Dark Elves

Dark Elves, also known as Shivâi or Black Ones, are a race of elves from Sithelm, a small provincial province in the Eternal Land that encompasses the center region of the Scryer Empire.

The Dark Elves, like their other kin are blessed with immortality and physical youth. But they are discriminated against by the Scryer Empire for reasons that have lead to their (numerous) uprisings against the Empire and the repercussions. It is because of numerous reasons that plague their race that a movement began shortly after their takeover by the Empire. The Salay'an'shyr would be consider a guild of rebels and assassins, or both. They make home within Sithelm and mostly consist of Shivai.

As the Eras came to passing, the sovereignty of Sithelm was slowly eroded and only recognized as a honorary title in a regime that oppressed their rights.

Origins
The Elves are commonly believed to have been given the pleasures of taking physical form, their long lives and magnificence of their appearance as the final wish of the Creators that had helped forge the world, molded it from nothingness and gave it purpose.

The Shivai are only one of numerous clans of elves that have come to be noted, and infamously noted for their rivalry with the Scryers that had and would lead to genocide. The Dark Elves came to form Sithelm in the Eternal Land, along with many of their neighboring tribes that would come tostudy the land and the nature of their creation.

Silthrim
"Main Article: Kingdom of Silthrim"Silthrim is the birthing homeland of the Shivai since the dawn of their conception, the region being built and laid upon the mountains of Caradiual in the eastern portions of the Eternal Land. It had access to profitable mining sites aswell as natural defenses, and has been the catalyst of future events with the Dwarves of the Ironhammer Empire and the Scryer Empire~bonding them in slavery for generations, to fight and die for a crown that saw them as expendable manpower.

Sithelm still stands today, however it is a shadow of its previous glorious. Its sovereignty and throne is little more then regarded as a honorary title granted by the Emperor of the Scryer Empire onto loyal Shivai; that are often puppets to rule as a figure of the clan.

Physiology
Dark Elves can be differentiated from other elves by their dark skin, and sometimes their orange eyes that seem to darken into just a small wisp in complete darkness. They also appear to be physically weaker when compared to the more warlike soldiery Lurians.

Naming Conventions
Dark Elf individuals would often have melodic elements, sounding harsher and thus an eye-opener from other elven cultures. Some examples include the following...El'urvor, Istven, Soldiin Niroara, and Sinyrr Naen.