Template:Dark Elves in Etrand

Currently, 0 Dark Elves live in the Kingdom of Etrand, making up % of the kingdom's population.

The Dark Elven community of Etrand dates back to fall of the Kingdom of Marand, when many ran away from the political turmoil and temporarily migrated to Etrand - or more precisely, to northern tunnel-cities such as Zorod Naugi im Pkhaur and Zorod Koldo im Neuna, and maybe Steelhelm. Most of these were temporary migrants, who eventually returned to a clan of their chosing, but some actually migrated to Grandfolk instead.

There were several waves of Dark Elven migration to Etrand, or more specifically, the city of Grandfolk during the 6th and 7th centuries. Despite their darkness-oriented religion, their religion was tolerated so long as it wasn't public and in everyone's face: Dark Elves were encouraged to practice their religion privately, in the privacy of their homes, rather than out in the public. Many of these Dark Elves found employment of shopkeepers and upstanding members of the Mages Guild with their talents at trade and magic.

However, there is also a darker side - when the Dark Elven clans are sending their people to Etrand, they aren't sending their best: they're bringing crime, they're bringing drugs, they're sexual deviants, and some of them, it can be assumed, are law-abiding citizens. The fact that such a small community has gotten so infamous can't be a coincidence - the legendary Dark Elven mafia is a force to be reckoned with in the urban landscape of Grandfolk, and even in other cities like Steelhelm and Copperport. Experts at marketing and magic they may be, Dark Elves are also renowned drug-dealers, smugglers, prostitutes, assassins, slavers, (sex) slaves, bounty-hunters, necromancers, thieves and loan-sharks. To say the least, they don't exactly have the best reputation.