dummy and... missed ?

No it didn't miss. It cut right threw a solid steel dummy. He had such fine control over his sword that it stopped barely a few centimetres above the ground. his arms were completely elongated and his hands at the furthest end of his sword.

"This is my knight, Marshal and Partner Geoffrey or Jeff for short." said the Queen, obviously pleased by her Knight's performance.

This is it, I realised, the Powers to defeat all enemies and to protect ones liege. The Power of a Veteran knight. This is the Power I am aiming to achieve and surpass. I will reach the pinnacle of Knighthood and of my Race.

"He is also your Mentor by the way."

Wait what!

The Treant turned his head slowly, looking at me. 

"There you are my Slav... Squire." He said in a rumbling voice