Magic...

A rare commodity possessed only by those with pointed ears and blessed blood. These powerful elves were nicknamed "Manwë", meaning "Blessed Ones". Like most elves, the Manwë hailed from the Great Forests of Acranata that dotted the country of Saezirial. These mysterious forests were named after the Elven deity Acranata, who in legend is said to have given up a fraction of her divinity to bestow the gift of magic upon the first elves of the realm.

Over time, however, Acranata's gift started to fade from the world as she did, stripping away the magic from many elves over a span of only a few generations. Those who strengthened their connection with magic when Acranata was fully in existence were lucky enough to avoid the Diminishing. As it currently stands, only a small handful of elven families carried the blessed blood.

Unfortunately, to non-elves, this magic was not seen as a blessing... But as a threat.

The humans in particular felt that these elves in particular had a tremendously unfair advantage against them, and the paranoia of being taken over and enslaved. Of course, this paranoia was irrational - the pilgrimatic elves had no interest in human cities nor the things they held inside. However, this didn't stop the humans from enlisting the help of the industrial dwarves in order to capture the "high elves" and sealing them away inside the Arcane Towers in the capital city of Iabonor.