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The Elven Princess - Prologue
Once upon a time in the deepest darkest forest there was a hidden kingdom of tiny Elven folk who lived in a magnificent city underground. The Elves possessed immortality and the gift of magic but were distrusting of man and his ways. They hid themselves away in their secret home and refused to venture to the outside world. For thousands of years they lived in this solitude unknown to any others but themselves.
The King and Queen of the kingdom bore one daughter, the princess Ellena. The young princess grew up fascinated with the outside world, and though the knowledge was forbidden to her people she learned all that she could from old books and records.
As the princess grew older she became a beautiful young lady. Standing a statuesque six inches tall with the long ears of her kind. her long brown hair fell across her fair features. Though many tried to court her she was uninterested in marriage and devoted her energy to becoming one of the kingdom's most powerful mages. However, despite her title, life of privileges, and considerable powers, she desired to see the outside world...
One night, at last able to restrain her desires no further, the beautiful young princess donned a peasant's old cloak and sneaked her way past the guards at the edge of the underground kingdom's walls. She stole her way through an old crumbling passage, heart pounding, until she reached the roots of an ancient oak tree. Here she ascended another passageway until she stood at the base of an enormous tree, staring out into a world she did not know.
To her amazement, the princess realized that everything was scaled so much larger than herself and realized that she and her people were, in reality, very tiny compared to the world. This gave her a thrill of discovering a truly alien world, and taking one last look at the entrance behind her, the Elven princess Ellena set forth into the murky night to explore...
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